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Women’s Fencing Captures EWFC Championship

EWFC HOMEPAGE

HOBOKEN, N.J. (February
15, 2015) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's fencing team captured the Eastern Women's Fencing Conference Championship Sunday in Hoboken after a 7-0 day.
 
The title is the third all time for Stevens and the first since the 2001-02 season. The win snapped a five year winning streak by Johns Hopkins University.  
 
Individually, freshman Abby Kaye took-home foil fencer of the year honors while junior Zoe To earned sabre fencer of the year. As a unit, the Stevens foil team was named the top squad of the year.
 
"We fenced the best we've fenced all season and it won us a conference championship," head coach Linda Vollkommer-Lynch said. "I'm so proud of the way the team performed today."
 
The Ducks went unbeaten against the seven team field with wins over Vassar College (23-4), Haverford College (22-5), City College of New York (22-5), Hunter College (22-5), Drew University (26-1), Yeshiva University (26-1), and Johns Hopkins (15-12).
 
To led the Ducks at sabre with a 20-1 day while freshman Karen Kong and sophomore Kyria Johnson went 18-3 and 13-8 respectively.
 
Freshman Erin Hatcher went 17-3 in epee while senior Sienna Batzli went 15-5. In foil, junior Caroleen Chen went 18-3 and senior Taia Harrison went 19-2. With the wins, Harrison became the first Stevens fencer in program history to record 200 career wins in foil.

Chen and Harrison were named first-team EWFC all-stars in foil while Hatcher, Batzli and freshman Youmna Elsayed were second-team all-stars at epee. Kong was a first-team all-star in sabre and Johnson was named to the second team.

The Ducks will return to action next Sunday with the College Squad Championships.
 
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Players Mentioned

Sienna Batzli

Sienna Batzli

5' 5"
Senior
Epee
Caroleen Chen

Caroleen Chen

5' 3"
Junior
Foil
Taia Harrison

Taia Harrison

5' 7"
Senior
Foil
Kyria Johnson

Kyria Johnson

5' 5"
Sophomore
Sabre
Xinyi Zoe To

Xinyi Zoe To

5' 1"
Junior
Sabre
Erin Hatcher

Erin Hatcher

5' 4"
First-Year
Epee
Abby Kaye

Abby Kaye

5' 3"
First-Year
Foil
Karen Kong

Karen Kong

5' 1"
First-Year
Sabre
Youmna Elsayed

Youmna Elsayed

5' 8"
First-Year
Epee

Players Mentioned

Sienna Batzli

Sienna Batzli

5' 5"
Senior
Epee
Caroleen Chen

Caroleen Chen

5' 3"
Junior
Foil
Taia Harrison

Taia Harrison

5' 7"
Senior
Foil
Kyria Johnson

Kyria Johnson

5' 5"
Sophomore
Sabre
Xinyi Zoe To

Xinyi Zoe To

5' 1"
Junior
Sabre
Erin Hatcher

Erin Hatcher

5' 4"
First-Year
Epee
Abby Kaye

Abby Kaye

5' 3"
First-Year
Foil
Karen Kong

Karen Kong

5' 1"
First-Year
Sabre
Youmna Elsayed

Youmna Elsayed

5' 8"
First-Year
Epee