Northampton, MA - The Vassar College Women's Fencing team recorded four medalists as the Big One on the campus of Smith College as first year Veronica Scherk earned a third place finish in epee along with classmate Mercer Colby recording a third place mark in sabre.

Epee

• Pool Round
  • Junior Aurelia Cacace earned a victory in pool #4 over Rebecca Moberg (Mount Holyoke) to advance to the first tableau.
  • First year Lela Mittman collected four wins in pool #5 to earn the 13 seed in the direct elimination tableau.
  • Scherk picked up three victories in pool #7 to finish tied for 24th heading into the first elimination round.
• Direct Elimination
  • Cacace battled Yigi Kuang (Boston University) in the opening round and fell 15-10.
  • Scherk toppled Grace Baranosky (SHU) to advance to the main elimination bracket.
  • Mittman made a strong run to round of eight following wins over Ayla Sivri (UMass) and fourth-seeded Priscilla Leang (MIT) to earn a seventh place finish.
  • Scherk upset 10th-seeded Hannah Beaver (MIT), defeated 26th-seeded Erica Enrile (Brandeis) and second-seeded Eugenie Cha (MIT) to earn the bronze medal with a tied for third place finish.

Foil

• Pool Round
  • Junior Zoe North posted a perfect 6-0 round in pool #1 to rank eighth heading into the elimination round.
  • Sophomore Sushama Gadiyarama scored five wins in pool #2 to finish 18th to advance into the elimination tableau.
  • Sophomore Kelsey Wang scored two victories in pool #2 to rank 45th overall.
  • First year Sarah Huynh tallied three wins in pool #9 to finish 37th after the opening round.
• Direct Elimination
  • Huynh battled Wendy Hou (Brandeis) in the opening round and fell 15-7.
  • Wang faced off with Eric Lin (Stony Brook) in the first round of the first tableau and dropped a 15-2 decision.
  • Gadiyaram toppled Yixin Lin (Boston University) to advance to the final bracket.
  • Gadiyaram defeated Uma Shtrom (Northeastern) in the first round before falling to second-seeded Anna Ferretti (Stony Brook) to finish 16th overall.
  • North took down Claire Kim (Dartmouth) and Jordyn Goldson (MIT) until she fell to top-seeded Sandra Luo to finish seventh overall.

Sabre

• Pool Round
  • Sophomore Lily Paine earned five victories in pool #2 to rank 10th overall heading into the elimination round.
  • Colby scored a perfect 5-0 mark in pool #8 to finish tied for fifth in the opening round.
• Direct Elimination
  • Paine toppled Marlena Word (Smith) in the first round before falling to fifth-seeded Sophia Jeffords to finish 11th overall.
  • Colby dominated the first two rounds, defeating Sarah Hatch (WPI) and Kate Koenig (Mount Holyoke) before taking down second-seeded Bree Boyington (New Hampshire).
  • Colby suffered a narrow defeat in the semifinal round to Jeffords to finish tied for third overall.

Up Next

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