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Midwest Conference Championships
Gurrieri Captures Sabre Gold at Midwest Conference Championships
3/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Fencing
March 6, 2010
2010 Midwest Conference Championships Results
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- For the second-straight year, Northwestern has a fencer capture gold at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships. Freshman Alicia Gurrieri (Medford, N.J./Moorestown Friends), the weapon's number two seed, knocked off top-seeded Allison Miller of Ohio State 15-11 to take home the individual gold among the women's sabre, highlighting the opening day of competition at the Joyce Center on the Notre Dame campus.
Gurrieri, who went undefeated in pool play, was a perfect 11-0 on the day, en route to capturing the Wildcats' first individual conference champion in the sabre since Kate Frambach in 2000. It also marks the first time since 1999-2000 that Northwestern has had an individual weapon champion in back-to-back years (Sam Nemecek captured the women's foil in 2009).
11 other Northwestern fencers posted top-10 finishes at the MFC Championships, including a pair of Wildcats posted top-10 finishes in the sabre, as senior Whitney White (Wyckoff, N.J./Ramapo) placing eighth and senior Allie Keller (Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle) checking in at 10th overall.
In the women's epée, Northwestern occupied half of the slots in the top-10, led by senior Kayley French (Southlake, Texas/Carroll) who tied for third-place with a 10-1 mark on the afternoon. Sister Christa French (Southlake, Texas/Carroll) finished fifth overall, with senior Sarah Henning (New Berlin, Wis./Catholic Memorial), freshman Karalina Collins (Houston, Texas/Waltrip) and junior Nicole Tilley (Chandler, Ariz./Corona) placing sixth, seventh and eighth respectively. Senior Joanna Niklinska (Granger, Ind./Penn) rounded out the impressive Wildcat showing with a 10th-place showing.
Three other Wildcats placed among the top-10 in the women's foil with freshman Dayana Sarkisova (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central) posting a 10-1 record on the afternoon to finish in a tie for third overall. Sophomore Camille Provencal (St. Paul, Minn./Central) finished fifth while fellow sophomore Devynn Patterson (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt) placed seventh as both fencers notch the second top-10 conference finish of their careers.
With the individual competition now in the rear view mirror, third-ranked Northwestern sets its sight on the team competition, which gets underway at 8 a.m. Sunday morning with women's foil and women's sabre. The women's foil is scheduled to begin at approximately noon Sunday afternoon. Updated results can be found by visiting the 2010 Midwest Fencing Conference Championships Central link.
2010 Midwest Fencing Conference Championships Individual Results
Women's Sabre
1 - Alicia Gurrieri, Northwestern
2 - Allison Miller, Ohio State
3T - Margarita Tschomakova, Ohio State
3T - Sarah Borrmann, Notre Dame
5 - Falencia Miller, Ohio State
6 - Eileen Hassett, Notre Dame
7 - Emily Cheng, Ohio State
8 - Whitney White, Northwestern
9 - Beatriz Almeida, Notre Dame
10 - Allie Keller, Northwestern
Women's Foil
1 - Hayley Reese, Notre Dame
2 - Oksana Dmytruk, Ohio State
3T - Dayana Sarkisova, Northwestern
3T - Grace Hartman, Notre Dame
5 - Camille Provencal, Northwestern
6 - Allison Henvick, Ohio State
7 - Devynn Patterson, Northwestern
8 - Radmila Sarkisova, Notre Dame
9 - Lindsay Knauer, Ohio State
10 - Darsie Malynn
Women's Epée
1 - Kelley Hurley, Notre Dame
2 - Courtney Hurley, Notre Dame
3T - Kayley French, Northwestern
3T - Julia Tikhonova, Ohio State
5 - Christa French, Northwestern
6 - Sarah Henning, Northwestern
7 - Karalina Collins, Northwestern
8 - Nicole Tilley, Northwestern
9 - Mary Pozydaev, Ohio State
10 - Joanna Niklinska, Northwestern
