Fevry, Litynski Lead the Pack As Fencing Opens in Philly

Saturday, October 27

Philadelphia, Pa.

8:00 AM

North Carolina

Temple Open (Women)

The Tar Heels gather to watch Jackie Litynski on Saturday at the Temple Open.

October 29, 2018 | Fencing

Results

By: UNC Athletic Communications

Four Tar Heel fencers earned top-six finishes over the weekend as UNC opened the 2018-19 season at the Temple Open.

In the women's competition on Saturday, junior Carlexa Fevry tied for third in foil and junior Jackie Litynski tied for third in sabre. In the men's competition on Sunday, senior Jacob Henkels was sixth in epee and freshman Beni Rabinowitz was sixth in sabre.

Overall, 24 UNC fencers were in the top 32 in their respective weapons and 29 of UNC's 38 competitors finished in the top half of the results.

"What we shoot for in these early season competitions are top-16 and top-32 finishes, and obviously top eight – finals – or top four is even better," UNC coach Ron Miller said. "All in all it was a great tournament."

We didn't have everyone available, but those who were there did outstanding, especially our first-year kids.Probably the best individual performance of a first year was Beni Rabinowitz in sabre – he was second coming out of the pools and ended up sixth."

Rabinowitz was one of seven Tar Heel fencers to drop just one bout over the course of the day's competition.

Among squads, Miller was particularly impressed by men's sabre and women's foil.

Next up for the Tar Heels is the Garret Open at Penn State this Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 3 and 4). It's a similar task in that it's also an individual tournament with no team component involved, but a tougher test than the Temple tournament based on the expected strength of the field.

Temple Intercollegiate Open
Women's Competition
Saturday, Oct. 27

Women's Foil (field of 63)
Carlexa Fevry 3T
Wei Chee Chen 9T
Aubrey Molloy 11th
Sydney Persing 16th
Alicia Chen 31st
Sylvia Zhu 37th
Charlotte Smith 51T
Hannah Pieper 59T

Women's Epee (field of 63)
Rebecca Barnes 17th
Charlotte Summers 22nd
Erin O'Neill 40th

Women's Sabre (field of 64)
Jackie Litynski 3T
Bridget Becchina 14th
Clara Somfelean 15th
Julia Parzecki 19th
Amelia Cuomo 29th
Alexis Lynch 33rd
Isabel Bravo 58T

Men's Competition
Sunday, Oct. 28

Men's Foil (field of 86)
Brian Lee 22nd
Ian Head 24th
Lucas Fernandez 36^th
James Mulligan 27^th
Gabriel Lima 41st
Anders Hartmark 42nd
Charles Chow 48th
Ari Krayzman 55T

Men's Epee (field of 88)
Jacob Henkels 6th
Michael Facci 12th
Charlie Roth 16th
Andrew Fulmer 34th

Men's Sabre (field of 72)
Benjamin Rabinowitz 6th
Daniel Mogilevsky 9T
Firoz George 12th
Connor Ritchey 13th
Matthew Garrelick 16th
Bernard Witek 32nd
Samuel Tate 33T
Alex Matthew 41st