The Penn men's fencing duo take home the honor after finishing one and two at the NCAA tournament.
The freshman has already won the sabre events at the Temple Open and Elite Invitational.
The Quakers return Olympians, Junior National competitors, and Pan-American fencers.
Louie became the first Quaker since 1997 to win the national individual foil title.
After losing to Columbia in day one, the Red and Blue rallied to go 3-0 in day two to guarantee itself a share of the title.
After helping Penn women's fencing to its first Ivy title in two decades, Proestakis Ortiz has her sights on a bigger prize.
After helping Penn women's fencing to its first Ivy title in two decades, Proestakis Ortiz has her sights on a bigger prize.
The freshman has already won the sabre events at the Temple Open and Elite Invitational.
The Quakers return Olympians, Junior National competitors, and Pan-American fencers.
The seniors of Penn's winter teams have won titles and championship appearances during their time in Red and Blue.
The Daily Pennsylvanian's sports staff collectively voted on the athletes, coaches, teams, and moments that shined the brightest during the 2022-23 season.
At the recent NCAA Championships, Cho finished sixth and was named a second-team All-American, while Proestakis secured fifteenth place.
Collectively, the men's and women's programs had its best showing at the championships in nearly 20 years.
Both men's and women's fencing saw several members of their squads excel at last weekend.
The coach has been with Penn for 14 seasons, and led the team to three conference titles.
Despite receiving offers from different schools — but not Penn — Blutt applied to Penn, got in, and has now become a staple for Penn men's fencing.
Fencer Blake Broszus was inspired to join the sport by 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Benjamin Kleibrink, who he later faced off against in the 2020 Games.
Coming in as a walk-on freshman, Hilado had little expectations for her immediate future. Yet now, the senior holds a captain role for Penn women's fencing.
After a year of canceled competition, winter sports returned this season to Penn's campus. With them, many Quaker seniors were able to make one last mark on the program they dedicated their college careers to.
Over his four years with the program, the epee earned numerous awards, including two first team All-Ivy, one second team All-Ivy, one first team All-Region, and one second team All-Region.
Keep up to date with the Quakers as winter sports charge towards final gasps for glory at NCAA Championships and spring sports show hints of what the coming season has in store.
Following mixed performances in the Penn State Invitational and the Philadelphia Invitational, Penn’s men and women’s fencing teams had to chase success in the Ivy League Round-Robin Championships through the weekend, but fell under expectations.
The team features fencers from seven different states and four countries.
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