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2022-23 Women's Fencing Roster

Alex McDonald

  • Position Foil
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Mary Academy-Bay View
  • Hometown Tiverton, RI

Biography

Career Record

Season Won-Loss
2019-20 57-29
2020-21 17-18
2021-22 80-40
2022-23 66-22
Career 220-110
Accolades
- Ranks 4th in school history in career Foil wins (220)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023)
- USFCA All-America (2021)
- First Team All-NIWFA (2022)
- EWFC Woman of the Year (2023)
- First Team All-EWFC (2023)

2022-23
- Won 14 of 17 bouts at Vassar Invitational
- Went 6-0 at D’Arnstein Invitational
- Picked up 12 wins at Philadelphia Invitational
- Went undefeated (8-0) at JHU Invitational
- Went a combined 13-6, and placed second, at EWFC Championships
- Won 13 of 15 bouts at NIWFA Championships
2021-22
- Went 80-40 on the season; led Foil squad and ranked second overall in wins
- Placed 43rd with five wins at Temple Open
- Won four bouts at Columbia Invitational
- Went 8-0 at D’Arnstein Invitational
- Earned 17 wins at Elite Invitational and Philadelphia Invitational
- Earned 100th career win at Elite Invitational
- Won all six bouts at JHU Invitational
- Picked up three wins at EWFC Team Championships
- Grabbed five wins at Temple Invitational
- Tied for third with 13-2 record at NIWFA Championships
- Placed 28th with 2-3 record at NCAA Regional
2020-21
- Went 17-18 in Covid-shortened season, including 13-2 in the regular season
- Won all nine bouts in three matches versus Lafayette
- Earned a bid to the NCAA Championships and finished in 19th place with four wins
2019-20
- Went 57-29 in rookie season; tied for lead in wins on Foil squad
- Placed 19th with an 8-2 record at Temple Open in collegiate debut
- Won 14 of 15 bouts at Philadelphia Invitational
- Went 8-1 at JHU Invitational
- Finished with 10-0 at EWFC Team Championship
- Won seven bouts at Temple Invitational
- Placed eighth at NIWFA Championship
- Finished in 17th with five wins at NCAA Regional
At St. Mary Academy – Bay View
- Fenced nine years with Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club
- Also played soccer in high school 
Personal
- Alexandra McDonald
- Daughter of Steven and Nicole McDonald
- Dean’s List student majoring in molecular and cellular biology

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Foil
    5'4" 130 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Foil
    5'4" 130 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    Foil
    5'4" 130 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    Foil
    5'4" 130 lbs