St. John’s Competes at Brandeis Invitational

Sunday, December 5

Waltham, Mass.

St. John's University

Brandeis University

12/6/2021 11:33:00 AM | Fencing

Results

The Red Storm tallies wins over Yale, MIT, Brandeis, Cornell and Boston College

WALTHAM, Mass.- The St. John's fencing team made their debut as a squad on Sunday at the Brandeis Fencing Invitational. The Red Storm secured victories over four different teams, including Ivy League foes Yale and Cornell.

The men's fencing team finished the day with a strong record of 4-1. Behind Ahmed Ferjani and Jan Jurkiewicz, the men piled up 85 wins collectively. Ferjani looked impressive in his St. John's debut. The redshirt junior finished with a 9-3 record on the day and helped the men's saber team to 29 individual victories. Jurkiewicz led the way on the men's foil side. The sophomore out of Poland finished the competition on Sunday with 13 wins to give the foil team a perfect 5-0 record as a group.

On the women's side, foil specialist Arianna Pappone headlined the day with 10 wins. Pappone was one of only two foil specialists that competed on the women's side at the Brandeis Invitational. In women's epee, Kincso Kollar made her presence felt with 11 wins in a dominant performance to open her season. The women's team finished Sunday with a record 1-4.

The next team competition for the Red Storm will be on Saturday, January 22 when it hosts the St. John's Invitational at Taffner Field House.

Below is a complete list of team and individual results:

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS (4-1)

Round 1: St. John's 20, MIT 7
Round 2: St. John's 19, Brandeis 8
Round 3: BYE
Round 4: St. John's 18, Yale 9
Round 5: St. John's 12, Boston College 15
Round 6: St. John's 21, Cornell 6

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS (1-4)
Round 1: St. John's 11, MIT 16
Round 2: St. John's 14, Brandeis 13
Round 3: BYE
Round 4: St. John's 13, Yale 14
Round 5: St. John's 12, Boston College 15
Round 6: St. John's 8, Cornell 19

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Men's Saber (29-16)
Karol Lademann, 10-2
Ahmed Ferjani, 9-3
Sal Centanni, 9-4
Mark Dammer, 1-7

Men's Foil (25-20)
Jan Jurkiewicz, 13-2
Cesar Colon, 11-4
Owen Lockwood, 1-14

Men's Epee (35-9)
Ivan Zagoruiko, 10-1
Alan Slavinsky, 7-0
Mauricio Pelligrino, 5-2
Nathan Vaysberg, 7-2
Maksym Kariuchenko, 6-4

Women's Saber (17-28)
Fanni Potz-Nagy, 10-5
Lily Nguyen, 5-10
Salome Rodgers, 2-13

Women's Foil (11-19)
Arianna Pappone, 11-4
Zahida Khan, 0-15

Women's Epee (31-14)
Kincso Kollar, 11-3
Nicole Gavrilko, 9-4
Andrea Rizzi, 6-2
Melanie Dolgonos, 5-2
Olivia Krick, 0-3