Michael Pyo (men's fencing), Sophie Gardiner (women’s fencing), and Noah Tunis (men's squash) all earned the honor for the Fords for the 2023-24 season.
Two Haverford men's foil fencers, Michael Pyo and Andrew Strayer, were named to the All-Region Team by distinction of being the thid and fourth highest-finishing Division III foilists on the day.
Haverford will be pitted against fencers from Princeton, Penn State, Johns Hopkins, Penn, Duke, North Carolina, Fairleigh Dickinson (DI campus), Drew, Stevens, Temple (women), NJIT, Haverford, Wagner, and Lafayette.
Saturday represented the second of three weekends where the Fords took on primarily DI and DII opponents as preparation for the Conference and Championship portion of the season.
Before taking down conference rival Yeshiva in style, 22-5, Haverford had a 14-13 triumph over Regional rivals Lafayette, demonstrating a return to competitive form and fantastic potential for the season.
The Men’s squad will be challenged in nine regular season fencing competitions this season, while the Women’s Fencing team will be squaring off in eight regular season fencing bouts.
In preparation for the biennial induction ceremony, the athletic department is seeking nominations of former Haverford student-athletes and coaches for induction.
The award was implemented to recognize the fencer who best combines the triple standards of success in athletics, excellence in academics, and participation in extracurricular activities.
Daniel Carvalho (men’s fencing), Megan Hefflinger (women’s fencing), Quinton Crawford and Noah Tunis (men’s squash) and Caroline and Maisie Smith (women’s squash) all earned the honor for the Fords in the 2022-23 season.
The group all enjoyed the spectacle and competitive camaraderie, and the opportunity to test their mettle against some of the best fencers in the world in this individual event.
Both the sabre and foil squads placed eighth in their respective brackets, led by strong performances in the "A" slots by Aamina Dhar in the sabre and Golda Glasser in the foil.