Foil Fencers Went Undefeated at UPenn Invitational

Saturday, January 22

Philadelphia, Pa.

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

University of North Carolina

Foil Fencers Went Undefeated at UPenn Invitational

1/23/2022 12:21:00 PM | Men's Fencing

Pioneers defeated Haverford in round three, 15-12.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — In his first tournament this season, Petar Janicijevic Agatonovic helped the undefeated foil threesome for the Sacred Heart University men's fencing team at the University of Pennsylvania Invitational on Saturday.

The senior went 9-6 with a 3-0 run against Haverford in the 15-12 victory in round three.

With strong support from Lawrence Tan and Tomas Koeck, the foil squad went 23-17 through five rounds. Tan tallied a 10-2 bout win record with an undefeated stint against UNC and NJIT in the first two rounds, while Koeck went 6-6.

Cameron Silver had himself a day with a 10-3 bout victory record in the epee and went undefeated against NJIT and Haverford in round two and three. Alongside him, Frank Riccio also stacked up a 3-0 triumph over Haverford after going 7-8 in the tournament.

In the narrow 5-4 loss against UNC, Silver and Riccio captured all the points with a pair of 2-1 records.

SHU competes in its second Northeast Fencing Conference meet on February 5 at Wellesley.

For complete results, click here and see SHU's here.

Round 1:
SHU v. UNC
Foil: 5-4
Epee: 4-5
Saber: 1-8
Total: 10-17

Round 2:
SHU v. NJIT
Foil: 6-3
Epee: 3-6
Saber: 2-7
Total: 11-16

Round 3:
SHU v. Haverford
Foil: 6-3
Epee: 7-2
Saber: 2-7
Total: 15-12

Round 5:
SHU v. John Hopkins
Foil: 6-3
Epee: 2-7
Saber: 1-8
Total: 9-18

Round 8:
SHU v. UPenn
Foil: 5-4
Epee: 4-5
Saber: 2-7
Total: 11-16