Weekly Recap

November 07, 2016 | Fencing

?TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
EVENT: New England Intercollegiate FEncing Association - Fall Invitational

WHEN: November 5, 2016
HOSTED BY: Smith College
RESULTS

Boston College fencing kicked off the season with a strong performance at the NEIFC Fall Invitational at Smith College on Saturday.  Ten Eagles earned medals at the event, including a gold and seven bronzes on the day.

Renee Bichette, 2016 NCAA qualifier and All-American, came away with the gold in women's epee. she went 6-0 in her pool. Bichette was seeded sixth going into direct elimination.  In the elimination round, Renee marched through six opponents on her way to the gold, including a nail-biting 15-14 victory over the number two seed.  All three woman's sabre fencers medaled, with Jackie Bai and Laura Donovan sharing third place and Gaby Chau finishing sixth.  In foil, Amanda Lewis and Kayla Moy also tied for third.

In men's sabre, Eliot Kim placed third as he was not scored against in the pool round. He entered the direct elimination pool as the No. 2 seed. Kim finished in a tie for third with teammate Rahul Tasker.  Freshman foilist Zach Hammer also finished third in his event.

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Women's Foil (75 Competitors)
3T Lewis, Amanda
3T Moy, Kayla
19. Solsky, Brooke
25. Lyon, McKenzie
59. Gaudet, Danielle
61. Gaglia, Melissa

Women's Epee (65 Competitors)

Bichette, Renee

13. Sweeney, Ceara
14. Morgan, Ella
24. He, Sophia

Women's Sabre (57 Competitors)
3T. Bai, Jackie
3T. Donovan, Laura
6. Chau, Gabrielle

Men's Foil (74 Competitors)
3T. Hammer, Zachary
12. Lichy, Ari
14. Mayer, Cameron
22. Graap. Dan

Men's Epee (79 Competitors)
7. Anderson, Brendan
12. Ferrante, Thom
30. Grab, Ethan
33. Motamedi, Nicolas
38. Rueda, Mateo
48. Gong, Brian

Men's Sabre (78 Competitors)
3T. Kim, Eliot
3T. Tasker, Rahul
17. Rounds, Connor
20T. Kim, Gary
41. Papele, Nick