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Anastasiya Muravyeva
Muravyeva just missed All-America honors finishing in 13th place.

Men's Fencing

Fencers Complete Competition at NCAA Championships

Violets Finish 11th Overall

Official Results

The New York University fencing teams have completed competition at the NCAA Championships, which were held at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, IN, from Thursday, March 23, through Sunday, March 26.

Anastasiya Muravyeva and Oliwia Szmilo of the women's team represented NYU on the last day of the Championships on Sunday.

Five members of the Violets' men team competed on Thursday and Friday.

On Sunday, both Muravyeva (foil) and Szumilo (sabre) completed their two days of competition. Muravyeva posted a 13th-place finish, just one spot away from All-American status. Oliwia took 16th in sabre, with both fencers winning 10 bouts over the two days.

Overall, the duo compiled 20 points, which were added to the men's total of 47 accumulated over the first two days of competition. NYU's overall score of 67 points were good for 11th place in the 20-team competition, NYU's best national finish since 2005 (ninth place).

Stanford University finished just ahead of NYU in 10th place with 78 points.

The University of Notre Dame won the title with 186 points.

Grant Williams (sabre), Philip Shin (foil), Sean Grant (foil), Quinten Burgunder (sabre), and Hans Engel (epee) of the men's team completed their competition for NYU on Friday, with both Williams (sixth place) and Shin (12th place), earning All-America honors.

 

Players Mentioned

Quinten Burgunder

Quinten Burgunder

Sabre
6' 2"
Senior
Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
Hans Engel

Hans Engel

Epee
6' 2"
Junior
Individualized Study (Gallatin School of Individualized Study)
Philip Shin

Philip Shin

Foil
5' 11"
Junior
Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
Grant Williams

Grant Williams

Sabre
6' 2"
Sophomore
Undeclared (College of Arts and Science)
Anastasiya  Muravyeva

Anastasiya Muravyeva

Foil
5' 2"
Sophomore
Sean Grant

Sean Grant

Foil
5' 11"
Freshman
Business and Political Economy (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
Oliwia Szumilo

Oliwia Szumilo

Sabre
5' 5"
Freshman
Chemical Engineering (Tandon School of Engineering)

Players Mentioned

Quinten Burgunder

Quinten Burgunder

6' 2"
Senior
Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
Sabre
Hans Engel

Hans Engel

6' 2"
Junior
Individualized Study (Gallatin School of Individualized Study)
Epee
Philip Shin

Philip Shin

5' 11"
Junior
Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
Foil
Grant Williams

Grant Williams

6' 2"
Sophomore
Undeclared (College of Arts and Science)
Sabre
Anastasiya  Muravyeva

Anastasiya Muravyeva

5' 2"
Sophomore
Foil
Sean Grant

Sean Grant

5' 11"
Freshman
Business and Political Economy (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
Foil
Oliwia Szumilo

Oliwia Szumilo

5' 5"
Freshman
Chemical Engineering (Tandon School of Engineering)
Sabre