St. John's Competes at the Philadelphia Fencing Invitational

Sunday, January 19

Philadelphia, Pa. (TSE Center)

St. John's University

Penn Invitational

St. John's Competes at the Philadelphia Fencing Invitational

1/19/2020 10:00:00 PM | Fencing

The Johnnies finished 4-6 as a team and combined to win 142 individual matches

By: Nicholas Diamantisa

PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 19, 2020) – After hosting the annual St. John's Invitational at Taffner Field House the previous day, the St. John's men's and women's fencing teams competed at the Philadelphia Invitational on Sunday, finishing with a 4-6 record. The men's squad defeated fencers from Ohio State, Penn, and NYU to finish 3-2 as a collective unit. The women's program defeated NYU to finish the competition with a 1-4 record.

Fifth-year senior Katarzyna Lachman led the women's squad, securing victories in 13 of her 15 bouts. Dalton Walker and Maxime Tarasiewicz impressed for the men's side, each capturing 10 wins in saber and foil matches, respectively.

The men's saber side led the way with 27 wins this evening and went 4-1 as a team. Three of the four men's saber specialists that represented the Red Storm finished with winning records. Walker, Tariq Karam, and Sal Centanni picked up 24 of the 27 victories.

Tarasiewicz and Vadim Bazulev starred for the Johnnies in the men's foil competition, claiming 10 and eight wins, respectively. Maksym Kariuchenko, Ivan Zagoruiko, and Nathan Vaysberg led the team in the men's epee competition, finishing with 19 of the 23 wins this afternoon.

On the women's side, the epee team enjoyed a stellar day on the strip going 29-16 for the tournament. Nicole Gavrilko, Andrea Rizzi and Dominique Tannous collectively claimed 27 victories. Freshman Melanie Dolgonos won two of her four bouts in her third collegiate tournament.

In women's foil, fifth-year fencer Katarzyna Lachman and sophomore Arianna Pappone finished with 13-2 and 9-6 records, respectively, and guided the Red Storm with a 3-2 team record in the invitational. Senior Karolina Kaleta led the depleted women's saber unit with a 10-5 record for the tournament.

NEXT UP

The next invitational for the Johnnies will be the Temple Invitational at McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020.

The rest of the complete team and individual results are listed below:

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS (3-2)

Round 1: BYE
Round 2: BYE
Round 3: BYE
Round 4: St. John's 13, Notre Dame 14
Round 5: St. John's 16, Ohio State 11
Round 6: St. John's 17, Penn 10
Round 7: St. John's 19, NYU 8
Round 8: St. John's 10, Columbia 17

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS (1-4)

Round 1: BYE
Round 2: BYE
Round 3: BYE
Round 4: St. John's 12, Notre Dame 15
Round 5: St. John's 12, Ohio State 15
Round 6: St. John's 13, Penn 14
Round 7: St. John's 19, NYU 8
Round 8: St. John's 11, Columbia 16

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Men's Saber (27-18)
Dalton Walker, 10-2
Tariq Karam, 8-7
Sal Centanni, 6-3
Karol Lademann, 3-6

Men's Foil (25-20)
Maxime Tarasiewicz, 10-5
Vadim Bazulev, 8-4
Jan Jurkiewicz, 5-6
Malcolm Jackson, 2-5

Men's Epee (23-22)
Maksym Kariuchenko, 8-7
Nathan Vaysberg, 6-7
Ivan Zagoruiko, 5-2
Shomari Moore, 4-6

Women's Saber (15-30)
Karolina Kaleta, 10-5
Salome Rodgers, 3-12
Lily Nguyen, 2-13

Women's Foil (23-22)
Katarzyna Lachman, 13-2
Arianna Pappone, 9-6
Zahida Khan, 1-14

Women's Epee (29-16)
Nicole Gavrilko, 10-5
Dominique Tannous, 9-6
Andrea Rizzi, 8-3
Melanie Dolgonos, 2-2