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Kasia Nixon '21 and Hadley Husisian battled for gold at U.S. Fencing's Division 1 NAC in Richmond over the weekend.
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Husisian's Gold Highlights Medal Haul at December NAC
December 05, 2023 | General, Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
Hadley Husisian's Division 1 women's épée gold medal gold medal led four medal-winning performances for current and former Princeton fencers at U.S. Fencing's December North American Cup and Super Junior and Cadet Circuit event in Richmond, Va., that wrapped on Monday.
Husisian's gold came in a matchup of Tigers, with Husisian, taking the year off from Princeton this year after earning All-American honors in finishing third at the NCAA Championships as a rookie last winter, defeating 2018 NCAA champion Kasia Nixon '21 15-13 in the final. Husisian went 6-0 in the pool bouts and then won six straight to claim gold. Nixon went 4-2 in pools and knocked off five straight higher-seeded opponents to make the final, defeating fellow Tiger Katharine Holmes '17 10-9 along the way in the round of 16. Holmes finished 12th in the event.
Two more NCAA champions, 2018 saber champ Maia Chamberlain '22 and 2022 foil champ Maia Weintraub, taking the year off from Princeton after earning a second All-American honor as a sophomore last winter, earned silver medals in their respective Division 1 weapon competitions. Weintraub went 6-0 in pool bouts and won five more times to make the final before a 15-10 loss to Carolina Stutchbury. Chamberlain went 6-0 in pools and won five straight to make the final before Elizabeth Tartakovsky, in a rematch of the fencers' 2022 NCAA semifinal, defeated Chamberlain 15-13 to take gold.
Among other top-25 finishes at the event, rookie Alexandra Lee tied for ninth in Division 1 women's saber, senior Tristan Szapary placed 17th in Division 1 men's épée while junior Nicholas Lawson was 24th, and rookie Ethan Um was 24th in Division 1 men's foil.
Complete results can be found here.
Husisian's gold came in a matchup of Tigers, with Husisian, taking the year off from Princeton this year after earning All-American honors in finishing third at the NCAA Championships as a rookie last winter, defeating 2018 NCAA champion Kasia Nixon '21 15-13 in the final. Husisian went 6-0 in the pool bouts and then won six straight to claim gold. Nixon went 4-2 in pools and knocked off five straight higher-seeded opponents to make the final, defeating fellow Tiger Katharine Holmes '17 10-9 along the way in the round of 16. Holmes finished 12th in the event.
Two more NCAA champions, 2018 saber champ Maia Chamberlain '22 and 2022 foil champ Maia Weintraub, taking the year off from Princeton after earning a second All-American honor as a sophomore last winter, earned silver medals in their respective Division 1 weapon competitions. Weintraub went 6-0 in pool bouts and won five more times to make the final before a 15-10 loss to Carolina Stutchbury. Chamberlain went 6-0 in pools and won five straight to make the final before Elizabeth Tartakovsky, in a rematch of the fencers' 2022 NCAA semifinal, defeated Chamberlain 15-13 to take gold.
Among other top-25 finishes at the event, rookie Alexandra Lee tied for ninth in Division 1 women's saber, senior Tristan Szapary placed 17th in Division 1 men's épée while junior Nicholas Lawson was 24th, and rookie Ethan Um was 24th in Division 1 men's foil.
Complete results can be found here.
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