University of North Carolina Athletics
2025-26 Fencing Roster
Gabriella Alfarache
- Position:
- Sabre
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2025-26 Season (Sophomore): Competed at the 2025 October North American Cup in the Division 1 Women's Sabre division... Finished 12th at the Coach Nikki Franke Classic... Fenced against Duke... Notched an 11-3 record at the Elite Invitatonal with a combined 3-1 record against No. 7 Penn and No. 6 Ohio State... Posted a 5-0 record at the JHU Invite... Notched a 3-0 sweep against No. 10 Penn State and 2-0 record against No. 13 St John's at the Brian Palestis Memorial Invitational... Closed out the regular season with two wins against No. 13 Temple, Boston College and also taking down Air Force in a bout at the Miller Invitational...
2024-2025 Season (Freshman):
Picked up a win against No. 5 Northwestern... Earned two wins against No. 8 Cornell and Cleveland State at the Elite Invitational... Notched two wins against UCSD and a sweep against No. 4 Princeton at Philadelphia Invitational at Temple... Swept NJIT and Haverford also picked up two wins against No. 10 Ohio State at the Philadelphia Invitational at Temple... Won a bout against No. 3 Columbia and swept Haverford and No. 7 Penn at the Penn State Invitational... Named All-ACC Academic Team.
Why did you choose Carolina:
“The team environment, academic excellence, and overall support from the university.”
Personal: From Austin, Texas… Parents are Diego and Mindy Alfarache… Brothers are Rodney and Kyle… Trained under Michael Kim and Pavel Bykov… Two-time First Team USA Fencing All-American and All-Academic… Two-time Second Team USA Fencing All-American and All-Academic… Top 4% of graduating class while graduating with 46 hours of college credit…
