Red Storm Competes at St. John’s Invitational

Saturday, January 21

Queens, N.Y. (Taffner Fieldhouse)

St. John's University

St. John's Invitational

1/21/2023 7:19:00 PM | Fencing

Women finished fifth while the men came in sixth

QUEENS, N.Y.- The St. John's fencing program hosted its annual invitational at Taffner Fieldhouse on Saturday which featured some of the top teams in the country.

The men tallied a win over the Ohio State Buckeyes while the women earned a victory over Harvard. The women came in fifth while the men finished sixth.

Fares Ferjani led the way for the men posting 11 individual victories. Ferjani's performance lifted the men's saber team to winning record on the day (24-21). Jan Jurkiewicz and Paul Fortin followed close behind with 10 wins each.

On the women's side, Malwina Kolodziejczyk tallied 10 wins in a strong performance in the foil category. Sophomore saber fencer Julia Cieslar continued to shine on the strip, logging nine wins in Taffner against some of the best fencers in the nation.

The Red Storm will resume competition tomorrow when it travels to the City of Brotherly Love to take part in the Philadelphia Invite.

Below is a complete list of team and individual results:

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS (1-4)
Round 1: St. John's 12, Columbia 15
Round 2: St. John's 14, Ohio State 13
Round 3: St. John's 13, Penn State 14
Round 4: St. John's 8, Notre Dame 19
Round 5: St. John's 10, Harvard 15

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS (1-4)
Round 1: St. John's 8, Columbia 19
Round 2: St. John's 8, Ohio State 19
Round 3: St. John's 10, Penn State 17
Round 4: St. John's 7, Notre Dame 20
Round 5: St. John's 17, Harvard 10

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Men's Saber (24-21)
Fares Ferjani, 11-3
Ahmed Ferjani, 7-5
Karol Lademann, 3-5
Daniel Leviev, 2-5
Damon An, 1-3

Men's Foil (15-30)
Jan Jurkiewicz, 10-5
Niklas Holland, 4-11
Owen Lockwood, 1-14

Men's Epee (18-27)
Paul Fortin, 10-5
Maksym Kariuchenko, 4-8
Mauricio Pellegrino, 3-7
Alan Slavinsky, 1-1
Max Shen, 0-1
Jack Bell, 0-5

Women's Saber (16-29)
Julia Cieslar, 9-6
Fanni Potz-Nagy, 6-9
Lily Nguyen, 1-14

Women's Foil (16-29)
Malwina Kolodziejczyk, 10-5
Antonina Lachman, 6-9

Women's Epee (18-27)
Nicole Gavrilko, 8-7
Kincso Kollar, 7-8
Anastasia Kudierova, 3-7
Melanie Dolgonos, 0-5