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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State fencers competed in the January North American Cup in Charlotte. Buckeyes past and present collected a total of seven Top-50 finishes overall.
Senior Team Men’s Epee
Matthew Comes, Kaiden Crotchett, John Culpepper and Henry Lange represented men’s epee in the senior team competition. As the top-seeded squad, the Buckeyes had a bye in round one then dominated through to the finals bout where they lost to Elite Team 1 43-42, earning second place overall.
Round of 64: BYE
Round of 32: W | NYU 2 45-28.
Round of 16: W | The Neon Dream 45-27
Round of 8: W | Team Québec 45-29
Semi-Finals: W | NYU 1 45-41
Finals: L | Elite Team 1 43-42
Sarah Merza – Division I Women’s Sabre
Merza picked up three wins in pool bouts which allowed her to advance to elimination play. She battled to the round of 16 picking up three wins along the way, winning 15-8, 15-14 and 15-10. She dropped just short of the quarterfinals in a close bout 15-13 to Vera Kong of Laguna Fencing Club, who went on to place fifth overall. Merza recorded half a dozen wins and placed 15th of 148.
Pool: 3-2
Round of 128: W | Tamara Kobozeva 15-8
Round of 64: W | Edith Johnson 15-14
Round of 32: W | Rebecca Whang 15-10
Round of 16: L | Vera Kong 15-13
Henry Lange – Division I Men’s Epee
Lange started elimination bouts with a bye after a demanding performance in pool play, dropping only one of six bouts. He beat out his next three opponents 15-10, 15-5 and 12-11 to push him through to the round of 8 where he fell to Benjamin Bratton, who went on to earn gold.
Pool: 5-1
Round of 128: BYE
Round of 64: W | Joseph Isaac 15-10
Round of 32: W | Tudor Saitoc 15-5
Round of 16: W | Adam Rodney 12-11
Round of 8: L | Benjamin Bratton 15-6
Division I Men’s Epee
Henry Lange | 6th
Matthew Comes | 102T
Kaiden Crotchett | 106th
JR Culpepper | 172T
Ethan Edwards | 216th
Division I Men’s Sabre
Stephen Chou | 47th
Division I Men’s Foil
Nathan Wreidt | 50th
Maximus DeBack | 54th
William Gaziano | 135T
James Flanagan | 197th
Division I Women’s Sabre
Aleksandra Kolmykova | 108T
Alumni Finishes
Jason Pryor – Division I Men’s Epee | 8th
Lewis Weiss – Division I Men’s Epee | 10th
Oliver Shindler – Division I Men’s Epee | 41st
Celina Merza – Division I Women’s Sabre | 63rd
UP NEXT
The Buckeyes will return to action the weekend of Jan. 18-19. Some will compete in the St. John’s Duals Jan. 18 in New York, with others at the Philadelphia Open Jan. 18-19.
