Fencing's Melles Picks Up Medal in Division II Epee of Day 3 of NAC

Sunday, October 6

Atlantic City, N.J.

Temple University

USA Fencing North American Cup

Fencing's Melles Picks Up Medal in Division II Epee of Day 3 of NAC

10.6.24 | Women's Fencing

Novoseltseva earns top 25 performance of DI Foil

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Fencers' Anne-Mai Melles and Anna Novoseltseva earned top 25 performances on Sunday of day three of the North American Cup at the Atlantic City Coventnion Center.

EPEE

In the Division II Epee pool play, junior Anne-Mai Melles, newcomer Caira Blake, and sophomore Lindsey Minor had excellent showings. Both Melles and Blake finished play 4-1. Melles had a touch score of +10, but Blake bested her teammate with a +11. Sophomore Minor was also strong in her pool as she posted a 4-2 record.
The Estonia native worked her way all the way to the semifinals, finishing sixth overall and earning a medal after knocking off Rachel Meyer, Ella Nguyen, Hannah Wang, and Caitlin Wong before being knocked out by Ella Stojakovic by a close score of 15-13.
Blake moved all the through to the round of 64 in the elimination field before day ended. The graduate transfer defeated Lauren Colella, 15-13, but fell to Emma Kraja by the score in a close contest, 13-12.
Like Blake, Minor made it all the way to the round of 64 in the elimination field, knocking off Kira Bardin of EFA by the score of 15-7, but dropped her last bout to Cayla Goh in a close contest by the score of 13-12.

FOIL

Temple had five athletes competing during the DI Foil division on Sunday. The quintet included, Anna Novoseltseva, Natalie Adams-Kim, Jara Del Cura, Constanca Dimas, Renee Oymann.
After finishing pool play-round best +12, Novoseltseva moved through the elimination play to the round of 32. The three-time NCAA Championship qualifier defeated Nicole Pevzner, 15-7, Iris Yang, 15-8, but fell to Zander Rhodes 15-11.
Oymann, Dimas, Adams advanced into elimination play, but weren't able to get past the round of 128.

WHAT HEAD COACH JENNIE SALMON SAID
" The third day of competition definitely did not disappoint. It was highlighted by Anna Mai Melles's medal winning performance in Division II Epee and Anna Novoseltseva's 25th place finish in the elite Division 1 Women's Foil. Our fencers fought hard for every touch and showed we are a force individually and collectively. Coach Ford and I are very impressed by the great confidence, camaraderie and excitement we are seeing from this team.
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UP NEXT
The Owls will be in action on Saturday for day four of the NAC at the Atlantic City Convention Center.

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