Wednesday, February 9, Skillman, NJ - The #11 seed Mendham High School Boys' Fencing team traveled to #6 seed Montgomery High School in the "Sweet 16" round of the NJSIAA State Team Fencing Championships this afternoon.
Mendham's sabre squad took two of the first three bouts and Mendham never looked back. This was the very definition of a team win. Two of Montgomery's fencers, Sledeski in sabre and Won in foil, went 3-0 on the day, but to counter that every Mendham starter won at least one bout in the first two rounds. In fact, Mendham didn't lose two bouts in a row until the score was a comfortable 13-5 in their favor. All three squads won their 9-bout section of the meet. Another telling statistic from the meet shows how hard the Mendham team fought. Mendham won four out of the five bouts decided by one touch before the meet was clinched.
Sabre squad leader Kyle Persau insured his squad would win its weapon, 5-4, when he clinched the match at 14-7 by winning the final sabre bout. Persau went 2-1 on the day. Also, in sabre, freshman Mark Zawadiwsky went 2-1. In epee, both squad leader Mark Zimmermann and Lars Swanson went, 2-0. Zimmermann came back from 2-4 down to beat Montomery's A-strip epeeist in one of those one-touch victories. In foil, freshman Julian Campos went, 2-0.
On to Ramapo next Thursday afternoon/evening, February 17, in the "Elite 8." This is the Mendham team's first time advancing into the Elite 8 in the seven year history of the program.
Great job!
Posted by: Tom Fuscaldo | Feb 11, 2011 at 09:02
Awesomenous! :)
Posted by: Mrs. Jacobson | Feb 10, 2011 at 13:44