Di Tella Takes Second at NCAA Regional

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NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional

Di Tella Takes Second at NCAA Regional

3/12/2016 7:51:00 PM | Fencing

Meet Results

By: Duke Sports Information

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Fencing at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Saturday at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., 13 of Duke's 23 competing fencers qualified for the final round, including seven that notched top-10 finishes. Leading the way was sophomore Pascual Di Tella capturing second in the men's saber competition.

In the final pool, Di Tella logged a record of 8-3 and a +15 indicator to capture runner-up honors to record the highest finish at the event by a Blue Devil. It was also the top mark of his career, besting his seventh-place showing last season as a freshman.

For the women, freshman Kristen Coury paced the Duke contingent and continued her stellar rookie campaign with a seventh-place performance in the women's foil competition, going 6-5 and adding a -1 indicator in the final pool. Sophomore Haley Fisher and junior Julia Lee each followed close behind with matching eighth-place finishes in women's saber and women's epee, respectively. The spot for Fisher is one better than her ninth-place showing as a freshman last year, while Lee took sixth in the event during the 2015 season.

Other Blue Devils that finished in the top 10 were freshman Bryn Hammarberg (8^th – men's epee), senior Charles Copti (9^th – men's saber), sophomore Jan Maceczek (9^th – men's foil) and sophomore Jennifer Ling (10^th – women's saber). Rookie Claudia Wrampelmeier led the Duke women's epeeists, placing 12^th overall.

The Blue Devils will finish the season at the NCAA Fencing Championships March 24-27 in Waltham, Mass., hosted by Brandeis. Qualifiers for the national meet will be announced next week.

A full list of how all Duke competitors performed can be found below:

Men's Epee
8. Bryn Hammarberg
11. Alec Ajnsztajn
12. Dean Ischiropoulos
26. Dakota Nollner

Men's Foil
9. Jan Maceczek
11. Will Feldman
t-14. Jake Shulman
23. Ethan Yu
29. Alan Ko

Men's Saber
2. Pascual Di Tella
9. Charles Copti
12. Peter Yang

Women's Epee
12. Claudia Wrampelmeier
13. Isabella Barna
14. Camille Esnault
22. Rita Somogyi
25. Bridget Wallace

Women's Foil
7. Kristen Coury
8. Julia Lee
17. Samantha Lee
18. Cathy Chi

Women's Saber
8. Haley Fisher
10. Jennifer Ling

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