22 Wildcats Earn All-MFC Honors

2/28/2019 2:23:00 PM | Women's Fencing

EVANSTON, Ill. – The No. 2 ranked Midwest Fencing Conference champions Northwestern women's fencing team continues to bring home the hardware as 22 fencers earned All-MFC honors, the conference announced on Thursday.

Six Wildcats earned First Team honors, nine earned Second Team honors, and seven were named Honorable Mentions. NU's 22 honorees were by far the most in the conference, with Ohio State ranking second with 11.

Pauline Hamilton, alongside first-years Maggie Snider and Natalie Kim, earned First Team honors for epée. Yvonne Chart and Sarah Filby received First Team honors for foil, and Alexis Browne earned First Team recognition for saber.

Hamilton earned her third straight All-MFC selection by taking home the silver medal after reaching the women's epée finals. Filby earned her second All-MFC First Team recognition in as many seasons after reaching the semifinals at the MFC Championships. Chart and Browne also made it to the semifinals at the MFC Championships, taking home bronze medals for foil and saber.

Snider and Kim both earned their first career All-MFC recognitions by reaching the women's epée semifinals, capping off a terrific season for Northwestern's first-years. In total, seven NU first-years earned All-MFC honors.

Marta Amador Molina, alongside first-years Julia Falinska and Emma Scala, took home All-MFC Second Team honors for epée. The selection marked the second straight All-MFC recognition for Amador, who made All-MFC First Team last season. Falinska and Scala finished fifth and seventh, respectively, to earn their selections.

Ella Lombard and Adelle Berdichevsky earned Honorable Mention recognition to round out Northwestern's epée honorees. The duo finished ninth and twelfth, respectively, in the competition. The selections were the fourth straight for Lombard and third straight Berdichevsky.

In saber, seniors Maddy Curzon and Emine Yücel, alongside first-year Robyn Song, earned Second Team honors. The selections were the third straight for Yücel and Curzon's illustrious careers.

Abby Tartell and Isabella Min rounded out Northwestern's All-MFC honorees for saber with Honorable Mention recognitions.

In foil, the trio of Amy Jia, Alyssa Chen, and Justine Banbury earned Second Team honors after finishing fifth, sixth, and eighth, respectively. The selections marked the second straight for Banbury, who made All-MFC First Team last season, and Jia, who made All-MFC Second Team last year. Jia also earned All-MFC Honorable Mention recognition as a first-year.

Another trio would round out NU's All-MFC selections for foil, as Sofia Simontov, Elina Moon, and Sharon Chen earned Honorable Mention recognitions. The selection was the second straight for Simontov, who made All-MFC Second Team a year ago.

Chicago's Big Ten Team will keep their postseason rolling next Saturday, March 9, at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, hosted by Notre Dame.

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