The Basics
• Location: Philadelphia, PA • Liacouras Center
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's fencing team opened the season at the 41^st annual Temple Open. Sophomore Diya Kulkarni led the Blue Jays with a 10^th-place finish in the Epee.
 
How it Happened
• Kulkarni led a contingent of seven Blue Jay Epeeists with her 10^th place finish out of 87 fencers. She was also first among all Division III fencers in the Epee. She went 7-1 in pool play and then advanced to the round of 16 with a pair of wins. She fell to Penn's Jessica Liang, who finished as the runner-up, in the round of 16.
• Freshman Katelyn McShine finished in 37^th place overall, third among DIII fencers. She went 5-3 in pool play and then lost in the round of 64 in the elimination round. Sophomore Maya Zhang placed 41^st overall and fifth among DIII fencers. She also went 5-3 in pool play and then lost in the round of 64.
• Junior Rachel Zhang placed 45^th overall, freshman Ameera Ebrahim tied for 56^th, junior Zoe Readi-Brown place 67^th and junior Alex Szewc placed 73^rd. Zhang went 4-4 in pool play and lost in the round of 64. Ebrahim went 4-5 in pool play before losing in the round of 64. Readi-Brown went 1-7 in pool play and lost in the round of 128. Szewc went 1-4 in the first round of pool play and then finished second in the consolation draw.
• In the Foil, sophomore Jasmine Shen led a trio of Blue Jays with a 27^th place finish, out of 95. She was second among Division III fencers. She went 5-3 in pool play and then lost in the round of 32 in the elimination round. Junior Alex McDonald placed 43^rd while senior Erika Wong finished in 53^rd. McDonald went 5-3 in pool play and then lost in the round of 64. Wong finished pool play with a 2-6 record and then lost in the round of 64.
• In the Sabre, sophomore Jenny Song led three Blue Jays with a 34^th place finish, out of 82 fencers. She was also third among Division III fencers in the Sabre. Song went 5-3 in pool play and then lost in the round of 64. Senior Cherlin Zhu finished in 45^th place and sophomore Sanya Bawa finished in 51^st. Zhu finished pool play with a 4-4 record and then fell in the round of 64. Bawa went 3-5 in pool play before losing in the round of 64.
 
What it Means
• Kulkarni's 10^th place finish is the highest by a Blue Jay in the Epee since 2016 and is just the sixth top-10 finish in the last 10 years.
• Szewc moves into 19^th in school history with 62 career Epee wins, while Zhu moves into 13^th place with 90 career Sabre wins.
 
The Records • Epee
• Ameera Ebrahim • T-56^th (4-6)
• Diya Kulkarni • 10^th (9-2)
• Katelyn McShine • 37^th (5-4)
• Zoe Readi-Brown • 67^th (1-8)
• Alex Szewc • 73^rd (5-5)
• Maya Zhang • 41^st (5-4)
• Rachel Zhang • 45^th (4-5)
 
The Records • Foil
• Alex McDonald • 43^rd (5-4)
• Jasmine Shen • 27^th (6-4)
• Erika Wong • 53^rd (2-7)
 
The Records • Sabre
• Sanya Bawa • 51^st (3-6)
• Jenny Song • 34^th (5-4)
• Cherlin Zhu • 45^th (4-5)
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on Friday, November 19 at the Columbia University Invitational.