From Brandeis University Athletics
The Brandeis University fencing team opened its 2017-18 season by claiming eight medals at the New England Fall Collegiate Invitational, also known as The Big One. The Judges took home a pair of golds, as junior Joanne Carminucci (Brewster, N.Y./North Salem) and sophomore Ian Quin (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey) claimed victory in the women's and men's foil brackets collectively.
Carminucci, who reached the quarterfinals last year, earned the fourth seed by going 6-0 with a +24 indicator in pool play. In the direct elimination draw, she knocked off Priya Sankar of Dartmouth, 15-13, in the opening round; Gabrielle Petrie of Sacred Heart, 15-8, in the second round; and Rebekah Kahn of host Smith, 15-12, in the quarterfinals. Carminucci met top-seeded Kayla Moy of Boston College in the semifinals and rolled to a 15-6 win, setting a final meeting with Bailey Partridge of Sacred Heart. Carminucci picked up a 15-10 victory to earn her second career gold, to go with the one she captured at last years NEIFC Championships at the end of the season. Brandeis also had a semifinalist in sophomore Hannah Mui (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solesbury) Mui was seeded 10th going 5-1 with a +20 indicator. She defeated foes from New Hampshire (15-6) and Vassar (15-3) in the early rounds before getting into the semis when an MIT fencer withdrew. Mui battled SHU's Partridge before falling, 15-10, in the semis.
Senior Liz Feller (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson) reached the semis as the eighth seed in the women's epee bracket. She took down top-seeded Ella Morgan of BC in the quarterfinals.