Air Force Sweeps Army and Navy at All-Service Academy Fencing Duels

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Air Force fencing capped the 2022-23 season by sweeping Army and Navy at the All-Service Academy Fencing Duels on Saturday, April 15, at the Cadet (East) Gym.

The women's team defeated Army 22-5 and Navy 24-3. The men's team posted matching scores, defeating Army 22-5 and Navy 24-3. In head-to-head action between Army and Navy, the Army women defeated Navy 14-13 and the Army men defeated Navy 16-11.

The epee group led the way for the women's team, as Josie Ratzlaff, Valerie Slackman and Ellie Kim all sent 6-0 each for a combined 18-0 mark.

The women's saber group posted 13 bout victories. Mira Vestel went 6-0 and Tati Kong 4-0 to lead the group.

The foil squad had 15 bout victories. Melissa Kline went 6-0 and Ashley Graflund went 5-1 to lead the group.

The foil group led the way for the Falcon men's side, going 17-1. Jack Griffith went 6-0, Ned Maurer 5-0 and Griffin Peter 4-0 to lead the group.

The saber squad had 15 bout victories. Eric Iwamoto and Mack Luebbe both went 4-0 to lead the group.

The epee group posted 14 bout victories. Russell Cha went 4-0, Omar Emara 3-0 and Matthew Han 5-1 to lead the group.

In addition to the competition, Air Force honored its four seniors Matthew Han, Luke Kinney, Amy Kand and Kyle Villacorta. Air Force caps the season with a 12-14 record on the mens since and 12-15 record on the womens side.

Air Force Results
Women
Air Force 22, Army 5
Saber 7-2 (Kong 3-0, Vestel 3-0, Kang 0-2, Canada 0-1)
Foil 6-3 (Graflund 2-1, Luu 1-2, Kline 3-0)
Epee 9-0 (Ratzlaff 3-0, Slackman 3-0, Kim 3-0)

Air Force 24, Navy 3
Saber 6-3 (Villacorta 1-1, Vestel 3-0, Russell 1-1, Canada 0-1, Kang 1-0)
Foil 9-0 (Graflund 3-0, Kong 1-0, Luu 2-0, Kline 3-0)
Epee 9-0 (Ratzlaff 3-0, Slackman 3-0, Kim 3-0)

Men
Air Force 22, Army 5
Saber 8-1 (Iwamoto 3-0, Luebbe 3-0, Barber 1-0, Foreman 1-1)
Foil 8-1 (Maurer 3-0, Griffith 3-0, Peter 1-0, Loveras 1-1)
Epee 6-3 (Emara 2-0, Han 2-1, Cha 2-0, Pinon 0-1, Yoon 0-1)

Air Force 24, Navy 3
Saber 7-2 (Barber 2-1, Luebbe 1-0, Iwamoto 1-0, Foreman 2-0, Kaydalin 2-0)
Foil 9-0 (Maurer 2-0, Loveras 1-0, Peter 3-0, Griffith 3-0)
Epee 8-1 (Emara 1-0, Pinon 1-1, Han 3-0, Cha 2-0, Yoon 1-0)

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