Results

PHILADELPHIA - Junior Lupo Sala earned a seventh-place medal to lead the Drew University men's fencing team at Temple University's Coach Nikki Franke Classic on Sunday.

Eleven Rangers were in action at the highly-competitive event, which featured some of the most talented Division I and Division III programs in the region.

Three other Rangers posted top-30 finishes: juniors Jason Sobon (29th) and Andrew Klyczek (28th) in foil and sophomore Nalby Varoqua (26th) in sabre.

EPEE
Sala finished 11-3 on the day, highlighted by a 3-1 mark in the direct elimination round of 64. He started out with a 15-12 victory over Jeremy Zheng of Johns Hopkins and followed up with a convincing 15-5 win over Leo He, also of Johns Hopkins. He then upset No. 4-seeded Logan Dieck of Boston College, 15-10, to reach the round of eight. His day came to an end with a loss to No. 4 seed Eglan Osama of Penn State.

Earlier in the day, Sala posted a 4-1 mark in each of the first two preliminary rounds. In the opening round, he posted wins over fencers from NJIT, Wagner, Florida, and Drexel before capturing victories over opponents from Johns Hopkins, Boston College, Florida, and Stevens in the second round.

Also in epee, freshman Aubrey Mitsch placed 45th while junior Jackson Howard came in 49th. Mitsch began the day with a 3-2 mark in the first round, defeating opponents from TCNJ, Boston College, and Wagner, before going 1-4 in the second round that included a win over a fencer from Rowan. In the elimination round, he saw his day come to an end with a 15-5 loss to Leo He from Johns Hopkins.

Howard started the day with a 2-3 first round that included victories over fencer from TCNJ and Stevens, then finished 1-4 in the second round with a win over Florida. In the finals, he lost to 15-6 to Peter Irwin of Florida.

Four Rangers competed in both foil and sabre.

FOIL
In foil, both Klyczek and Sobon earned a victory in the elimination round. Klyczek defeated Adrian Alvarez of Wagner, 15-13, before his day ended with a 15-10 loss to No. 4 Sabit Kilinc of NJIT. Sobon knocked off Stephen Yu of Rutgers by a 15-8 count before falling to No. 2-seeded Christian Woo of Penn, 15-11.

Earlier in the afternoon, Klyczek went 4-1 in the first round, with wins over opponents from Stevens, Penn State, Penn, and NJIT, then went 2-3 in the second round with win over NJIT and Penn State.

Sobon started by going 2-3 in each of the first two rounds, knocking off fencers from Yeshiva and Army in the first round and Boston College and NJIT in the second round.

Also competing in foil were sophomore Nico Angelos and junior Paul Greenleaf. Angelos placed 42nd after picking up a win in each of the first two rounds, defeating a fencer from Temple Club in the first round before picking up a victory over an opponent from Florida in the second round. He then lost 15-1 to Alejandro Lorenzo from Penn State. Greenleaf, who placed  also posted one victory apiece in each of the first two rounds, beating a fencer from Army in the first round and an opponent from Hunter in the second round before falling to Dev Badlani of Stevens, 15-6, in the finals.

SABRE
Varoqua led the sabre team, picking up the squad's lone victory in the elimination round with a 15-3 triumph over Gonzalo Fernandez of NJIT. He opened the day with a combined 7-3 mark in the first two rounds. He went 4-1 in the first round, defeating fencers from Rowan, Haverford, Florida, and TCNJ. He then went 3-2 in the second round, defeating opponents from Haverford, Rutgers, and Stevens.

Also competing in sabre were junior Jason Ahlman (46th), junior Nicolas Machado (47th), and freshman Juan Jaramillo (51st). Alhlman went 2-2 in the opening round, knocking off fencers from Temple Club and TCNJ, before going 1-4 in the second round with a win over a fencer from Wagner. He lost a close 15-14 decision to Charles Dolan of Wagner in the final.

Machado started with a 2-3 showing in the first round, defeating Rowan and Florida in the first round. He then went 1-4 in the second round with a victory over an opponent from TCNJ. His day came to an end with a 15-6 loss to Michael Ene of Sacred Heart.

Jaramillo opened his career with a 3-1 showing in the first round that included wins over fencers from Hunter, Army, and Sacred Heart. He went 1-4 in the second round with a victory over an opponent from Stevens, then concluded his day with a 15-3 loss to Govind Ramanan of Penn.

The Rangers continue their season next Sunday with a tri-meet at NJIT.