PRINCETON, N.J.  The Lafayette fencing team competed at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Championships on Saturday at Princeton University. The Leopards qualified a total of eight fencers for the event, four men and four women.

Freshman Zoe O'Connor (epee) had the best finish for both the Lafayette's women's and men's teams, winning three matches in the first round of pool play by defeating Drew, Temple and Johns Hopkins.  She bowed out in the second round of pool play, finishing the day in 24^th place. In the women's sabre, senior Bella Moger placed 28^th, defeating fencers from Johns Hopkins University and Haverford. Senior Carolyn Feigeles finished 31^st, with a victory over Duke, and sophomore Amanda Manubag defeated a fencer from the University of North Carolina to end the day in 33^rd place.

On the men's side, Lafayette was led by freshman Benito Hergert (foil), who finished in 25^th place with victories over fencers from Duke and NJIT. Freshman Chris Davis (foil) placed 30^th, defeating a fencer from Drew, and freshman Amir Whitehead (foil) ended the day in 33^rd place, defeating a fencer from Haverford.  In epee, freshmen Antoine Mannes finished in 35^th place.