MAS Women's Epee Update

MAS Regional women's epee pools tilted mostly to the favored fencers, with 18 advancing to the second round of pools and 13 fencers eliminated. A couple higher seeds failed to advance to the final-18: UNC's Melissa Litschi (#13 initial seed) and Penn's Kristen Hughes  (#12).

Stevens Tech epeeist Rachel Cannell stayed alive, despite her initial #29 seeding. Drew's Allison Walters (#23 initial seed) was listed on the entrant list, but did not compete.

More later, after the round-2 pools.

MA/S REGIONAL – WOMEN'S EPEE (round-2 seeds)
1. Kerri Byerts  (Penn State) ... 5-0 in round-1 (+19) ... #5 initial seed
2. Nina Westman  (Penn State) ... 6-0 (+15) ... #1 initial seed
3. Jillian Bratton  (Temple) ... 5-0 (+13) ... #15 initial seed
4. Kristin Howell  (Temple) ... 5-0 (+13) ... #4 initial seed
5. Anastasia Ferdman  (Penn State) ... 5-1 (+6) ... #2 initial seed
6. Susannah Scanlan  (Princeton) ... 4-1 (+12) ... #3 initial seed

7. Jasjit Bhinder  (Princeton) ... 4-1 (+12) ... #7 initial seed
8. Grace Wu  (Temple) ... 4-1 (+8) ... #6 initial seed
9. Alyssa Lombardi  (Temple) ... 4-1 (+7) ... #17 initial seed

10. Kathryn Anthony  (Penn) ... 4-2 (+7) ... #9 initial seed
11. Katie Galpin  (Drew) ... 4-2 (+7) ... #21 initial seed
12. Chandler Clay  Princeton) ... 3-2 (+4) ... #14 initial seed

13. Erin Pytel  (Duke) ... 3-2 (+1) ... #16 initial seed
14. Emma Buckingham  (Haverford) ... 3-3 (+4) ... #11 initial seed
15. Lauren Chinn  (Johns Hopkins) ... 3-3 (+3) ... #20 initial seed
16. Nicole Bloom  (Duke) ... 3-3 (E) ... #10 initial seed 
17. Rachel Cannell  (Stevens Tech) ... 2-3 (-2) ... #29 initial seed
18. Stephanie Wheeler  (Penn) ... 2-3 (-2) ... #8 initial seed


Eliminated:
19. Melissa Litschi  (North Carolina) ... 2-3 (-4) ... #13 initial seed
20. Sureen Roslan  (Stevens Tech) ... 2-3 (-6) ... #32 initial seed
20. Christina Abruzzini   (North Carolina) ... 2-3 (-6) ... #18 initial seed
22. Naomi Bocarsly  (Drew) ... 2-4 (-2) ... #22 initial seed
23. Kaitlyn Uckert  (Temple) ... 2-4 (-5) ... #27 initial seed
24. Corrine Warren  (Johns Hopkins) ... 2-4 (-11) ... #31 initial seed
25. Nicole Salter  (Johns Hopkins) ... 1-4 (-8) ... #28 initial seed
26. Kristen Hughes  (Penn) ... 1-4 (-9) ... #12 initial seed
27. Vanessa Penna  (Haverford) ... 1-4 (-11) ... #24 initial seed
28. Lauren Clark  (Princeton) ... 1-5 (-10) ... #19 initial seed
29. Meagan Ritter  (Stevens Tech) ... 1-5 (-13) ... #30 initial seed
30.  Melanie Preston  (Haverford) ... 0-5 (-12) ... #25 initial seed
31. Sherry Edwards  (N.J.I.T.) ... 0-6 (-14) ... #33 initial seed
32.  Ying Guo  (Johns Hopkins) ... 0-5 (-16) ... #26 initial seed

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