University of North Carolina Athletics
North Carolina
JHU Invitational
Fencing Starts 2026 3-0
January 18, 2026 | Fencing
BALTIMORE- No.14/15 Carolina fencing hit the road as a team for the first time in 2026 and returned to Chapel Hill undefeated with three victories.Â
The women's team opened against Drew University and made a statement, going 27-0 and never losing a bout. Women's foil and sabre both posted 8-1 records, leading the team to a 23-4 record against Johns Hopkins. Finally, the women's team closed out the day with an incredible 26-1 record against Haverford, with epee and sabre going undefeated. Â
Men's sabre had a great team performance, going 9-0 with six different fencers, as they beat Drew 24-3. The team followed it up with a 23-4 victory against Johns Hopkins. Men's sabre again produced a 9-0 record to give Carolina the final victory of the weekend, going 9-0 to beat Haverford.
Individually, there were many standout performances, such as the mid-year enrollee, Youssef Shamel made an immediate impact in his debut meet, going 7-1. Elden Wood and Nicky Wind combined for a 13-0 record as the two elder statesmen on the men's sabre squad, leading the way to a 26-1 record as a weapons group. The men's team had seven fencers go undefeated.
Just like men's sabre, the women's weapon group went 26-1 with four of the five fencers staying undefeated on the weekend. Women's epee notched two 9-0 matches with four fencers never losing. Lauren Yu and Katie McGillion-Moore both were undefeated for women's foil.
ÂResultsÂ
No. 7 (D3) Drew: 24-3Â
Men's Foil: 8-1
Nick Baumstein: 3-0
Cristian Porras: 3-0
Ivan Radoslavov: 2-1
Men's Epee: 7-2
Youssef Shamel: 3-0
Brayden Gyure: 2-1
Maximo Zafft: 2-1
Men's Sabre: 9-0
Nicky Wind: 2-0Â
Elden Wood: 2-0
Finn Buchmann: 2-0
John Lin: 1-0
Vasko Atanassov: 1-0
Connor Woodward: 1-0
No. 8 (D3) Drew:Â
Women's Sabre: 9-0
Samantha Maryash: 2-0
Gabriella Alfarache: 2-0
Jana Mohamed: 3-0
Dagny Johnson: 1-0
Charlotte Scalamoni-Goldstein: 1-0
Women's Foil: 9-0
Sreehitha Gandluri: 3-0
Katie McGillion-Moore: 3-0
Lauren Yu: 3-0
Women's Epee:
Mariasole Capellua: 3-0
Mia Smotritsky: 3-0Â
Tatiana Zafft: 3-0
Men's Epe: 7-2
Youssef Shamel: 2-0
Brayden Gyure 2-0
Maximo Zafft: 3-0
Logan Gatza: 0-1
Boris Muga: 0-1
Men's Foil: 8-1
Aiden Song: 2-0
Ivan Radoslavov: 3-0
Yanni Tsimiklis: 1-1
Nick Baumstein: 1-0
Cristian Porras: 1-0
Men's Sabre: 8-1
Nicky Wind: 3-0
Elden Wood: 3-0
Vasko Atanassov: 2-1
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No. 2 (D3) Johns Hopkins 23-4
Women's Sabre: 8-1
Dagny Johnson: 2-1
Samantha Maryash:3-0
Jana Mohamed: 3-0
Women's Foil: 8-1
Lauren Yu:3-0
Sreehitha Gandluri:2-1
Katie McGillion-Moore:3-0
Women's Epee: 7-2
Mariasole Capellua: 2-1
Tatiana Zafft: 0-1
Mia Smotritsky: 3-0
Kaitlyn Zanga: 2-0Â
No. 8 (D3) Haverford: 17-10
Men's Sabre: 9-0
Vasko Atanassov: 3-0
John Lin: 3-0
Nicky Wind: 3-0
Men's Foil: 5-4
Aiden Song: 0-1
Ivan Radslov: 1-2
Yanni Tsimiklis:0-1
Nick Baumstein: 2-0
Cristian Porras: 2-0
Men's Epee: 3-6
Youssef Shamel: 2-1
Logan Gatza: 0-3
Boris Muga: 1-2
Haverford: 26-1Â
Women's Sabre: 9-0
Samantha Maryash:1-0
Charlotte Scalamoni-Goldstein: 2-0
Gabriella Alfarache: 3-0
Jana Mohamed: 3-0
Women's Foil: 8-1
Lauren Yu: 3-0
Sreehitha Gandluri:1-1
Zhiyan Qian: 1-0
Katie McGillion-Moore:3-0
Women's Epee: 9-0
Nicole Milewski: 3-0
Anna Temiryaev: 3-0
Elizabeth Zigalo:3-0
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