PHILADELPHIA - The Lafayette Fencing squad opened the 2019-20 season by participating in the Temple Open over the the weekend at the Owls' Liacouras Center.

Sophomore Carolyn Feigeles finished a career-best sixth place in the women's epee on Saturday. The Westampton, N.J. native won all nine of her bouts in pool play and then her first two in tableau before falling to eventual runner-up Paulene Conscience of Penn State. Also in women's sabre, Sophomore Bella Moger finished 29th (5-5 record in pool play) and junior Emily Cook was 42nd.

Junior Julianna Sikorski was the Leopards top finisher in women's epee in 35th with a 5-3 record in pool play while sophomore Lily Manetta and senior Emily Benson placed T-55 and T-70, respectively.

In men's action on Sunday, junior Bora Mutis delivered a strong performance with a 30th place in men's foil and was 5-3 in pool action followed closely by sophomore Yiwen Cui in 41st, 4-4. Senior Patrick Rekieta was the top Lafayette fencer in the men's sabre in 32nd with a 5-5 record in pool competition and a opening round win in tableau. Sophomore Sean Fitzgibbon was 46th in men's epee for the Leopards.

Also competing on Sunday for Lafayette were junior Jonathan Rosenblum (69th) and freshman Grahame Ung (72nd) in men's epee and freshman Oliver Copeland (45th), freshman Matthew Decker (50th), senior Ian Miller (56th) and sophomore William Mcalpine (78th) in men's sabre.

Full results from the Temple Open are available at the Fencing Time website.  

The Leopards are next in action on Sunday at the Vassar Invitational in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.