Temple University Athletics
2018-19 Women's Fencing Roster
Roster
Olaode, Blessing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Blessing Olaode
- Position:
- Sabre
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Maplewood, N.J.
Bio
2018-19: Placed 12th in sabre at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America Honorable Mention honors...Won the sabre title at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional...Finished her career with a dual meet record of 148-93 overall and went 29-30 as a senior...Served as the overall team captain for the Owls as being the sabre squad leader...In early January, earned her best-ever finish at a North American Cup, placing 32nd in Division I women’s sabre at the January NAC and also helping her squad to a second-place finish in the team event...Placed fifth in sabre at the Temple Open on Oct. 27...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for a fourth straight year for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
2017-18: Served as the sabre squad leader, guiding the squad to 30 wins overall – the second-most in program history...Was an alternate for the NCAA Championships after placing fifth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional to cap an impressive season...Went 37-19 in dual meets to bring her career total to 120-63...Posted the team’s best record of 8-1 on the second day of the Philadelphia Invitational, going 3-0 against both Yale and Brown while posting a 2-1 mark vs. Columbia...Finished 6-1 on day two of the Northwestern Duals in early February, going 3-0 vs. USCD and 2-0 vs. UIW...Smashed her previous finishes at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, advancing to the finals and placing fifth after 11th and 15th-place showings over the past two seasons...Just narrowly missed out on a chance to represent the Owls at the NCAA Championships...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for a third year in a row for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
2016-17: Capped a strong sophomore season by advancing to the semifinals at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional before placing 15th overall in sabre...Has advanced to the semifinals or finals of the regional meet in each of her two years at Temple...Fencing in 77 bouts for the sabre squad over the course of the season, she posted a record of 46-31 to improve her career mark to 83-44 after two years...Battled through muscle spasms in the championship sabre bout at the 37th annual Temple Open and ultimately earned a runner-up finish, falling by just two points...Finished with a mark of 8-1 on the second day of the Northwestern Duals, including a perfect 3-0 outing against #9 Northwestern, in helping lead Temple to a program-record finish of 11-1...Went 9-1 at the FDU Invitational to help the Owls finish 5-0 for the day...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for a second year in a row for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
2015-16: Put up a number of impressive results in her first season at Temple, culminating in an 11th-place finish in sabre at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional...Won the sabre title at the 36th annual Temple Open on Oct. 31...Went an impressive 36-13 in dual meets, winning over 73 percent of her bouts for the season...Went 5-0 at the final dual meet of the year at Penn, posting a 3-0 mark against Cornell and a 2-0 mark against FDU...Was 11-4 over two days at the Northwestern Duals, including 3-0 records against Detroit, Lawrence and Air Force...Her 5-2 record at the Penn State Invitational in January included a 3-0 mark vs. UNC...In her first-ever dual meet, the Elite Invitational hosted by Penn, she went 5-0 with a 2-0 mark against Air Force and a 3-0 record against NJIT...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
Club: New Jersey Fencing Academy.
Prior to Temple: Led her Columbia High School team to the 2015 New Jersey High School Team State Championship...Named to the all-state second team in New Jersey and took fifth individually at the state meet...Earned second place at the district championships and finished sixth at the 2014 Division IA Jeff Wolfe ROC...“B” rated sabre fencer.
Personal: Majoring in neuroscience and minoring in Japanese and African-American Studies at Temple...Enjoys writing poetry and watching Japanese films.
2017-18: Served as the sabre squad leader, guiding the squad to 30 wins overall – the second-most in program history...Was an alternate for the NCAA Championships after placing fifth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional to cap an impressive season...Went 37-19 in dual meets to bring her career total to 120-63...Posted the team’s best record of 8-1 on the second day of the Philadelphia Invitational, going 3-0 against both Yale and Brown while posting a 2-1 mark vs. Columbia...Finished 6-1 on day two of the Northwestern Duals in early February, going 3-0 vs. USCD and 2-0 vs. UIW...Smashed her previous finishes at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, advancing to the finals and placing fifth after 11th and 15th-place showings over the past two seasons...Just narrowly missed out on a chance to represent the Owls at the NCAA Championships...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for a third year in a row for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
2016-17: Capped a strong sophomore season by advancing to the semifinals at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional before placing 15th overall in sabre...Has advanced to the semifinals or finals of the regional meet in each of her two years at Temple...Fencing in 77 bouts for the sabre squad over the course of the season, she posted a record of 46-31 to improve her career mark to 83-44 after two years...Battled through muscle spasms in the championship sabre bout at the 37th annual Temple Open and ultimately earned a runner-up finish, falling by just two points...Finished with a mark of 8-1 on the second day of the Northwestern Duals, including a perfect 3-0 outing against #9 Northwestern, in helping lead Temple to a program-record finish of 11-1...Went 9-1 at the FDU Invitational to help the Owls finish 5-0 for the day...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for a second year in a row for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
2015-16: Put up a number of impressive results in her first season at Temple, culminating in an 11th-place finish in sabre at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional...Won the sabre title at the 36th annual Temple Open on Oct. 31...Went an impressive 36-13 in dual meets, winning over 73 percent of her bouts for the season...Went 5-0 at the final dual meet of the year at Penn, posting a 3-0 mark against Cornell and a 2-0 mark against FDU...Was 11-4 over two days at the Northwestern Duals, including 3-0 records against Detroit, Lawrence and Air Force...Her 5-2 record at the Penn State Invitational in January included a 3-0 mark vs. UNC...In her first-ever dual meet, the Elite Invitational hosted by Penn, she went 5-0 with a 2-0 mark against Air Force and a 3-0 record against NJIT...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
Club: New Jersey Fencing Academy.
Prior to Temple: Led her Columbia High School team to the 2015 New Jersey High School Team State Championship...Named to the all-state second team in New Jersey and took fifth individually at the state meet...Earned second place at the district championships and finished sixth at the 2014 Division IA Jeff Wolfe ROC...“B” rated sabre fencer.
Personal: Majoring in neuroscience and minoring in Japanese and African-American Studies at Temple...Enjoys writing poetry and watching Japanese films.
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