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Temple Women's Epeeist Chantal Montrose Named CF360 National Fencer of the Week;
seven others among third 2014 group of Primetime Performers
… Ohio State foilist Alanna Goldie tabbed for CF360 National Rookie of the Week.
RELEASE: Feb. 5, 2014 CONTACT: Pete LaFleur (editor@collegefencing360.com)
Temple senior women's epeeist Chantal Montrose (Alexandriz, Va.) has been named the national fencer of the week for Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2014, as presented by CollegeFencing360.com (CF360). Montrose is one of eight CF360 Primetime Performers of the Week for college fencing, for the final weekend of February. Ohio State women's epeeist epeeist Alanna Goldie (Calgary, Alberta) has been selected by CF360men as the third 2014 national rookie of the week.
(scroll down for specific info. on all eight honorees)
The six fencers who round out this week's installment of College Fencing Primetime Performers include: Duke sabre freshman Chris Monti (Chicago, Ill.) … Stanford sabre fr. Alexa Rohan (Stony Brook, N.Y.) … Stevens Tech jr. foilist Jorge Rojas (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) … Wayne State so. foilist Zuzanna Sobczak (Gdansk, Poland) … Princeton sabre so. Gracie Stone (Chicago, Ill.) … and NYU sr. foilist Christian Vastola (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.).
Notes for each honoree are included below, as are action photos (head shots in right-sidebar). Note that situational factors often play a role in the CF360 Primetime awards, going beyond the simple won-loss records. Such factors include quality of opponents, contribution to team victories, clutch wins, success away from home, etc. Whenever possible, there also is also some form of balance from different events/teamsregions (in other words, these are not simply the eight "best" fencers from the past week).
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The Primetime Performer designation – also presented on sister sites CollegeSports360, CollegeSoccer360, CollegeBaseball360 and CollegeSoftball360 – seeks to recognize achievement based primarily on situational factors, and not solely on raw stats. Selection for the CF360 weekly awards are based on any/all of the following "primetime" criteria:
• In general, preference is given based on the quality of the opponent, contribution to team victory/success (when applicable, i.e. for top-10 teams), and situational factors involved in the fencer's accomplishments.
• Exhibited strong leadership and/or involved in clutch performances, match-winning bouts, noteworthy upsets, etc.
• Overcame adversity or extreme circumstances (for the team and/or individual).
• Bonus consideration is given for key performances away from team's home facility.
All photos courtesy of the respective schools or CF360 (aside from Gracie Stone action photo, by CF360's Pete LaFleur).
College Fencing Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll #3
(Jan. 27–Feb. 2, 2014 ... presented by CollegeFencing360.com)
* Alanna Goldie (Ohio State ... Women's Foil ... Fr. ... Calgary, Alberta)
Chris Monti (Duke ... Men's Sabre ... Fr. ... Chicago, IL)
* Chantal Montrose (Temple ... Women's Epee ... Sr. ... Alexandria, VA)
Alexa Rohan (Stanford ... Women's Sabre ... Fr. ... Stony Brook, NY)
Jorge Rojas (Stevens Tech ... Men's Foil ... Jr. ... Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)
Zuzanna Sobczak (Wayne State ... Women's Foil ... So./Fr. ... Gdansk, Poland)
Gracie Stone (Princeton ... Women's Sabre ... So. ... Chicago, IL)
Christian Vastola (NYU ... Men's Foil ... Sr. ... Briarcliff Manor, NY)
• Montrose is the CF360 National Fencer of the Week and Goldie is the Rookie of the Week.
all photos courtesy of the respective schools (aside from Gracie Stone action photo, by CF360's Pete LaFleur)
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ALANNA GOLDIE
(Ohio State ... Women's Foil ... Fr. ... Calgary, Alberta)
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Talented newcomer who followed up 16-2 weekend in New York City (at the NYU and St. John's invitationals) by going 14-1 at the Northwestern Duals, on Feb. 1 (the surging OSU women went 6-1) … finished +47 in total-point indicators (74-27), an avg. margin of 3.1 per bout … nearly went unbeaten, with her lone loss coming 4-5 vs. Princeton All-American Eve Levin (2011 NCAA runner-up) … posted four 5-0 wins and won 5-1 in four of her bouts (allowed three-plus touches in only three of her bouts, including two 5-4 wins) … had a winning record against the veteran foilists from top-ranked Princeton, highlighted by a 5-0 win over All-American Ambika Singh (also 5-2 vs. Sharon Gao, who placed 5th at the 2013 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional) … her sweep vs. #8 Penn included wins over All-Americans Luona Wang (2012 NCAA runner-up) and Sarah Parmacek, plus 5-0 vs. top newcomer Cassidy Seidl (OSU won 18-9) … allowed only five touches in sweep vs. #9 Temple (21-6 team win), including 5-3 win over sr. Epiphany Georges (2013 NCAA entrant) … also swept Duke (5-0, 5-3, 5-1) and yielded a couple touches in 2-0 match vs. Stanford (OSU won her third bout via forfeit) … won her lone bout vs. UC San Diego and did not face Lawrence … attended University of Alberta High School.
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CHRIS MONTI
(Duke ... Men's Sabre ... Fr. ... Chicago, IL)
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Combined with sophomore Charles Copti to turn in strong weekend at Northwestern Duals, as Duke men overcame the absence of saber leader Eugene Chung … went 23-4 over the two days, while Copti was 22-5, to spearhead an 8-1 weekend for the Duke men that included wins over #4 Notre Dame (14-13) and #10 Stanford (15-12) … ended the two days +65 in total-point indicators (115-50), with six 5-0 wins and nine 5-1 … his four losses were the only bouts when his opponent scored more than three touches … posted couple of wins vs. ND, including 5-3 vs. 2013 NCAA entrant John Hallsten (2-5 loss vs. All-American Kevin Hassett) … had a winning record vs. every team except #6 Ohio State (1-2) … his sweep of Stanford included 5-1 win vs. 2013 NCAA entrant Daniel Wolfson (his other wins vs. the Cardinal were 5-0) … allowed a total of only 16 touches spanning 15 bouts during sweeps vs. Wayne State, Cleveland State, Cal Tech, Detroit and Lawrence … his other loss came 3-5 vs. UC San Diego's Peter Meckling (who also beat Copti) … graduated from Elgin Academy.
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CHANTAL MONTROSE
(Temple ... Women's Epee ... Sr. ... Alexandria, VA)
Veteran epeeist who turned in a 16-4 weekend at the Northwestern Duals, helping the Owls go 9-3 with top wins over #3 Notre Dame (14-13) and Stanford (18-9) while also tangling with an assortment of top opponents from #1 Princeton and #5 Ohio State … three of her four losses came down to the final touch (4-5) while the other was vs. Stanford three-time All-American Francesca Bassa (1-4) … turned in impressive 5-0 win vs. Princeton veteran Susannah Scanlan, the 2013 NCAA runner-up and a member of the U.S. bronze-medal epee team at the 2012 Olympics … also won 5-3 vs. Princeton's Isabel Ford, who placed 7th at the 2013 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional and would have fenced in the NCAAs if not for the Tigers' tremendous depth in women's epee (Scanlan and Kat Holmes were Princeton's 2013 NCAA entrants) … nearly completed sweep of Princeton, losing 4-5 to highly-rated newcomer Audrey Abend (Holmes was fencing at a World Cup) … the rest of Temple's team went 8-16 vs. Princeton … doubled up her opponents in total points (91-45) during the two-dayy tournament … allowed each opponent only two touches in her sweep vs. Notre Dame, including wins over the All-America duo of Ashley Severson (5-2) and Nicole Ameli (3-2) … had a winning record vs. Ohio State, including 5-4 victory over All-American Caroline Piasecka … also won 2-of-3 vs. Stanford, including 5-3 bout vs. 2013 NCAA semifinalist Vivian Kong … her two wins vs. Northwestern included 5-3 bout vs. 2012 NCAA entrant Courtney Dumas (lost 4-5 to All-American Dina Bazarbayeva) … allowed a total of six touches in her five other wins, including sweep of Cleveland State (1-0 vs. Tufts and Cal Tech) … qualified for the NCAA Championship as a freshman in 2011, after a 7th-place NCAA Regional finish (11th at 2012 Regional, 15th in '13) … graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School.
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ALEXA ROHAN
(Stanford ... Women's Sabre ... Fr. ... Stony Brook, NY)
Key addition to Stanford women's sabre squad that had to rebuild in 2013-14, following the departure of Atira Richards (2013 NCAA entrant, as a junior) and the shift of Julia Klpener to the depleted Cardinal foil squad (Klepner fenced in the 2012 NCAA sabre field) … has positioned herself for acquiring an NCAA spot, after closing the regular season with a 31-6 record at the Northwestern Duals (42-11 overall) … half of her six losses came down to the final touch (4-5) … allowed only seven touches while sweeping her sabre opponents from #8 Penn, but the Quakers won 15-12 (the other Cardinal fencers were only 9-16 vs. Penn) … nearly had a winning record vs. top-ranked Princeton, losing 4-5 vs. 2013 NCAA semifinalist Gracie Stone (who went 25-1 over the weekend) … went 2-1 vs. #3 Notre Dame (5-3 vs. All-American Joanna Thill), #5 Ohio State and #9 Temple (lost 4-5 to 2013 NCAA Regional qualifier Lauren Rangel-Friedman) … her sweep in team's 16-11 win over North Carolina included 5-4 win over 2013 NCAA semifinalist Gillian Litynski … won a pair of 5-3 bouts in team's 18-9 win over Duke (Cardinal won her third bout via forfeit) … her other loss came 3-5 vs. Wayne State's Kaja Klodawska (2013 NCAA entrant), winning her other two bouts vs. WSU … allowed only 24 touches in her 14 other wins during the weekend (three each vs. UC San Diego, Tufts, Fairleigh Dickinson & Detroit, two vs. Lawrence) … product of the Mission Fencing Center and Ward Melville High School.
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JORGE ROJAS
(Stevens Tech ... Men's Foil ... Jr. ... Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)
Emerging force on the collegiate scene who could position himself for run at NCAA bid (in 2014 or '15), after placing 17th at the 2013 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (would be rare NCAA entrant for Stevens Tech program) … turned in a 13-2 record at the annual Eric Sollee Invitational, including a sweep of host Brandeis (5-4 vs. 2013 NCAA entrant Julian Cardillo) … the rest of the ST team went only 4-20 vs. the host team … also had a winning record vs. the foilist from #9 Brown, with a pair of 5-2 wins and a 5-3 loss vs. 2012 NCAA entrant Barrett Weiss (the other Ducks fencers were 9-15 vs. Brown) … his pair of dominating wins vs. Boston College (5-1, 5-2) helped Stevens Tech men beat BC, 17-10 … came a couple touches shy of going undefeated during the day, as his second loss was 4-5 vs. BC's Rory Sly … added a sweep vs. MIT (5-4, 5-1, 5-1) while allowing only two touches in 3-0 showing vs. NJIT.
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ZUZZANNA SOBCZAK
(Wayne State ... Women's Foil ... So./Fr. ... Gdansk, Poland)
First-year fencer who could be positioned for an NCAA run, after winning 11 of her 13 bouts on Feb. 1 at the Northwestern Duals … compiled a +36 margin in total points (59-23), including three 5-0 wins and two by 5-1 scores (her two losses marked the only time that her opponents scored more than three touches) … impressively beat both of the foil All-Americans from top-ranked Princeton: 5-3 vs. Ambika Singh and 5-2 vs. Eve Levin (2011 NCAA runner-up) … similarly posted winning record vs. #8 Penn, including 5-3 win over top newcomer Cassidy Seidl (lost 3-6 to 2012 NCAA runner-up Luona Wang) … posted pair of 5-0 wins vs. Stanford (WSU won other bout via forfeit) … her two wins vs. #5 Ohio State included a 5-1 bout vs. Alexa Antipas … allowed only two touches spanning her other three wins (two vs. North Carlina, one vs. Duke) … both of her parents were fencers in their native Poland.
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GRACIE STONE
(Princeton ... Women's Sabre
So. ... Chicago, IL)
Returning 2013 NCAA semifinalist (Regional runner-up) from Princeton's national championship team, which also included her sister Eliza (4-time All-American, '13 NCAA sabre champ) and brother Robert, a 2013 All-American and current senior on the Princeton men's sabre team … nearly went unbeaten (25-1) over two days of bouting at the Northwestern Duals … racked up a +73 in total-points differential (125-52), with five 5-0 wins and seven by 5-1 margins … allowed only four of her opponents more than three touches … her strong weekend led the way for a 13-0 showing by the Princeton women … allowed only seven touches in sweep vs. #3 Notre Dame (5-3 vs. All-American Joanna Thill) … posted winning record vs. #5 Ohio State, winning 5-1 vs. 2013 NCAA entrant Celine Merza and splitting vs. the talented rookie duo of Alexa Antipas (5-1) and Kimberly Young (2-5) … yielded only six touches in her sweep vs. #7 Northwestern while adding a 5-2, 5-2, 5-3 sweep vs. the sabre trio from #9 Temple … beat fellow 2013 NCAA semifinalist Gillian Litynski (5-2) as part of her sweep vs. North Carolina … battled all three fencers from Stanford in another hard-fought sweep (5-4, 5-3, 5-4 vs. top newcomer Alexa Rohan) … allowed a total of only four touches in her eight other wins (three each vs. Fairleigh Dickinson and Cal Tech, two vs. Lawrence plus a third bout won by the Tigers via forfeit).
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CHRISTIAN VASTOLA
(NYU ... Men's Foil ... So. ... Briarcliff Manor, NY)
Turned in a nearly unbeaten record (17-1) during NYU's six matches at the annual Eric Sollee Invitational, helping the Violets men's team go 4-2 (highlighted by a 15-12 decision vs. host Brandeis and a 23-4 romp past Boston College) … bested all three Brandeis foilists in 5-3 bouts, including a win over 2013 NCAA entrant Julian Cardillo … went 3-0 vs. the foists from #9 Brown, including a 5-4 battle vs. 2012 NCAA entrant Barrett Weiss … his wins vs. BC (5-3, 5-4, 5-1) helped pad NYU's victory margin … posted a pair of 5-2 wins, plus a 5-4 victory, vs. touch MIT squad (the rest of NYU's team was 6-18 vs. MIT) … nearly swept Haverford, winning twice (5-4, 5-1) but losing on the final touch vs. Max Findley (4-5) … rounded out his day by allowing only two touches in three bouts vs. Hunter … placed 18th among deep and talented field at the 2013 NCAA Northeast Regional … product of The Fencers Club and graduate of Briarcliff High School.