Courtesy USA Fencing

Gwangju, South Korea – July 7, 2015 – Adrienne Jarocki (Middle Village, N.Y.) reached the podium the last time she represented Team USA on the international circuit when she claimed a team bronze at the 2014 Junior World Championships and she returned to the medal stand on Monday with an individual bronze at the World University Games in Gwangju, Korea.

The three-time Junior World medalist has chosen to focus on her collegiate career since enrolling at Harvard in 2013, but she remains one of the nation’s best saber fencers after winning the NCAA Championships as a freshman and taking two gold medals in her last North American Cup appearance in January.

Jarocki drew a bye into the table of 32 where she defeated Oleksandra Mamontova (UKR), 15-8. In the table of 16, Jarocki defeated Martyna Watora (POL), 15-14, to advance to the quarter-finals where she took a 15-11 victory over Brigitta Pentek (HUN).

Jarocki fenced three-time Junior World medalist Anna Bashta (RUS) in the semifinals, but finished the day with a bronze after a 15-11 loss to Bashta who went on to take gold.

The win marks the first fencing medal earned by a member of Team USA since the U.S. Women’s Epee Team took silver at the 2011 World University Games.

Celina Merza (Wayne, N.J. / Ohio State University), a 2014 USA Fencing Division I National Champion, defeatedMariana Victoria Celis Reyes (VEN), 15-14, in the table of 64 and Xueqian Zhang (CHN), 15-9, in the 32. Merza finished 13th after a 15-5 loss to Kana Urano (JPN).

A 2013 NCAA bronze medalist, Gillian Litynski (Niskayuna, N.Y. / University of North Carolina) placed in the top 32 after a 15-11 win over Hengyu Yang (CHN) and a 15-12 loss to 2011 Senior World Team member Marion Stoltz (FRA).

Katherine Mentzer (Boston, Mass. / Dartmouth College) finished the pools with a 1-5 record and did not make the cut for the direct elimination rounds.

The reigning NCAA Champion in men’s saber, Andrew Mackiewicz (Westwood, Mass. / Penn State University), came one victory shy of adding a WUGs medal to his two Junior World Championships podium finishes when he placed seventh on Saturday.

After a 5-1 result in pools, Mackiewicz earned a bye into the table of 32 where he would fence the first of two French opponents – Fabien Jean Guy Ballorca. Mackiewicz defeated Ballorca, 15-12, and won his next bout againstArthur Jean Zatko, 15-13.

In the quarter-finals, Mackiewicz lost to 2014 Junior World silver medalist Dmitriy Danilenko (RUS), 15-9.

Fencing at WUGs as a warmup for the Senior World Championships in Moscow next week, Tufts grad student Peter Souders (Bowie, Md. / Tufts University) defeated Florian Stefan Call (AUT), 15-5, but lost to Maxence Andreas Ray Lambert (FRA), 15-7, in the table of 32.

Columbia’s Michael Josephs (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Arizona State’s Gabriel Armijo (San Diego, Calif. / Arizona State University) each earned top-64 results.

Fencing on the international stage for the first time since 2013, Josephs lost his opening direct elimination bout toTom Moeller (GER), 15-10.

Armijo, who won gold in the team event at the Pan Am Championships in April, was outtouched by Julien Hogues (CAN), 15-14, in the table of 64.

In the women’s epee competition on Saturday, 2014 Junior World team silver medalist Amanda Sirico (Bowie, Md.)earned a top-16 result.

The Notre Dame freshman edged Kamila Nadia Pytka (POL), 8-7, in the table of 64 and defeated No. 3 seed Nickol Tal (ISR), 15-11, in the 32 before losing to Josephine Jacques Andre Coquin (FRA), 15-12, in the 16.

UPenn law student Danielle Henderson (Piscataway, N.J.) and Penn State sophomore Jessie Radanovich (Tollhouse, Calif.) both advanced to the table of 32.

Henderson, who finished eighth in the pools, earned a bye into the 32, but lost her bout to Emma Josephine Vaggo (SWE), 15-12.

A 2012 Cadet World medalist, Radanovich picked up a 15-10 win against Louise Fournier (CAN) in the 64, but lost to 2014 Junior World Team Champion Viktoriia Kuzmenkova (RUS), 15-10, in the 32. Kuzmenkova went on to win the silver medal in her World University Games debut.

Nina Van Loon (Boulder, Colo. / Harvard University), who won silver with Sirico at the 2014 Junior Worlds, was eliminated after finishing 1-5 in the pool rounds.

On Sunday, former Junior World Team member Kevin Mo (Irvine, Calif.) placed 12th out of 83 competitors in the men’s epee event.

A grad student at Columbia, Mo earned a bye into the table of 64 where he defeated Mateusz Adrian Antkiewicz (POL), 9-8. Mo defeated Richard Schmidt (GER), 15-10, in the 32, but lost to Valeriy Zharskyy (UKR), 15-14, in the 16.

Two-time Junior World Team member Alex House (Upton, Mass. Princeton) and Cooper Schumacher (Pompton Lakes, N.J. / St. John’s) each earned byes into the table of 64 as well.

House won his opening DE bout, 15-10, over Andrea Baroglio (ITA), but missed the table of 16 by two touches when he lost to Matyas File (HUN) in the 32.

Schumacher dropped his table of 64 bout against Yurii Taranenko (UKR), 15-11.

Leonard Behrens (Cincinnati, Ohio / Stevens Institute of Technology) finished 0-5 in the pools and did not advance to the direct elimination rounds.

The women’s foil events also were held on Sunday with Desree Ortega-Furgeson (State College, Pa. / Penn State University) earning Team USA’s best result with a 31st place finish.

After a 15-9 win over Hiu Wai Valerie Cheng (HKG) in the table of 64, Ortega-Furgeson lost to No. 2 seed Emilia Rygielska (POL), 15-3, in the 32.

Erin Dietsche (Long Valley, N.J. / University of Notre Dame) also advanced to the table of 64, but lost to Euna Kim (KOR), 15-6.

Angelica Gangemi (Old Bridge, N.J. / Cornell University) and Kasey Iverson (Basking Ridge, N.J. / Penn State University) were both eliminated in the pool rounds after posting 0-5 results.

On Monday, two-time World University Games Team member Nobuo Bravo (San Francisco, Calif. / Penn State University) placed 10th in the men’s foil event.

Bravo, who holds two Junior World team medals, went undefeated in pools to earn a No. 2 seed in the direct elimination rounds where he defeated Changwoo Kwak (KOR), 15-14, after a bye through the table of 64.

In the table of 16, Bravo lost to eventual silver medalist Alexander Pivovarov (RUS), 15-3.

Two-time Junior World medalist Brian Kaneshige (Maplewood, N.J. / Harvard University) and Jason Chang (Mountain View, Calif. / University of Pennsylvania) both earned top-32 results.

Kaneshige and Chang both drew Chinese fencers in the table of 64 with Kaneshige defeating Min Chen (CHN), 15-14, and Chang winning his bout against Li Dong (CHN), 15-10.

In the table of 32, Kaneshige lost to Riki Oishi (JPN), 15-11, and Chang dropped his bout against Roman Kuts (RUS), 15-4.

John Philippe Avendano (Colts Neck, N.J.) advanced to the table of 64, but lost to Lucas Alexander Webber (AUS), 15-4.

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Top eight and U.S. results are as follows:

World University Games Men’s Individual Epee
1. Yannick Borel (FRA)
2. Virgile Michel Louis Marchal (FRA)
3. Daniel Berta (HUN)
3. Taesung Jung (KOR)
5. Mark Hanczvikkel (HUN)
6. Valeriy Zharskyy (UKR)
7. Luca Ferraris (ITA)
8. Pavel Sukhov (RUS)

12. Kevin Mo (Irvine, Calif. / Columbia)
31. Alex House (Upton, Mass. Princeton)
43. Cooper Schumacher (Pompton Lakes, N.J. / St. John’s)
77. Leonard Behrens (Cincinnati, Ohio / Stevens Institute of Technology)

World University Games Women’s Individual Epee
1. Dimodi Laurence Epee (FRA)
2. Viktoriia Kuzmenkova (RUS)
3. Iuliia Lichagina (RUS)
3. Nelli Paju (EST)
5. Dzhoan Feibi Bezhura (UKR)
6. Josephine Jacques Andre Coquin (FRA)
7. Barbara Maria Rutz (POL)
8. Jiyoung Ha (KOR)

15. Amanda Sirico (Bowie, Md. / University of Notre Dame)
18. Danielle Henderson (Piscataway, N.J. / University of Pennsylvania)
20. Jessie Radanovich (Tollhouse, Calif. / Penn State University)
57. Nina Van Loon (Boulder, Colo. / Harvard University)

World University Games Men’s Individual Foil
1. Maximilien Jacques Chastanet (FRA)
2. Alexander Pivovarov (RUS)
3. Martino Minuto (TUR)
3. Junhyuk Kwak (KOR)
5. Francesco Trani (ITA)
6. Michal Patryk Siess (POL)
7. Dmitrii Komissarov (RUS)
8. Maxime Dimitir Pauty (FRA)

10. Nobuo Bravo (San Francisco, Calif. / Penn State University)
26. Brian Kaneshige (Maplewood, N.J. / Harvard University)
30. Jason Chang (Mountain View, Calif. / University of Pennsylvania)
36. John Philippe Avendano (Colts Neck, N.J. / Columbia)

World University Games Women’s Individual Foil
1. Jeromine Frederique Mpah Njanga (FRA)
2. Svetlana Tripapina (RUS)
3. Hyo Jin Hong (KOR)
3. Kristina Novalinska (RUS)
5. Julie Charlotte Albertine Huin (FRA)
6. Marika Chrzanowska (POL)
7. Camilla Mancini (ITA)
8. Francesca Palumbo (ITA)

31. Desree Ortega-Furgeson (State College, Pa. / Penn State University)
33. Erin Dietsche (Long Valley, N.J. / University of Notre Dame)
43. Angelica Gangemi (Old Bridge, N.J. / Cornell University)
45. Kasey Iverson (Basking Ridge, N.J. / Penn State University)

World University Games Men’s Individual Saber
1. Jonghun Song (KOR)
2. Dmitry Danilenko (RUS)
3. Ferenc Valkai (HUN)
3. Leonardo Affede (ITA)
5. Gabriele Fischini (ITA)
6. Maxence Andreas Ray Lambert (FRA)
7. Andrew Mackiewicz (Westwood, Mass. / Penn State University)
8. Junyeong Park (KOR)

25. Peter Souders (Bowie, Md. / Tufts University)
34. Michael Josephs (Chevy Chase, Md. / Columbia University)
38. Gabriel Armijo (San Diego, Calif. / Arizona State University)

World University Games Women’s Individual Saber
1. Anna Bashta (RUS)
2. Seonhee Kim (KOR)
3. Adrienne Jarocki (Middle Village, N.Y.)
3. Mara Wiktoria Puda (POL)
5. Kana Urano (JPN)
6. Marion Laura Stoltz (FRA)
7. Matylda Joanna Ostojska (POL)
8. Brigitta Barbara Pentek (HUN)

13. Celina Merza (Wayne, N.J. / Ohio State University)
32. Gillian Litynski (Niskayuna, N.Y. / University of North Carolina)
49. Katherine Mentzer (Boston, Mass. / Dartmouth College)