The Drew University women's fencing team will return a number of talented and experienced performers under fifth-year Head Coach Joseph Zanko III.
 
Seven returners are back this season to lead the Rangers, who are coming off a season in which they finished sixth at the NIWFA Championships.
 
Five Rangers who competed at last year's NCAA Regional Championships will return this season, including two in foil – juniors Filiz Erdogan and Tala Varoqua.
 
Erdogan is coming off another outstanding season for the Rangers in which she finished 76-30 in regular-season matches. She captured Second Team All-NIWFA honors for the second year in a row by virtue of her sixth-place finish at the NIWFA Championships, and she also posted a tremendous performance at the EWFC Championships, where she finished 21-3.

Varoqua is coming off a season in which she finished 26-29 in regular-season matches while also posting a 16-5 mark at the EWFC Championships.
 
Sophomore Angelina Pierro-Collura also returns in foil this season while freshman Elise Lemasters will also look to make her mark.  
 
Drew's sabre squad brings back two regional qualifiers from a year ago in sophomores Sabrina Holmes and Ava Insinga. Holmes is coming off a season in which she posted a 34-37 record in regular-season matches, and she also captured Second Team All-NIWFA honors in recognition of her seventh-place finish at the NIWFA Championships. Insinga went 44-40 a year ago.
 
Joining Holmes and Insinga in sabre this season will be first-years Isabella Appicie and Divine Kibe.
 
In epee, sophomore Emily Varhaul returns as a NCAA regional qualifier, and she is coming off a season in which she posted a 25-43 regular-season record. She recorded a 13-8 record at the EWFC Championships. Junior Alisha Bourhill-Tumser and sophomore Jessey Rejano are also back after posting 14 and 13 regular-season victories, respectively, a year ago while first-year Cassie Miller will also compete in epee.
 
The Rangers open their season at Temple University's Nikki Franke Classic on Saturday. Drew will compete in its first home event on Nov. 7-8 with the Drew Invitational, and the Simon Forum will also be the site for a pair of new events this season – the Division III Fencing Championships (Feb. 14) and the East Coast Fencing Championships (Feb. 28). The NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Championships will be held on March 6 at the University of North Carolina.