Fencing
Coach Dave Micahnik’s lasting presnce
Dave Micahnik had an effect on Penn fencing: 722 career wins, 22 Ivy titles. Both his 1981 men’s team and his 1986 women’s team won the national championship.
Navy vet turns from fists to fencing
After suffering a boxing injury while in the Navy, Randy LaMaster turned to fencing as an alternative combat sport. What started as a hobby soon became a career for the current assistant coach of Penn’s fencing team.Zeljkovic is wheeling and dealing
Five-time Serbian national fencing champion Mickey Zeljkovic was introduced to the wheelchair version of his sport as a coach in his home country and it has become his passion.
Penn fencing teams fall in Ivy League Championships
The men’s squad entered the tournament as a favorite, but lost to the Crimson in their first match Saturday, 14-13, ending their chance at an undefeated season. The women fell to a similar fate.
Penn fencing targeting the top
Undefeated and the only team to knock off No. 1 Penn State, the Penn men’s fencing team will enter this weekend’s Ivy League tournament confident but cautious.Penn men’s fencing team remains undefeated
One week after Penn men’s fencing pulled a surprise upset over No. 1 Penn State, the team returned to action on Saturday at the Eric Sollee Invitational.
Penn fencing to face five unranked foes at Eric Sollee Invite
As opposed to the Penn State Invitational, where the Quakers squared off against three top-10 teams, none of the five teams they will be facing at the Eric Sollee Invitational — Brandeis, MIT, NYU, Boston College or Brown — are currently ranked.
Penn fencing historically 'en garde'
Despite Penn’s long and distinguished sports history, few of its teams have claimed an NCAA championship trophy of its own.Penn fencing nearly perfect at Philadelphia Invitational
After two months without a tournament, the men’s and women’s fencing teams bounced back into form as they competed in the Philadelphia Invitational held at Hutchinson Gym.Luona Wang and Wendy Zhao once again competing together
Freshman Luona Wang and Wendy Zhao attended Vestavia Hills High School in Alabama and have fenced together for ten years.Nine fencers reach round of 16 at Penn State
Historically, reaching the round of 16 at the Penn State Open, has been a strong predictor of qualification for the NCAA Championships.
Bout time for Penn fencing
Penn fencing has an advantage that no other varsity team at the school can boast — the men and women go head to head in practice.Eight Quakers qualify for fencing NCAAs
Though Penn failed to capture the 2011 Ivy League title, there is still a chance for the fencers to win a different crown.Fencers finish in middle of Ivy pack
The men defeated Brown, Columbia and Princeton, but notched third place overall with a 3-2 record in the Ivy tournament. The women went 3-3, taking fourth.Quakers duel with nation's best
Having competed against some of the most talented fencers in the world, the Quakers hope to find success in the upcoming MIT Eric Sollee Invitational on Sunday.Quakers coast at home
In its only appearance at Hutchinson Gymnasium this season, the men’s fencing squad had no trouble handling the six visitors at the Philadelphia Invitational on Saturday, going 6-0.Quakers open with home advantage
The Quakers will host the Philadelphia Invitational Saturday for their first official tournament of the season.Penn fencers make statement in State College
Both fencing teams met with relative success in State College, Pa., with three Penn men earning top-seven finishes and five members of the women’s team placing in the top 20 in their respective weapons.Fencing aims to put ‘team-first’
Both the men’s and women’s fencing teams look to bond more as a team and hope it brings success on the mat.