‘Cats Put Seven On Podium At Penn State Open

Saturday, October 21

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‘Cats Put Seven On Podium At Penn State Open

10/24/2023 5:48:00 PM | Women's Fencing

Full Results

Northwestern back in action at October NAC, October 27-30

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (October 24, 2023) – Sky Miller, Rowan Park, and Athina Kwon led a contingent of seven Wildcats to post podium finishes as the Northwestern University women's fencing team competed at the Penn State Open in University Park, Pa. over the weekend.

Miller, a three-time NCAA qualifier who made her season debut, rolled through pool action in the women's sabre to the tune of a 5-1 record before entering the tableau, where she picked up three wins before medically withdrawing in the event final, placing second overall. She was joined on the podium by Kailing Sathyanath, who took fifth to notch her second podium finish in as many events to open the 2023-24 season.

Like Sathyanath, Park returned to the podium for the second time in as many weeks, claiming third in the women's foil. Park enjoyed an unblemished run through pool bouts, going a spotless 5-0, before scoring a pair of wins in the tableau. A week removed from a fifth-place finish in the junior section of the event at the Remenyik ROC/RJCC, Juliana Hung continued the strong start to her season, battling to a seventh-place finish.

In the women's epee, Kwon spearheaded the attack, knocking off two higher-seeded opponents in the tableau on her way to a third-place showing that marked her second consecutive podium finish. Karen Wang breezed to a 5-0 showing in pool play en route to checking in fifth overall.

A full listing of Northwestern results follows.

Senior Women's Foil
3^rd – Rowan Park
7^th – Juliana Hung
9^th – Allison Lee
13^th – Yejine Lee
23^rd – Ophelia Tong

Senior Women's Epee
3^rd – Athina Kwon
5^th – Karen Wang
10^th – Hanna Lipthay
14^th – Kaylin Nguyen
21^st – Julia Yoon
23^rd – Ava Wade-Currie
31^st – Anna Damratoski
33^rd – Christina Liu
36^th – Blodwen Bindas

Senior Women's Sabre
2^nd – Sky Miller
5^th – Kailing Sathyanath
10^th – Alex Chen
14^th – Levi Hoogendoorn
16^th – Adele Bois
18^th – Megumi Oishi
19^th – Amy Lu
26^th – Sumin Liu

UP NEXT
Northwestern treks south to Orlando, Fla. this weekend, October 27-30, for USA Fencing's October North American Cup (NAC) event.