2019-20 Women's Fencing Roster
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Jersey Number 20
Blodwen Bindas
- Class:
- First-Year
- High School:
- Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School
- Hometown:
- Fair Haven, N.J.
Bio
2023-24: Finished 5-7 in dual action as a graduate student ... Placed 16th at the Remenyik Open (10/14-15) ... Picked up two victories at both the Tufts Invitational (1/14) and the Northwestern Duals (2/4-5) ... Also came away with a win at the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference (CCFC) Championships (2/24).
2022-23: Posted a 28-20 record ... Opened the year with 29th-place finishes at both the Remenyik Open (10/2) and the Temple Open (10/29) ... Picked up five wins at the Western Invitational (11/5-6) ... Posted a 9-3 finish at the Vassar Invitational (11/13) ... Went a spotless 4-0 at the DeCicco Duals (1/28) ... Helped the 'Cats to a runner-up showing at the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference Championships (2/25-26), winning four of her five matchups ... All-Academic selection by the United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA).
2021-22: Won four duals to open the season at the Remenyik Open...Posted a top-30 finish at the Temple Open
2021: Academic All-Big Ten...Went 6-9 in her first competition of the season against Ohio State and Denison...Won four duals in Northwestern's first competition as a program at the new Patten Gymnasium...Went 4-2 in a tri-dual with Notre Dame and Lawrence...Won five duals to help lead the Wildcats to a pair of wins over Wayne State...Went 4-7 in duals with Ohio State and Lawrence...Her 7-2 mark helped Northwestern clinch the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference Championship...Qualified for the NCAA Championships, where she secured a Top-15 finish at the 2021 NCAA Championships as the Wildcats placed third as a team - the best result in program history.
2019-20: USFCA All-Midwest Region...Went undefeated in pool play at the Remenyik Open...Earned four wins at the October NAC...Posted a clean sweep in first career duals as Northwestern defeated Indiana, Chicago, Lawrence, Purdue and Wisconsin...Led the team as she finished 71st with four wins at the November NAC...Went 5-7 at the Elite Invitational...Competed in the Division 1 Epee and Junior Epee competition at the January NAC...Went 6-6, including a sweep of Stanford, at the Western Invitational...Helped the Wildcats defeat Brandeis at the Penn Duals...Went 2-0 at the DeCicco Duals...Swept No. 10 Cornell and helped Northwestern defeat North Carolina with a victory in her final bout at the NU Duals...Reached the Round of 16 at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships...Won her dual in the conference team championship as Northwestern finished second in the MFC...Led the team with a third place finish overall at the NCAA Regionals
High School/Club: Fenced at Atlantic Fencing Academy and Wanglei Fencing Academy
Personal: Born in Vannes, France … Member of the French, Spanish, and Chinese National Honors Societies in high school … Competed against Wildcats Natalie Kim and Pauline Hamilton … Current club fencing coach, Jim Carpenter, is a Northwestern Alumni … Choose Northwestern over Temple University and UNC … Anticipated major is Undecided.
2022-23: Posted a 28-20 record ... Opened the year with 29th-place finishes at both the Remenyik Open (10/2) and the Temple Open (10/29) ... Picked up five wins at the Western Invitational (11/5-6) ... Posted a 9-3 finish at the Vassar Invitational (11/13) ... Went a spotless 4-0 at the DeCicco Duals (1/28) ... Helped the 'Cats to a runner-up showing at the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference Championships (2/25-26), winning four of her five matchups ... All-Academic selection by the United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA).
2021-22: Won four duals to open the season at the Remenyik Open...Posted a top-30 finish at the Temple Open
2021: Academic All-Big Ten...Went 6-9 in her first competition of the season against Ohio State and Denison...Won four duals in Northwestern's first competition as a program at the new Patten Gymnasium...Went 4-2 in a tri-dual with Notre Dame and Lawrence...Won five duals to help lead the Wildcats to a pair of wins over Wayne State...Went 4-7 in duals with Ohio State and Lawrence...Her 7-2 mark helped Northwestern clinch the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference Championship...Qualified for the NCAA Championships, where she secured a Top-15 finish at the 2021 NCAA Championships as the Wildcats placed third as a team - the best result in program history.
2019-20: USFCA All-Midwest Region...Went undefeated in pool play at the Remenyik Open...Earned four wins at the October NAC...Posted a clean sweep in first career duals as Northwestern defeated Indiana, Chicago, Lawrence, Purdue and Wisconsin...Led the team as she finished 71st with four wins at the November NAC...Went 5-7 at the Elite Invitational...Competed in the Division 1 Epee and Junior Epee competition at the January NAC...Went 6-6, including a sweep of Stanford, at the Western Invitational...Helped the Wildcats defeat Brandeis at the Penn Duals...Went 2-0 at the DeCicco Duals...Swept No. 10 Cornell and helped Northwestern defeat North Carolina with a victory in her final bout at the NU Duals...Reached the Round of 16 at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships...Won her dual in the conference team championship as Northwestern finished second in the MFC...Led the team with a third place finish overall at the NCAA Regionals
High School/Club: Fenced at Atlantic Fencing Academy and Wanglei Fencing Academy
Personal: Born in Vannes, France … Member of the French, Spanish, and Chinese National Honors Societies in high school … Competed against Wildcats Natalie Kim and Pauline Hamilton … Current club fencing coach, Jim Carpenter, is a Northwestern Alumni … Choose Northwestern over Temple University and UNC … Anticipated major is Undecided.
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