Men's Fencing 11/1/2025

North Wins Gold for Men's Fencing at the Big One

Sophomore takes home title after finishing runner-up a season ago

Northampton, MA - Sophomore Alexander North took home gold in epee at the Big One on Saturday along with classmate Devan McCarthy medaling with a third place finish in sabre in the first competition of the season for the Vassar College Men's Fencing team.

Epee

Pool Round
- North posted a perfect 6-0 round in pool #1 to score a second place overall finish to advance to the direct elimination round.
- First year Jing Seto scored six consecutive victories in pool #4 to finish third overall after the opening round.
- Sophomore Harper Jamison earned five wins in pool #6 to rank 13th heading into the elimination tableau.
- Sophomore Adam Elkashef recorded a victory in pool #8.
Direct Elimination
- Jamison battled Evan Vezmar (Tufts) in the opening round and fell 15-4.
- Seto dropped a narrow 15-12 decision in the first round against ZIchun Wang (Brandeis).
- North began his run to the gold medal with victories over Alex Buheis (Tufts), Hunter Yu (Brandeis) and David Zaydman (Northeastern) to advance to the semifinals.
- Following a victory in the semifinals due to a withdraw, North toppled Dylan Schroeder (Brandeis) to earn the first place overall finish.

Foil

Pool Round
- First year Aaron Taplin collected a victory in pool #5.
- Sophomore Alexander Gobbo secured five wins in pool #6 to rank 11th overall.
- Sophomore Nico Lotto battled in six matchups in pool #7.
- Sophomore Kahlil Salome earned four victories in pool #9 to finish tied for 24th.
- First year Declan Gill recorded three wins in pool #8 to reach the elimination round.
Direct Elimination
- Salome earned a win in the opening bracket to advance to the final tableau.
- Gill collected a victory over Dea Marion Brown (Boston University) before falling to Jake Amend (Sacred Heart).
- Salome advanced to the Round of 16 with a win over ninth-seeded Thomas Ligh before dropping a decision to eight-seeded Luc Kong (Brandeis).
- Gobbo battled Elliot Davidson (Northeastern) in the first round and fell 15-12.

Sabre

Pool Round
- First year Neal Cusumano collected five victories in pool #2 to finish 19th overall folllowing the pool round.
- Junior Cezar Mahmoud earned a win over Riley Nelson (Bowdoin) in pool #4.
- First year Luca Savoy picked up five wins in pool #6 to rank 16th heading into the elimination round.
- First year Jason Jensby scored five victories in pool #7 to finish 12th overall.
- First year Judah Govine tallied two wins in pool #10 to advance to the first elimination tableau.
- McCarthy posted a perfect 6-0 round to rank second overall heading into the elimination round.
- Sophomore Karthik Shankar went undefeated at 5-0 to rank tied for seventh after the pool round.
Direct Elimination
- Cusumano defeated David Jin (Sacred Heart) to advance to the final tableau.
- Govine scored a win over Gabriel Hurez-Soler (WPI) before falling to Connor Huang (Tufts).
- Savoy defeated Jacob Berger (Northeastern) to reach the round of 16 before dropping a 15-9 decision to top-seeded Tolga Aslan (Sacred Heart).
- Shankar toppled Jacob Benson (Brandeis) before losing to Zachary Tong (MIT) 15-10.
- Jensby fell in the round of 32 to Alex Piwowar (Brandeis) 15-9.
- Cusumano upended 14th-seed Manatsaran Janyong (Boston University) before falling to third-seeded Oliver Lindholm (Sacred Heart) 15-10.
- McCarthy opened his run to the semifinals with wins over Aidan O'Neil (UNH) and Jonathan Morales (Sacred Heart).
- The sophomore then defeated Eric Wang (MIT) to advance to the semis before falling to Lindholm 15-8.

Up Next

Vassar hosts its first meet of the season at Walker Field House at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 9.

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Players Mentioned

Alexander Gobbo: Foil; 5' 7"; First Year

Harper Jamison: Epee; First Year

Cezar Mahmoud: Sabre; Sophomore

Devan McCarthy: Sabre; 5' 10"; First Year

Alexander North: Epee; 6' 3"; First Year

Kahlil Salome: Foil; 5' 8"; First Year

Karthik Shankar: Sabre; 5' 7"; First Year

Nico Lotto: Foil/Epee; First Year

Neal Cusumano: First Year

Adam Elkashef: Sabre; 5' 9"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Alexander Gobbo
: 5' 7"; First Year
: Foil

Harper Jamison
: First Year
: Epee

Cezar Mahmoud
: Sophomore
: Sabre

Devan McCarthy
: 5' 10"; First Year
: Sabre

Alexander North
: 6' 3"; First Year
: Epee

Kahlil Salome
: 5' 8"; First Year
: Foil

Karthik Shankar
: 5' 7"; First Year
: Sabre

Nico Lotto
: First Year
: Foil/Epee

Neal Cusumano
: First Year

Adam Elkashef
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: Sabre

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Players Mentioned