Girls Fencing District 3 & 4 tournament: Chatham, Livingston claim victories

Nicholas Kmosko of North Hunterdon tries to hit Andrew Scypinski of Mendham during the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Nicholas Kmosko of North Hunterdon and Skanda Krishnan of Chatham face off in the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Eva Marrinan of Chatham is all smiles after defeating Emely Abreau of Oak Knoll in the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Kennedy Duncan Mendham lunges at Anna Wilson of North Hunterdon during the foil round during of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Eva Marrinan of Chatham tries to hit Emely Abreau of Oak Knoll during the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Nicholas Skabich of St. Peters Prep lunges at Tyler DeGarcia of McNair during the sabre round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Zach Tuttolomondo of West Morris Central celebrates after defeating Alexander McGreevy of McNair during the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Benjamin Ewell of North Hunterdon lunges at Andrew Tomasco of Mendham during the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Jonah DeVries of Morristown lunges at William Pearce Lally of Chatham during the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Annika Miocevich Mendham lunges at Aiden Bernstein of Chatham during the sabre round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Jonathan Carvalho of North Hunterdon celebrates after winning his epee round in the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Multiple teams compete in the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Eliijah Jones of St. Peters Prep faces off against Edward Lin of McNair in the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Dev Badlani of Chatham (left) tries to hit Sam Fu of Millburn (right) during the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Ben Rosenberg of Montclair Kimberlylooks to hit Skanda Krishnan of Chatham during the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Ji Eva of McNair tries to hit Eva Marrinan of Chatham during the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Sam Fu of Millburn reacts to scoring a point after competing in the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Ji Eva of McNair lunges at Eva Marrinan of Chatham during the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Kathryn Fisher of Mendham is all smiles after competing in the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Nicholas Kmosko of North Hunterdon tries to hit Andrew Scypinski of Mendham during the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Clayton Tomlinson of North Hunterdon faces off against John Farabee of Oratory Prep during the sabre round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Mahima Kapur of Millburn lunges against Kathryn Fisher of Mendham during the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Alexander McGreevy of McNair tries to hit Zach Tuttolomondo of West Morris Central during the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

AIden Bernstein of Chatham reacts after defeating Annika Miocevich Mendham in the sabre round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Skanda Krishnan of Chatham tries to hit Ben Rosenberg of Montclair Kimberley during the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Skanda Krishnan of Chatham tries to hit Ben Rosenberg of Montclair Kimberley during the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Alexander McGreevy of McNair tries to hit Zach Tuttolomondo of West Morris Central during the epee round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

Dev Badlani of Chatham faces off against Sam Fu of Millburn during the foil round of the NJSIAA District 4 boys and girls fencing tournament at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, February 5, 2013

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DISTRICT 3

The postseason rolled on with the District 3 tournament taking place during the morning session on Sunday at North Hunterdon.

Livingston was strong from the start, finishing at the top of the overall standings and earning victories at sabre and foil. Lindsey Minor, Eleanor Vandevusse, and Dilnna Oraedo combined to win an epee title for Columbia.

The top three overall teams in each District will advance to the NJSIAA “Sweet 16″ Team Tournament. Here, that will be Livingston, Columbia, and Montclair. Additionally, fencers can qualify for the NJSIAA Individual Tournament. This will consist of the top three fencers on the A strip, top two on the B strip, and top one on the C strip.

At foil, Livingston saw all three fencers qualify for the Individual Tournament. Jasmine Chen was victorious on the A strip while Anusha Bansul and Alexandra Bae also advanced.

Lindsey Minor continues to be one of the top epee fencers in the state. She finished at the top of the A strip at this weapon while Montclair’s Sela Feig won sabre.

Below, check out the full standings from the District 3 girls fencing tournament.

OVERALL

TEAM: 1-Livingston 56. 2-Columbia 43. 3-Montclair 39. 4-Randolph 30. 5-Newark Academy 28. 6-West Essex 25. 7-West Orange 17. 8-Hackettstown 14.

WEAPON

SABRE: 1-Livingston (Nidhi Gosalia, Sophia Zheng, Valentina Zheng) 18. 2-Montclair 17. 3-West Essex 13. 4-Newark Academy 12. 5-Columbia 10. 6-Randolph 10. 7-Hackettstown 4. 8-West Orange 0.

FOIL: 1-Livingston (Alexandra Bae, Anusha Bansal, Jasmine Chen) 21. 2-Columbia 14. 3-Randolph 13. 4-West Essex 9. 5-Montclair 8. 6-West Orange 7. 7-Hackettstown 6. 8-Newark Academy 6.

EPEE: 1-Columbia (Lindsey Minor, Eleanor Vandevusse, Dilnna Oraedo) 19. 2-Livingston 17. 3-Montclair 14. 4-West Orange 10. 5-Newark Academy 10. 6-Randolph 7. 7-Hackettstown 4. 8-West Essex 3.

INDIVIDUAL

SABRE: A: 1-Sela Feig, Montclair, 6. 2-Alexandra Craine, West Essex, 6. 3-Valentina Zheng, Livingston, 6. B: 1-Mya Spears, Montclair, 7. 2-Olivia Dai, Newark Academy, 5. C: 1-Sophia Zheng, Livingston, 7.

FOIL: A: 1-Jasmine Chen, Livingston, 7. 2-Mei Lee, Columbia, 6. 3-Isabella Sun, West Essex, 4. B: 1-Anusha Bansal, Livingston, 7. 2-Isabela McNeilly-Anta, Newark Academy, 6. C: 1-Alexandra Bae, Livingston, 7.

EPEE: A: 1-Lindsey Minor, Columbia, 7. 2-Kairis Wong, Livingston, 6. 3-Nile Brunson, Montclair, 5. B: 1-Dilnna Oraedo, Columbia, 6. 2-Charlotte Yang, Livingston, 5. C: 1-Kayla Fang, Livingston, 6.

DISTRICT 4

Fresh off a Santelli title, Chatham wanted to keep momentum going during Districts. It secured the District 4 title with another strong performance on Sunday.

The Cougars won titles at sabre and epee. Aiden Bernstein, Natalie Yen, and Alessa Cooney dominated sabre but it was the epee squad that impressed the most. Azniv Basralian, Bani Sond, and Lucine Basralian combined to go unbeaten and total 24 victories.

Basralian (epee) and Yen (sabre) finished at the top of the A strip at their respective weapons. Julia DiPaolo of West Morris was victorious at foil.

Below, check out the full standings from the District 4 girls fencing tournament.

OVERALL

TEAM: 1-Chatham 59. 2-North Hunterdon 45. 3-West Morris 42. 4-Millburn 35. 5-Oak Knoll 33. 6-Morristown 30. 7-McNair 28. 8-Kent Place 27. 9-Mendham 25.

WEAPON

SABRE: 1-Chatham (Aiden Bernstein, Natalie Yen, Alessa Cooney) 23. 2-Oak Knoll 18. 3-North Hunterdon 15. 4-Morristown 14. 5-Kent Place 10. 6-West Morris 9. 7-Mendham 8. 8-Millburn 7. 9-McNair 4.

FOIL: 1-West Morris (Julia DiPaolo, Gabriella Flynn, Sanjana Kuttikat) 22. 2-North Hunterdon 16. 3-Millburn 14. 4-Mendham 12. 5-Chatham 12. 6-Kent Place 12. 7-Oak Knoll 8. 8-McNair 7. 9-Morristown 5.

EPEE: 1-Chatham (Azniv Basralian, Bani Sond, Lucine Basralian) 24. 2-McNair 17. 3-Millburn 14. 4-North Hunterdon 14. 5-Morristown 11. 6-West Morris 11. 7-Oak Knoll 7. 8-Kent Place 5. 9-Mendham 5.

INDIVIDUAL

SABRE: A: 1-Natalie Yen, Chatham, 8. 2-Kylie McSweeney, North Hunterdon, 7. 3-Samantha Graff, West Morris, 5. B: 1-Aiden Bernstein, Chatham, 8. 2-Vida Connolly, Oak Knoll, 6. C: 1-Alessa Cooney, Chatham, 7.

FOIL: A: 1-Julia DiPaolo, West Morris, 8. 2-Avni Kondra, North Hunterdon, 6. 3-Eva Marrinan, Chatham, 5. B: 1-Sanjana Kuttikat, West Morris, 7. 2-Chloe Chung, Millburn, 7. C: 1-Mahima Kapur, Millburn, 7.

EPEE: A: 1-Azniv Basralian, Chatham, 8. 2-Janie McSweeney, North Hunterdon, 7. 3-Shreeya Shankerdas, McNair, 6. B: 1-Bani Sond, Chatham, 8. 2-Aarushi Vatsyayan, McNair, 6. C: 1-Lucine Basralian, Chatham, 8.

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