EASTON, PA – Freshman
Jorge Gana led the Johns Hopkins men's fencing team with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Saturday. In addition, freshman
Spencer Grossman Smisek reached 100 wins for the season.
Gana went 15-11 on the day to finish in sixth place among 36 fencers. He was the top Division III fencer in the Epee. His sixth-place finish is the best by a Blue Jay in the Epee since Tiger Gao placed fourth in 2018. In addition, it is the highest finish by a freshman in the Epee since Dan Zielinski finished in fifth place in 2006. Freshman
Matthew Dao finished in 13
th place with an 8-7 record on the day. Junior
Gabe Insler placed 20
th (4-6) and sophomore
Ethan Kim finished in 36
th (0-5).
In the Foil, sophomore
Alan Zheng led the Blue Jays with an 11
th place finish out of 36. He was also the top DIII fencer in the Foil. He finished the day with a 10-11 mark. Grossman Smisek placed 20
th with a 5-5 record and junior
Anthony Bae took 21
st place with a 4-6 record. Grossman Smisek reached the 100-win plateau with his fourth win of the day. He is just the third freshman, in any weapon, to win 100 bouts in a season. He joins Bryan Bishe (Foil, 2002) and Matt Boulbousasis (Epee, 2001) to accomplish the feat.
Freshman
Alex Jeffords led the Sabre squad with an 11
th place finish, out of 36 fencers. He went 11-15 on the day and was the top DIII fencer in the weapon. Senior
David DeScherer placed 12
th, a career-best, with a 12-13 record. Junior
William Hu went 4-6 to finish in 14
th place. Junior
Qilin Tong placed 17
th with an 8-6 record and senior
Sachin Mehta took 27
th place with a 2-3 record.
Notes: Insler now ranks 20
th in program history with 148 career Epee wins • DeScherer moved into 17
th place with 171 Sabre wins.
Foil (10-11)
Anthony Bae • 4-6
Spencer Grossman Smisek • 5-5
Alan Zheng • 10-11
Epee (27-29)
Matthew Dao • 8-7
Jorge Gana • 15-11
Gabe Insler • 4-6
Ethan Kim • 0-5
Sabre (37-43)
David DeScherer • 12-13
William Hu • 4-6
Alex Jeffords • 11-5
Sachin Mehta • 2-3
Qilin Tong • 8-6
