Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Men's and Women's Fencing teams will begin the 2025-26 season on Saturday, November 1 as the Brewers travel to Northampton, MA to compete in the Big One on the campus of Smith College. Vassar will host three events at Walker Field House along with the NCAA Northeast Regional being competed in Poughkeepsie for the first time since 2021-22.

Men's Team At A Glance

• Vassar finished last season at 18-18 overall and saw four Brewers finish in the top-20 in NCAA Northeast Regionals and the epee squad finishing second overall at the NEIFC Championships.
• The Brewers will return two United States Fencing Coaches Association All-Americans this season as sophomore Alexander North was named a First Team Epee selection along with classmate David Sagardi Diaz earning Sabre Honorable Mention honors.
• Both North and Sagardi Diaz were tabbed USFCA All-Northeast Region selections along with senior Brian Li scoring Epee All-Region status.
• In addition, North was named the Northeast Fencing Conference Fencer and Rookie of the Year and finished runner-up at the Big One in epee a season ago.
• Sophomore Devan McCarthy returns after earning Second Team All-Star honors in sabre last season.
• North scored a 12th place finish in epee last season, Li finished 20th overall in epee and Sagardi Diaz was 16th overall in sabre at the NCAA Northeast Regionals last season.
• The epee squad also returns junior Christopher Garfield Sebert, sophomore Harper Jamison, sophomore Kahlil Salome and sophomore Sam Sosnick.
• The foil squad welcomes back senior Ulysses Bergel, sophomore Ethan Capra, sophomore Alexander Gobbo and sophomore Nico Lotto.
• The sabre squad also brings back senior Oliver Berger, junior Charlie Cohen, junior Cezar Mahmoud, senior Fernando Panepinto Hattori and sophomore Karthik Shankar.
• The Brewers add eight talented newcomers this season in Neal Cusumano, Adam Elkashef, Declan Gill, Judah Govine, Jason Jensby, Luca Savoy, Jing Seto and Aaron Taplin.

Women's Team At A Glance

• The Brewers closed the 2024-25 season with a 17-24 overall record and have five returners who battled in the NCAA Northeast Regionals a season ago.
• Vassar also saw the epee squad finish second overall at the NEIFC Championships along with both the foil and sabre squads finishing third.
• Sophomore Sushama Gadiyaram, junior Nika Ungurianu, sophomore Lily Paine, junior Zoe North and sophomore Vivian Wei all return after competing at the Regionals last season.
• The epee squad also returns junior Aurelia Cacace and senior Aanya Mukherjee.
• The foil squad brings back sophomore Kelsey Wang and junior Elena Rosenmayr.
• The sabre squad welcomes back senior Abigail Geiger, junior Karina Mangru and senior Vanessa Mark.
• VC welcomes five talented newcomers with Mercer Colby, Sarah Huynh, Lela Mittman, Veronica Scherk and Rebecca Yu.

The Schedule

• After opening the season at the Big One, Vassar will host back-to-back weekends on November 9 and November 16 at Walker Field House.
• The Brewers will then hit the road for NFC conference battles at Wellesley and Boston College on November 22 and 23.
• Vassar closes 2025 with the Tradition Invite at Sacred Heart before beginning the New Year on January 25 at Wellesley for the final conference meet of the season.
• VC then travels to Yale on January 31 followed by the Brian Palestis Memorial Invitational at Wagner at February 1.
• The Vassar women will host the EWFC Championships on February 15 before traveling to Northeastern for the NEIFC Championships on February 22.
• Vassar closes the season at the George Kolombatovich Historical Meet at NYU on February 25 and then NYU will host the NCAA Northeast Regional on March 8 at Walker Field House.
• The NCAA Fencing Championships will take place from March 19-22 at Notre Dame.