Temple University Athletics
2023-24 Women's Fencing Roster
Roster
Merges, Gretl
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Gretl Merges
She/Her
- Position:
- Foil
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Disney II Magnet
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
Bio
2024 USFCAÂ All-Academic Team
2023-24 SAACÂ
2023Â First-Team All-NIWFA
2022 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2023-24: USFCA All-Academic Team. . . Finished 17-12 on the season. Closed out her senior season with a career record of 88-63. Went undefeated during three meets in 2024, including Sacred Heart Duals (7-0), Penn State Invitational (2-0), and UNC Duals (4-0). Merges highlighted her senior year at the SHU Duals where she went 1-0 versus D3 No. 1 NYU, 3-0 versus Vassar, 2-0 against the host Sacred Heart, and 1-0 versus NJIT. Ended the Nikki Franke Classic in the top 25 with a 21st-place finish. Part of Owls’ NIWFA foil team championship, the fifth straight overall, and the 28th straight team championship.
2022-23: Went 29-25 in dual play for a career record of 71-48…Placed 26th at the Garret Open and tied for 29th at the Temple Open…Tied for third at the NIWFA Championships, falling to eventual champion and teammate Margherita Calderaro in the semifinals…Named First Team All-NIWFA.
2021-22: Posted a 28-12 mark in dual play for a career record of 42-23…Went a perfect 6-0 in team play at the NIWFA Championships and 6-2 for the second-best foil mark at the Duke Invitational…Saw a 30th place finish for her best finish of the preseason…Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional where she placed 19th…Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2020-21: Went 14-11 in her freshman season, including a 4-1 mark on the first day of the Ohio State Multi-Meet to open the season...Leading foilist at the Temple Invitational with a 5-3 record...Named the team's Most Improved Fencer...Finished the regular season with a regional ranking of 11 and a national ranking of 26.
Prior to Temple: 1st in Junior Women's Foil at the 2018 Fencing Center of Chicago ROC...2nd in Junior Women's Foil at the 2018 Arnold Fencing Classic RJCC...3rd in Junior Women's Foil at the 2018 Remenyik RJCC...Ranked as high as 5th on the Regional Junior Point List in Women's Foil.
Club:Â Red Star Fencing Club Chicago
Personal: Relative Allison Merges is a figure skater for Disney On Ice...Economics major.
2023-24 SAACÂ
2023Â First-Team All-NIWFA
2022 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2023-24: USFCA All-Academic Team. . . Finished 17-12 on the season. Closed out her senior season with a career record of 88-63. Went undefeated during three meets in 2024, including Sacred Heart Duals (7-0), Penn State Invitational (2-0), and UNC Duals (4-0). Merges highlighted her senior year at the SHU Duals where she went 1-0 versus D3 No. 1 NYU, 3-0 versus Vassar, 2-0 against the host Sacred Heart, and 1-0 versus NJIT. Ended the Nikki Franke Classic in the top 25 with a 21st-place finish. Part of Owls’ NIWFA foil team championship, the fifth straight overall, and the 28th straight team championship.
2022-23: Went 29-25 in dual play for a career record of 71-48…Placed 26th at the Garret Open and tied for 29th at the Temple Open…Tied for third at the NIWFA Championships, falling to eventual champion and teammate Margherita Calderaro in the semifinals…Named First Team All-NIWFA.
2021-22: Posted a 28-12 mark in dual play for a career record of 42-23…Went a perfect 6-0 in team play at the NIWFA Championships and 6-2 for the second-best foil mark at the Duke Invitational…Saw a 30th place finish for her best finish of the preseason…Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional where she placed 19th…Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2020-21: Went 14-11 in her freshman season, including a 4-1 mark on the first day of the Ohio State Multi-Meet to open the season...Leading foilist at the Temple Invitational with a 5-3 record...Named the team's Most Improved Fencer...Finished the regular season with a regional ranking of 11 and a national ranking of 26.
Prior to Temple: 1st in Junior Women's Foil at the 2018 Fencing Center of Chicago ROC...2nd in Junior Women's Foil at the 2018 Arnold Fencing Classic RJCC...3rd in Junior Women's Foil at the 2018 Remenyik RJCC...Ranked as high as 5th on the Regional Junior Point List in Women's Foil.
Club:Â Red Star Fencing Club Chicago
Personal: Relative Allison Merges is a figure skater for Disney On Ice...Economics major.
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