2021-22 Women's Fencing Roster
Filby, Sarah

Jersey Number 6
Sarah Filby
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Edina
- Hometown:
- Edina, Minn.
Bio
2021-22: Won four duals in her return to action at the Remenyik Open...Finished second at the Temple Open against some of the top programs in the country
2021: Academic All-Big Ten...B1G Distinguished Scholar
2019-20: All-American...Earned an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Championships, canceled due to COVID-19...Academic All-Big Ten...B1G Distinguished Scholar...Won the senior foil at the Remenyik Open to begin her junior season...Took five bouts in pool play at the October NAC...Finished with seven wins at the Elite Invitational to lead the foil squad...Her 8-0 performance at the Western Invitational helped Northwestern sweep the event...Went 7-4 at the Penn Invitational, including a perfect 3-0 marked the tenth-ranked Quakers....Won a bout at the DeCicco Duals, hosted by No. 1 Notre Dame...Went 9-8 at the NU Duals, including a pair of victories to help the Wildcats take down Duke...Finished sixth in the individual competition at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships...Won her bout against Michigan as the Wildcats finished second in the MFC...Finished sixth at NCAA Regionals
2018-19: First Team All-MFC … Placed 8th at NCAA Midwest Regionals (3/9) … Finished tied for third and received bronze medal at the MFC Championships … Finished tied for third at Remenyik Open … Placed 20th at Penn State Open … Went 10-4 at Elite Invitational … Placed 50th in Div. 1 Women’s Foil event at January USA Fencing NAC in Charlotte, N.C … Went a perfect 8-0 at Western Invitational … Went 5-3 at Philadelphia Invitational … Went 9-4 at Northwestern Duals … Went 5-5 at Duke Meet... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017-18: All-American … Finished 10th at NCAA Championships (3/23) … Finished 6th at NCAA Midwest Regionals … Went 7-3 at the Elite Invitational ... Went 9-1 at the Western Invitational... Went 5-1 at the DeCicco Duals ... Went 14-6 at the NU Duals ... Finished 2nd at the MFC Championship.
High School/Club: Current member of the Canadian Junior Women's Foil National Team … Named 2015/16 Fencing Canada Junior Women's Athlete of the Year … Bronze medal at 2016 Junior PanAm Zonal Championships … Bronze medal at 2016 Senior Foil Canadian National Championships ... Gold medal at 2015 Guatemala Junior World Cup … Sixth place at 2015 Cadet World Championships … USA Fencing All-Academic First Team 2013-15.
Personal: Born in Toronto, Ont. … Major is Journalism.
2021: Academic All-Big Ten...B1G Distinguished Scholar
2019-20: All-American...Earned an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Championships, canceled due to COVID-19...Academic All-Big Ten...B1G Distinguished Scholar...Won the senior foil at the Remenyik Open to begin her junior season...Took five bouts in pool play at the October NAC...Finished with seven wins at the Elite Invitational to lead the foil squad...Her 8-0 performance at the Western Invitational helped Northwestern sweep the event...Went 7-4 at the Penn Invitational, including a perfect 3-0 marked the tenth-ranked Quakers....Won a bout at the DeCicco Duals, hosted by No. 1 Notre Dame...Went 9-8 at the NU Duals, including a pair of victories to help the Wildcats take down Duke...Finished sixth in the individual competition at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships...Won her bout against Michigan as the Wildcats finished second in the MFC...Finished sixth at NCAA Regionals
2018-19: First Team All-MFC … Placed 8th at NCAA Midwest Regionals (3/9) … Finished tied for third and received bronze medal at the MFC Championships … Finished tied for third at Remenyik Open … Placed 20th at Penn State Open … Went 10-4 at Elite Invitational … Placed 50th in Div. 1 Women’s Foil event at January USA Fencing NAC in Charlotte, N.C … Went a perfect 8-0 at Western Invitational … Went 5-3 at Philadelphia Invitational … Went 9-4 at Northwestern Duals … Went 5-5 at Duke Meet... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017-18: All-American … Finished 10th at NCAA Championships (3/23) … Finished 6th at NCAA Midwest Regionals … Went 7-3 at the Elite Invitational ... Went 9-1 at the Western Invitational... Went 5-1 at the DeCicco Duals ... Went 14-6 at the NU Duals ... Finished 2nd at the MFC Championship.
High School/Club: Current member of the Canadian Junior Women's Foil National Team … Named 2015/16 Fencing Canada Junior Women's Athlete of the Year … Bronze medal at 2016 Junior PanAm Zonal Championships … Bronze medal at 2016 Senior Foil Canadian National Championships ... Gold medal at 2015 Guatemala Junior World Cup … Sixth place at 2015 Cadet World Championships … USA Fencing All-Academic First Team 2013-15.
Personal: Born in Toronto, Ont. … Major is Journalism.
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