Saturday at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships at Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., Northwestern competed in the individual aspect of the competition. Seven Wildcats placed in the top eight, reaching the semifinals of their respective weapons.
Junior Sam Nemecek led the way with a second-place finish in foil. It was Nemecek’s third straight top-two finish in her NU career at Conference Championships. Nemecek went 6-0 in pool play, won her first four matches in direct-elimination bracket fencing and went head-to-head with Ohio State’s Oksana Dmytruk in the finals. Nemecek lost 15-5.
In foil, senior Natalie Wang finished sixth and sophomore Meredith Baskies placed eighth.
In sabre, freshman Jill Mahen returned from her shoulder injury suffered in a car accident to finish eighth.
Sophomore Joanna Niklinska led NU’s epee squad with a third place finish, ahead of teammates Kayley French, who finished fifth, and Sara Henning, who finished seventh. Niklinska lost to Ohio State’s Kaela Brendler 15-9 in the semifinals.
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