St. John's Competes at Brian Palestis Memorial

Sunday, February 1

Staten Island, N.Y.

St. John's University

Brian Palestis Memorial

2/1/2026 6:11:00 PM | Fencing

Results (PDF)

The Red Storm posts a 4-2 combined mark at Wagner

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The St. John's men's and women's fencing teams competed in the penultimate meet of the regular season on Staten Island at Wagner on Sunday.

The teams combined for a 4-2 mark on the day against Wagner, North Carolina and Penn. The Red Storm men's squad finished a perfect 3-0 against the field, while the women picked up a 17-10 victory over Wagner.

Across both squads, the Johnnies controlled the strip in foil, racking up a 35-19 record as a program. St. John's totaled 93 wins against its three opponents.

On the men's side, the Red Storm opened the competition with a 21-6 win over Wagner before defeating North Carolina 19-8 and Penn 20-7. Foilist Jan Nowak (9-0), epeeist Samuel Imrek (9-0) and saberist Darii Lukashenko (6-0) each posted perfect records, marking the Johnnies' first unbeaten performances since epeeist Nicole Feygin's 12-0 mark on Nov. 23 at LIU's Shark Tank Challenge. Additional standout performances included saberist Adham Moataz (7-2), foilists Igor Wozniak (7-2) and Sebastian Garcia (5-1) and epeeist Daniil Mazur (5-1).

The women began the day with a strong 17-10 victory over Wagner before falling to North Carolina and Penn in the subsequent rounds. Saberist Catinca Dumitru paced the squad with a 7-2 mark, while foilists Antonina Lachman and Malwina Kolodziejczyk each tallied 6-3 records.

After competing at Wagner, Head Coach Yury Gelman and the Red Storm travel to the City of Brotherly Love for the Temple Invitational on Feb. 22.

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS (3-0)
St. John's 21, Wagner 6
St. John's 19, North Carolina 8
St. John's 20, Penn 7

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS (1-2)
St. John's 17, Wagner 10
North Carolina 18, St. John's 9
Penn 20, St. John's 7

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

MEN'S SABER
Adham Moataz, 7-2
Darii Lukashenko, 6-0
Vlad Covaliu, 4-2
Daniel Lendvai, 1-2
Justin Cotterell-Roberts, 0-3

MEN'S FOIL
Jan Nowak, 9-0
Igor Wozniak, 7-2
Sebastian Garcia, 5-1
Bronislav Petrov, 1-2

MEN'S EPEE
Samuel Imrek, 9-0
Daniil Mazur, 5-1
Adam Horvath, 3-2
Lars Ponikvar, 2-3
Spencer Collymore, 1-1

WOMEN'S SABER
Catinca Dumitru, 7-2
Salome Berger, 2-1
Chloe Butman, 1-8
Mokshada Choudhary, 0-6

WOMEN'S FOIL
Antonina Lachman, 6-3
Malwina Kolodziejczyk, 6-3
Kaijinsei Dela Serna, 1-8

WOMEN'S EPEE
Nicole Feygin, 4-3
Anastasiia Kudierova, 3-6
Elisa Treglia, 3-4
Evelyn Cavanaugh, 0-4