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2019-20 Women's Fencing Roster

Katherine Xiang

  • Position Foil
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mission San Jose
  • Hometown Freemont, CA

Biography

Statistically Speaking
- Ranks third in school history for career Foil wins (221) 
- Ranks 10th in career wins for all weapons
 
2019-20
- Did not compete
 
2018-19
- Named Second Team All-EWFC
- Finished with a 37-24 record
- Placed 17th with 6-3 record at Temple Open
- Took 42nd place with three wins at Penn State Garret Open
- Won three bouts at Columbia and Haverford
- Placed eighth at EWFC Individual Championships
- Won 13 of 15 bouts, including her 200th career win, at EWFC Team Championships
- Earned five wins at Temple
- Won her only bout at NIWFA Championships
- Placed 29th with two wins at NCAA Regional
 
2017-18 
- Finished the season at 91-48; led Foil squad and ranked second on the team in wins
- Earned First Team All-EWFC honors
- Placed 22nd with six wins at Temple Open
- Finished 18th with five wins, including 100th career win, at Penn State Garret Open
- Went 8-1 at Haverford Invitational
- Finished third with 19 wins at NIWFA Christmas Invitational
- Won two bouts at Philadelphia Invitational
- Won nine of 11 bouts at JHU Invitational
- Grabbed 17 wins and finished in a tie for third at EWFC Championship
- Won seven bouts at Temple Invitational
- Picked up 10 wins in 11 bouts at FDU Invitational
- Placed 10th (4-6) at NIWFA Championships
- Finished 21st (4-6) at NCAA Regional
 
2016-17 
- Went 93-57 and led Foil squad in wins  
- Ranked third on the team in wins  
- Placed 26th (5-5) at Temple Open  
- Won three bouts at Elite Invitational  
- Won two bouts at Columbia Invitational  
- Went unbeaten (9-0) at Haverford Invitational  
- Finished as the runner-up and went 20-3 at the NIWFA Christmas Invitational  
- Led Foil squad with four wins at Philadelphia Invitational  
- Won eight bouts at FDU Invitational  
- Went unbeaten (12-0) at Drew Invitational  
- Went a combined 17-6 at EWFC Championship and placed fifth in the Foil  
- Placed sixth at NIWFA Championships with 11-7 record  
- Finished in 26th at NCAA Regional (2-3)
 
Personal 
- Katherine Xiang  
- Daughter of Shuhua Xiang and Peiyan Lu  
- Fenced four years at the California Fencing Academy  
- Research assistant and undergraduate teaching assistant in JHU Department of Physics and Astronomy  
- Intern at Sandia National Laboratories  
- Contract designer for GMTR  
- Designer for Hopkins Creative Design  
- Design team member for TEDx JHU  
- Dean’s List student majoring in biophysics and physics with a minor in mathematics


 

Career Record W-L
2016-17 93-57
2017-18 91-48
2018-19 37-24
Total 221-129

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Foil
    5'2"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Foil
    5'2"