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2018-19 Men's Fencing Roster

Michael Skolnick

  • Position Foil
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown South Setauket, NY
  • Highschool Ward Melville
  • Major Physics

Biography

2018-19: Completed his senior season with a 43-25 foil record… Went 20-1 at the Nov. 18 Matt Lampell Invite… Recorded a 3-0 victory against Tufts on Jan. 26… Went 9-1 at the Northeast Conference Multi-Meet on Feb. 9 with wins over UMass (2-0), Boston University (3-0) and New Hampshire (3-0).

2017-18: Skolnick ended a solid junior season with a 31-33 record fencing foil… opened the season with six wins in the Vassar Invitational… posted 13 wins in the Matt Lampell Hudson River Invite, with 3-0 wins over RPI and Drew… posted six wins in a multi-meet on February 10th.

PRIOR TO VASSAR: Was captain of his fencing team as a senior at Ward Melville High School..helped his team to a Long Island and County title during his sophomore, junior and senior campaigns...earned Scholar-Athlete honors...selected for departmental awards in AP BC Calculus and InSTAR. 

PERSONAL: Majoring in phyics...chose Vassar over Stony Brook, UNC, Binghamton, Brandeis, Ohio State, Lafayette and SUNY Geneseo. 
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16First Year

    Foil
    5'8" 135 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Foil
    5'8" 135 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    Foil
    5'8" 135 lbs
  • 2018-19Senior

    Foil
    5'8" 135 lbs