Junior Zsombor Garzo is one of the team's two returning All-Americans.

Fencing Issue | Quakers look to take more than a third of Ivy title

By Theodoros Papazekos · Nov. 8, 2016

Another sport, another three-way tie at the top. After winning their third of a title last season, just weeks after the football team, Penn men’s fencing is looking forward to what should be another successful year.

Penn fencing to kick off promising season at Elite Invitational

By Brevin Fleischer · Nov. 3, 2016

Two top ten football teams collide this Saturday when the Nebraska Cornhuskers travel to Columbus to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in primetime. Although that lede might appear to be misplaced in a fencing article, the all-important Big Ten showdown is the reason the Elite Invitational returns to Penn for the second consecutive year instead of alternating to Ohio State.

Penn fencing takes eighth at nationals

By Laine Higgins · March 27, 2016

In its final hurrah of the 2015-16 season, Penn fencing fought through four days of intense competition at NCAA Championships in Waltham, Mass., to take eighth and score 98 points.

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Fencing Issue | Quakers ready for November edition of North American Cup

In his freshman year, sabre Julian Merchant recorded the most wins on the team at his position.

By Moses Nsereko · Nov. 8, 2016

As the rest of the country copes with the task of naming of the 45th president of the United States, Adam Green will have a peculiar task to deal with this weekend: figuring out how to get his sabres past the TSA.

Fencing Issue | Andy Ma makes his mark

By Jonathan Pollack · Nov. 8, 2016

The Penn men's and women's fencing teams are returning a slew of Ivy champions, NCAA qualifiers, and many key fencers from last year's men's Ivy title. But their biggest strength might just be standing on the sideline. Head coach Andy Ma has had an illustrious career in the world of fencing, and as he enters his seventh year as the head coach of both the men's and women's programs, his . His strength as a coach led him to be named the Ivy League men's fencing Coach of the Year last season. Ma was able to lead the men's team to its most successful season in recent memory last year, as the team captured its first Ivy League Championship since 2009, several individuals earned All-American Honors, and the team rose to the number one ranking for the first time in program history.

Penn fencing opens year strong with home meet

By Moses Nsereko · Nov. 6, 2016

En garde...ready...fencing season! On Saturday, Penn fencing got its season underway with a strong performance at their home exhibition, the Elite Invitational.

This weekend, Penn fencing started off the seasons at home, hosting several at the Elite Invitational. The men's side ended the weekend with a 4-1 record while the women fought their way to 4-2 for their part.

Penn fencing opens year strong with home meet

By Moses Nsereko · Nov. 6, 2016

En garde...ready...fencing season! On Saturday, Penn fencing got its season underway with a strong performance at their home exhibition, the Elite Invitational.

Sophomore epee Justin Yoo was perhaps the biggest contributor to Penn's fencing Ivy title last year, and the team will need him to perform just as well this year, starting this weekend at the Elite Invitational.

Penn fencing to kick off promising season at Elite Invitational

By Brevin Fleischer · Nov. 3, 2016

Senior captain Shaul Gordon was one of four Quakers to earn All-American honors at NCAA Championships last weekend, taking sixth in sabre.

Penn fencing takes eighth at nationals

By Laine Higgins · March 27, 2016

In its final hurrah of the 2015-16 season, Penn fencing fought through four days of intense competition at NCAA Championships in Waltham, Mass., to take eighth and score 98 points.

Freshman Justin Yoo notched an NCAA spot in the epee, one of seven automatic bids won by the Quakers at regionals.

Penn fencing picks up several NCAA bids, men rise to No. 1 nationally

By Cass Dinh · March 14, 2016

The Quakers are entering the home stretch. The 2015-2016 season has been a rather successful one for Penn Fencing.

Senior captain Shaul Gordon added 20 touches to Penn fencing’s total as the men took home the USCSC title and the women finished second on Saturday.

Strong showing for Penn fencing at U.S. Collegiate Squad Championships

By Ariel Fieldman · Feb. 29, 2016

The key to success is no days off. Penn fencing, competing for the third weekend in a row, hit the road for the United States Collegiate Squad Championships, held at rival Princeton's Jadwin Gym.

Senior RJ Shipp helped spur Penn fencing to a dominant, but bittersweet weekend, as Sunday marked his final home meet.

Penn fencing comes out of local weekend meets successfully

By Cass Dinh · Feb. 22, 2016

It was a bittersweet weekend for the Red and Blue. This past weekend, Penn fencing dominated the arenas of Philadelphia during the Temple Invitational and the Quakers’ very own Philadelphia Invitational.

Shaul Gordon is fresh off a second Ivy title in sabre — but it was Penn men's fencing taking the team title that was icing on the cake for the senior captain.

Penn fencing's busy weekend is nothing new for Shaul Gordon

By Nick Buchta and Laine Higgins · Feb. 18, 2016

An Israeli-born fencer, a Canadian and an Ivy champion walk into a bar. And they’re all Shaul Gordon. The journey for one of Penn men’s fencing captains is far from usual, as the son of an Italian mother, the Israeli-born fencer now calls Richmond, British Columbia, his home.

While Penn women's fencing took fourth at the Ivy Championships this weekend, the men took away the trophy, partaking in a three-way tie for first.

Penn fencing ties up share of Ivy title

By Andrew Zheng · Feb. 8, 2016

Make that two-thirds. This past weekend another Penn team took home a share of a three-way Ivy League title when men’s fencing finished first in the Championship tournament along with Columbia and Princeton.

Sophomore John Vaiani will lead Penn men's fencing in the Ivy League Championships this weekend, where the Quakers will compete against the best programs in the country.

Fencing heads into Ivy League Championships with eye on NCAAs

By Cass Dinh · Feb. 4, 2016

After some mixed results at the Northwestern Duals, both the No. 3 Penn men’s and No. 9 women’s fencing teams are hoping for positive prospects in Ithaca, N.Y., as the Quakers head to Cornell this weekend to compete in the Ivy League Championships.

Freshman Justin Yoo, who finished 12-3 on epee, and the rest of the men's fencing team were unstoppable on Saturday, going 5-0 as a team.

Mixed results for Penn fencing at Indiana tune-up

By Tommy Rothman · Feb. 1, 2016

The final tune-up before the battle for the Ivy League saw Penn pitted against some of the best the rest of the nation has to offer. The Red and Blue trekked to South Bend, Ind., on Saturday to compete in the Northwestern Duals. On the men's side, the No. 3 Quakers dominated, going 5-0.