MADISON, NJ – Johns Hopkins finished second at the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) Championship Saturday. The Blue Jays also captured the Sabre team championship and senior Rosy Cepero earned her 300^th career win.
 
Cepero, the program leader in career Foil wins is just the third Johns Hopkins fencer, in any weapon to reach 300 career wins. She joins classmate and Sabrist Josephine Chang and Erin Chen '20 in the 300-win club. Hopkins claims the West Point Trophy as the runner-up for the 10^th time.
 
The Blue Jay Sabre squad went 36-3 in pool play to win the Giorgio Santelli Trophy. It is Hopkins' first Sabre title since 2019 and fourth overall.  Jessie Tong won all seven of her bouts, while Maddie Huang and Lauren Prieur each went 6-0. Josephine Chang and Adelaide Benoit finished 6-1 each and Maya Balakumaran finished 5-1. Prieur then competed in the individual championship and placed 12^th.
 
The Foil squad went 32-7 to finish in third place out of the 14 teams. Cepero went 10-3 in pool play, earning her 300^th career win with her second win. Bethany Lee and Julianna Wu finished 6-1 each while Sophia Baleeiro and Nina Markovsky each went 5-1. In the individual championship, Cepero placed fifth and Wu finished 15^th.
 
The Epee squad finished with a 29-10 record in pool play and placed third out of 14. Nicole Yu and Thansi Garikipati each finished with a 6-0 record in pool play. Anika Kale went 5-2, while Janie McSweeney and Mickey Zhang went 4-3 each. In addition, Mariela Abramson finished with a 4-2 record. Yu then went 3-1 in the individual competition to finish as the runner-up. It is the highest finish by a Blue Jay in the Epee since Lauren Chinn placed second in 2009.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, March 7 at the NCAA Regional Championship.