St. John's University Athletics
Homer Named National Fencer Of The Week
1/30/2009 12:00:00 AM | Fencing
Jan. 30, 2009
QUEENS, N.Y. - St. John's freshman sabreist Daryl Homer was named the inaugural CollegeFencing360.com national fencer of the week, for the week of Jan. 19-25 along with junior Daria Schneider of Columbia-Bernard. The fencer of the week awards are based on several factors, including: win-loss record, level of competition, clutch performances and significant role played in team victories. CollegeFencing360 also has recognized four fencers with honorable mentions: Notre Dame freshman men's foilist Enzo Castellani, Ohio State senior men's foilist Andras Horanyi, ND sophomore women's epeeist Ewa Nelip and Columbia sophomore women's foilist Nicole Ross.
The Bronx native played a lead role in helping the No. 9 St. John's men post a pair of wins last weekend over No. 4 Columbia (18-9) and versus No. 7 Harvard (14-13). His 24-3 record also included two matches versus No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Ohio State, plus wins over Wayne State and NYU. Homer allowed a total of only 64 touches in his 27 bouts, for an average of 2.4 opponent points per bout.
Homer knocked off defending NCAA champion Jeff Spear (Columbia) at both events, 5-3, 5-2, adding a similar sweep of Ohio State senior Mike Momtselidze (the '08 NCAA runner-up) by scores of 5-3 and 5-1. His strong weekend showing included five other wins over fencers who have earned All-America status at previous NCAA Championships: Notre Dame's Bill Thanhouser (5-4) and Barron Nydam (5-3, 5-3), NYU's Sam Roukas (5-2) and Wayne State's Jakub Gibczynski (5-2). Thanhouser placed sixth at the 2007 NCAAs (13th in '08), while Nydam (6th), Roukas (7th) and Gibczynski (10th) all were 2008 All-Americans.
The Red Storm fencing teams return to action on Feb. 21 for the Penn State Invitational in State College, Pa.
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