Buckeyes Begin Campaign with OSU Open

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Buckeyes Begin Campaign with OSU Open

9/30/2023 5:19:00 PM | Fencing

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State fencing program began its year with the OSU Open Saturday in French Field House. Five Buckeyes – Lucy Whittemore, Katherine Larimer, Lorenzo Mion, Matthew Bülau and Luca Fioretto – won event titles. In all, 28 Buckeyes recorded a Top 8 finish.

The weekend wraps up with the OSU Duals Sunday in French Field House. Fencing starts at 8:30 a.m. and a full schedule is online HERE. The event will be in French Field House, with free admission and free parking on the south side of the facility.

RESULTS

Women's Foil
In women's foil, Alina Lee and Claire Teresa Galavotti both reached the semifinals. Lee dominated in her semifinal, 15-4, before falling in the final to take silver. Freshmen Raiyan Moradi-Bidhendi and Sydney Brush both ended the tournament in the Top 8.

2. Alina Lee
3t. Claire Teresa Galavotti
7. Raiyan Moradi-Bidhendi
8. Sydney Brush
12. Anna Heiser
13. Mika Guillen
15. Chandini Antal

Women's Epee
Buckeyes took three of four spots in the women's epee semifinals. Lucy Whittemore prevailed, 15-14, over the one seed in her semifinal. In a matchup of Buckeyes, Sally Fan defeated Julia Semikin, 15-9, to advance to the final. Whittemore was a 15-12 winner in the final. Talie Weiss placed fifth, as she fell to Whittemore in the quarterfinals.

1. Lucy Whittemore
2. Sally Fan
3t. Julia Semikin
5. Talia Weiss
12. Cara Santos

Women's Saber
The women's saber final was all-Buckeye, with Katherine Larimer defeating Maria Alexe, 15-9, in the championship. Larimer won her semifinal match 15-4, while Alexe advanced with a 15-10 win. Hamsika Arnipalli was seventh in the final standings after reaching the Table of 8.

1. Katherine Larimer
2. Maria Alexe
7. Hamsika Arnipalli

Men's Epee
It was an all-Buckeye matchup in the men's epee final, with Matthew Bülau prevailing against Gabriel Feinberg, 15-9. Buelau defeated teammate Miles Weiss 15-12 in the semifinals and Feinberg advanced after defeating Buckeye alum Joseph Guinan, 15-8.

Ayush Shah, Nowell Gibson and Clark Kokenge all notched Top 8 finishes.

1. Matthew Bülau
2. Gabriel Feinberg
3t. Miles Weiss
5. Ayush Shah
7. Nowell Gibson
8. Clark Kokenge
9. Max Rodney
12. Kinley Lavenstein
14. Wesley Lee
17. Paul Veltrup
29. Anitya Kumar

Men's Saber
The men's saber semifinals featured an all-Buckeye lineup. Luca Fioretto topped Avin Rai in the semifinals, 15-7, and Aaron Buergenthal was a 15-8 winner over Kelly Liu in the other semi. Fioretto, a freshman in his first collegiate event, topped Buergenthal 15-10 to take gold.

1. Luca Fioretto
2. Aaron Buergenthal
3t. Avin Rai
3t. Kelly Liu
9. Vincent Haney
10. Samuel Rightler
25. Hank Bauer

Men's Foil
Three of the four men's foil finalists were from Ohio State, with Lorenzo Mion ending as the champion. He defeated Diego Cervantes in the semifinals, 15-10. Freshman Mitchell Huth advanced out of the semifinals with a 15-10 semifinal victory.

In all, eight of the Top 9 finishers were from Ohio State. Solin Li was fifth, Ilya Ayupov was sixth and Isaac Ariza followed in seventh, with Justin Vogler eighth and Edriss Ndiaye ninth.

1. Lorenzo Mion
2. Mitchell Huth
3t. Diego Cervantes
5. Solin Li
6. Ilya Ayupov
7. Isaac Zriza
8. Justin Vogler
9. Edriss Ndiaye
18. Samuel Freedman
21. Nathan Cheng
22. Craig Upton
32. Advaith Prasanna