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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Location.........................................Philadelphia, Pa.
Founded...........................................................1884
Enrollment ....................................................39,000
President ........................................Neil D. Theobald
Interim Director of Athletics....................Kevin Clark
Nickname .........................................................Owls
Colors............................................Cherry and White
Conference ....................................................NIWFA
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach...........................................Nikki Franke
Phone................................................215-204-7448
E-Mail ......................................nfranke@temple.edu
Career Record/Years ...........................671-188-1/41
Record at TU/Years ..........................................Same
Assistant Coach ..........................Anastasia Ferdman
Phone................................................215-204-1627
E-Mail .....................anastasia.ferdman@temple.edu
Graduate Extern.....................................Holly Spicer
Phone................................................215-204-1627
E-Mail .................................holly.spicer@temple.edu
2013-14 SCHEDULE
Date
Oct. 26-27
Nov. 8-11
Nov. 9
Dec. 8
Jan. 11
Jan. 12
Jan. 17-20
Jan. 26
Feb. 1-2
Feb. 9
Feb. 22
March 1
March 8
March 20-23
Meet ..................................................................................................Location
34TH ANNUAL TEMPLE OPEN ......................................................................McGonigle Hall
November NAC -Div I/U-20 Event....................................................................Cleveland, Ohio
Penn State Open ..........................................................................................State College, Pa.
Sacred Heart Invitational (UP, NYU, Sacred Heart, Vassar)................................Fairfield, Conn.
Penn State Invitational (PSU, Drew, Duke, UNC, Columbia) ..........................State College, Pa.
ALUMNAE MEET ............................................................................................McGonigle Hall
January NAC - Div I/U-20 Event ..................................................................Virginia Beach, Va.
Philadelphia Invitational ..............................................................................Philadelphia, Pa.
Northwestern University Multi-Meet ..................................................................Evanston, Ill.
Duke Invitational (USAFA, Duke, UNC, MIT, Brandeis) ........................................Durham, N.C.
TEMPLE INVITATIONAL (PSU, St. John's, Duke, Princeton, UP)......................McGonigle Hall
NIWFA Championships........................................................................West Point, N.Y. (Army)
NCAA Regional Championships............................................................Easton, Pa. (Lafayette)
NCAA Championships ................................................................Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State)
THE TEAM
Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..........................12/2
2012-13 Overall Record ....................................22-8
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
Fencing Contact ..............................Karen Auerbach
Office Phone......................................215-204-3850
E-mail .......................................karena@temple.edu
Website ....................................www.owlsports.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Season Outlook ......................................................8
Head Coach Nikki Franke ......................................10
Assistant Coaches.................................................11
Roster...................................................................13
Player Profiles.................................................14-19
Newcomers.....................................................20-21
2012-13 Season Review.......................................23
2012-13 Statistics & Results.................................25
Opponent Series Records......................................27
Records and Year-by-Year Results ...................28-29
Temple University & Philadelphia...................31-41
2013-14 Squad Leaders (L to R): Tasia Ford (Sabre), Epiphany Georges (Foil), and Chantal Montrose (Epee)
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CREDITS
The 2013-14 Temple Fencing Media Guide was written, edited and designed by Karen Auerbach. Layout, template and cover
design by Kelli Sheesley and Karen Auerbach. Additional writing and design by Cathy Bongiovi. Cover photo by Mitchell Leff with
interior photography provided by Mitchell Leff, Dave Denoma, Mike Slade, Joseph V. Labolito and Zohrab Kazanjian. Published by
the Temple University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
2013-14 Temple Fencing Media Guide
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2013-14 Season Outlook
Since its inception back in 1972, the Temple
women’s fencing program has carried a strong tradition
of success. That success has been on prominent display in
the last two seasons, which have both seen legendary
head coach Nikki Franke guide the Owls to a No. 10 ranking in the final national poll. In 2012-13, Franke led the
program to a record of 22-8 and the Owls also captured
the National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association
Championship for the 17th consecutive year.
With five returning seniors on this year’s team, Temple’s leadership is strong. The team’s overall captain is senior Tasia Ford, who is also repeating as the sabre squad
leader. The epee squad leader is senior Chantal Montrose,
also voted to the position for a second time after being
squad leader two years ago. Senior Epiphany Georges,
one of four Owls to represent Temple at the 2013 NCAA
Championships, is the foil squad leader.
“We expect everyone to be accountable and responsible,” said Franke, “but in terms of leadership we really look to our upperclassmen to provide the guidance
for the underclassmen. The ultimate responsibility falls
to our squad leaders and to our team captain, who we always depend on.”
Ford leads a group of six on the sabre squad, and is
one of five who return after qualifying for the NCAA Regionals last year. Junior Tiki Kastor was Temple’s top fencer
at the NCAA Championships in just her sophomore season, finishing 14th overall in sabre at last year’s championships.
“The sabre squad is our most experienced squad
this year having only one freshman,” said assistant coach
Anastasia Ferdman. “They’re a very strong squad, so we’ll
be depending a lot on them to execute this year. They’re
very well-balanced.”
The six members of the epee squad will be led by
Montrose, who was one of four to qualify for regionals
last year. Three of those fencers return, including senior
Kimberly Howell who represented the Owls at the NCAA
Championships.
“The epee squad is young, with half of them being
newcomers,” said Ferdman. “I’m excited to see how the
freshmen are going to deal with the transition, and how
they are going to compete. With Chantal being the squad
leader for a second time, I trust her to lead and be a good
role model.”
The foil squad returns two fencers who competed in
last year’s NCAA Championships- squad leader Epiphany
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Georges and sophomore Fatima Largaespada. The two
placed 18th and 20th, respectively, in the nation.
“The foil squad, like our sabre squad, is an experienced one with just two freshmen,” said Franke. “I’m excited to see how they grow individually and together this
year, and how much they’ll help each other and push
each other to be the very best they can be.
There is also an excitement factor in the unknown,
as one-third of the 18-member squad is made up of true
freshmen.
“We have a strong freshman class. We’re very
pleased with the experience they bring. They are definitely going to contribute to our success in many ways.
The challenge for them is making the transition from high
school or club fencing to collegiate fencing and getting
used to what that’s all about, as well as getting used to
college in general. It’s always an adjustment period, but
they’ve come in with a great attitude and they’re very enthusiastic and working hard. As coaches, that’s all we can
ask for.”
While the team continues to compete at an elite
level year after year, Franke says there is always more to
strive for.
“One of our team goals is to get everyone qualified
for NCAA Regionals, which we did last year,” she said, “and
another is to get the maximum number of fencers to the
NCAA Tournament, which is very difficult. Last year we
had four girls go. We always keep raising the bar and we
want better and better things to happen. We want to improve on our record, and our ranking. The highest ranking
we achieved last year was ninth, and our goal is to be
ranked in the top five.”
As it always does, the Temple Open will serve as a
warm-up meet of sorts for the Owls, who won’t start
team competition until December 8 at Sacred Heart. The
schedule is packed with top competition, and Franke says
they wouldn’t have it any other way.
“We have our normal rivalries,” she said, “with Penn,
Penn State and Northwestern. This year we’re fencing all
nine of the other top 10 teams from the end of last season. We have a very strong schedule and it’s going to be
very challenging, especially with so many freshmen. Having strong competition is how we see where we are and
what we need to work on. We look forward to that. We
don’t shy away from competition.”
The Temple Open, which is the largest individual
collegiate meet of its kind in the nation, gives the Owls a
chance to see where they are early in the competition
season. “This meet really give us— the coaches and the
fencers— an idea of where we are, what we need to
work on and what we need to accomplish before we have
our first dual meet, Franke said. “It’s nice to be able to
get some competitive fencing under our belt before that
first collegiate meet.”
Head Coach Nikki Franke
Nikki
FRANKE
Head Coach
42nd Year
Brooklyn College ‘72
Hall of Fame coach Nikki Franke is entering her 42nd
season as Director of Fencing and women's foil coach at
Temple University with an impressive 671-188-1 career
record.
During the 2009-10 season, Franke collected career
win number 600, adding to her Temple coaching legacy
which included getting win number 500 in the 2005-06
season. Franke, Temple's women's fencing coach since
the program began in the 1972-73 season, has led the
Temple fencers to 36 postseason appearances, including
17 straight NIWFA Championship titles.
The 2012-13 season was another successful season
for the Owls' fencing program, as Franke led her squad
to a No. 10 national ranking with a 22-8 overall record
and mentored four NCAA Championship qualifiers.
In 2011-12, Franke led her Owls to another memorable season, as her team matched the prgram record for
wins in a season with 24, and finished ranked No. 10 in
the NCAA. Under her leadership, Temple produced a sabre
second team NCAA All-American in Kamali Thompson.
With a 24-7 record in 2010-11, the Owls nabbed
their 15th straight NIWFA Championship. In the process,
the team was ranked seventh in the nation for the second consecutive year, before taking ninth place among
the women’s teams at the NCAA tournament, also, for the
second straight season.
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On October 21, 2002, Franke was inducted into the
International Sports Hall of Fame, which was established
by the Women's Sports Foundation. She was one of only
three women to be inducted that year and was chosen
based on her impressive coaching, playing, teaching and
community service records. In 1995, Franke was honored
when she was inducted into the Temple University Athletics Hall of Fame. She was also inducted into the United
States Fencing Association Hall of Fame in 1998.
Testimony to Franke's coaching ability was displayed in the 1991-92 season as she guided the Owls to
the NCAA Women's Foil Championship. In the 1993-94
season, the Owls' fencing team tied the school record
with a .955 winning percentage (21-1) and finished third
at the Mid-Atlantic/South NCAA Regionals and sixth at
the NCAA Championships.
Franke received the United States Fencing Coaches
Association Women's Fencing Coach of the Year honors in
1983, 1987, 1988, and in 1991, when she led the Owls to
a third-place finish at the 1991 NCAA Championships with
just one senior, three juniors, a sophomore and four freshmen. The Owls have been a force to be reckoned with at
the NCAA Championships since the team first qualified in
1976. The Owls won the championship in 1992; finished
as runner-up in 1987 and 1993; took third place in 1985
and 1991, and took fourth place in 1983, 1984, 1988 and
1990.
A world-class athlete
herself, Franke possesses a vast array of
national and international accomplishments. She was a
member of the 1976
ad 1980 U.S. Olympic
teams and was the
United States Fencing Association's (USFA) National Foil
Champion in both 1975 and 1980.
She was the runner-up in the national finals in 1978
and finished third in 1976, 1977, and 1979. Franke was a
member of the U.S. Team which placed fifth in the 1973
World University Games in Moscow, as well as the American squad that competed in the World University Games
in Bulgaria in 1977.
Franke's international experience continued when
she was a member of two U.S. delegations that competed
in the 1975 and 1979 Pan American Games. She captured
a silver medal in the 1975 individual foil competition and
a bronze in the 1979 competition. On both occasions, she
helped the United States team to a third-place finish.
A New York City native, Franke graduated with honors from Brooklyn College in 1972. At BC, she was a fouryear letter winner, placing third individually at the 1972
NIWFA National Championships and was named an
NIWFA All-American. Her collegiate efforts were rewarded when she was inducted into the Brooklyn College
Hall of Fame in 1979.
Franke, who is currently an Associate Professor in
Temple University’s Department of Public Health, received
a master's degree in Health Education from Temple in
1975 and completed the doctoral program in 1988.
Assistant Coaches
Former Israeli National Epee Champion and 2009 NCAA
Individual Epee Champion Anastasia Ferdman is in her second season as the assistant women's fencing coach at Temple University.
A native of Israel, Ferdman has spent the previous two
years as the head fencing coach at Ridge High School in
Basking Ridge, N.J., while also serving as the epee coach at
the Medeo Fencing Club in Bridgewater, N.J.
In her first season on legendary head coach Nikki
Franke's coaching staff, Ferdman guided the epee squad to
a 16-14 record and to the conference title at the NIWFA Championships. Ferdman also mentored Chantal Montrose, who won the the NIWFA individual championship in epee for a
third consecutive season.
Under her tutelage at Ridge, Ferdman guided and motivated multiple epee fencers to individual state championships. At the Medeo Fencing Club, she has coached several
epee fencers who were finalists at multiple national events.
Just before arriving to Temple, Ferdman coached Ridge’s women’s epee squad to titles in the 2012 state and district championships.
As a fencer herself, Ferdman competed in epee for her entire career. While earning a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State, she collected
a myriad of accomplishments.
Serving as the squad captain for three years, Ferdman was
a member of the 2007, 2009 and 2010 NCAA Championship
teams. Her junior year with the Nittany Lions proved to be her
best during her collegiate career, as she was crowned the NCAA
Individual Epee Champion in 2009.
Beginning to fence at five years of age at Macabi Maalot,
which was the gym run by her father, Yakov, Ferdman learned to
develop her talent in epee. By the age of 14, Ferdman competed
in the 2000 World Junior Championships in South Bend, Ind.,
where she took a very impressive third place finish.
Also while a fencer at her father’s gym, Ferdman was a
member of the Israeli National Team from 1999-2006. Of those
years, Ferdman was Israeli’s national champion six times, winning titles every year from 2000-2005, while also placing second at the European Junior Championships in 2005 and fourth in
the Junior World Rankings in 2005.
Before beginning her collegiate career, Ferdman earned
her coaching certification at the Nat Holman School for Coaches
and Instructors from the Wingate Institute for Physical Education
and Sport in Netaniya, Israel.
Anastasia
FERDMAN
Assistant Coach
Second Year
Penn State ‘10
Holly
SPICER
Graduate Extern
First Year
Brandeis ‘13
Holly Spicer joins the Temple fencing staff for her first
year as a graduate extern in 2013-14.
Spicer, a native of Northampton, Mass., graduated
from Brandeis University in May, 2013. While at Brandeis,
Spicer was a varsity swimmer and senior team captain. After
working for the Brandeis athletic department for three years
as a club sports assistant, building manager, desk monitor
and lifeguard, she became the Club Sports Intern in her senior year, helping to run the Club Sports Program.
Spicer is currently working toward her master’s in sport
business at Temple, and hopes to work in collegiate athletics after obtaining her degree.
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2013-14 Roster
Name
Demi Antipas
Noelle Baptiste
Rachael Clark
Tasia Ford
Epiphany Georges
Andrea Haley
Jessica Hall
Kimberly Howell
Tiki Kastor
Alexandra Keft
Kristen Kemnitzer
Petra Khan
Fatima Largaespada
Miranda Litzinger
Chantal Montrose
Lauren Rangel-Friedman
Victoria Suber
Yr.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
So.
Sr.
Jr.
Fr.
Fr.
So.
So.
Fr.
Sr.
Jr.
Fr.
Ht.
5-1
5-8
5-11
5-7
5-1
5-7
5-7
5-9
5-6
5-7
5-5
5-8
5-3
5-9
5-8
5-4
5-2
Weapon
Foil
Epee
Epee
Sabre
Foil
Sabre
Epee
Epee
Sabre
Epee
Foil
Sabre
Foil
Foil
Epee
Sabre
Sabre
Hometown
Stony Brook, N.Y.
East Windsor, N.J.
Boxford, Mass.
West Sand Lake, N.Y.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Glenshaw, Pa.
Parsippany, N.J.
San Antonio, Texas
New York, N.Y.
Las Vegas, Nev.
West Windsor, N.J.
Beaverton, Ore.
Puebla, Mexico
Los Gatos, Calif.
Alexandria, Va.
Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Lexington, Mass.
High School
Ward Melville
Hun School of Princeton
Bishop Fenwick
Averill Park
Riverdale Country
North Hills
Parsippany
Gateway Christian
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ed W. Clark
West Windsor-Plainsboro
Beaverton
Providence
Home-schooled
Thomas Jefferson
Aliso Niguel
Lexington
Head Coach: Nikki Franke (Brooklyn College ’72) – 42nd year
Assistant Coach: Anastasia Ferdman (Penn State ’10) – 2nd year
Graduate Extern: Holly Spicer – 1st year
Back Row (L to R): Noelle Baptiste, Jessica Hall, Miranda Litzinger, Andrea Haley, Chantal Montrose, Tasia Ford, Epiphany Georges, Kimberly Howell, Tiki
Kastor, Alexandra Keft, Rachael Clark. Front Row (L to R): Assistant Coach Anastasia Ferdman, Petra Khan, Victoria Suber, Lauren Rangel-Friedman,
Fatima Largaespada, Olivia Wynn, Kristen Kemnitzer, Demi Antipas, Head Coach Nikki Franke.
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Meet the Owls
2012-13: Posted an impressive 31-11 record for her
rookie season…Placed seventh in foil at NIWFA Championships…Qualified for NCAA
Mid-Atlantic/South Regional
and placed 22nd…Turned in
a 5-0 record in the official season opener at Vassar…Went
5-1 and placed 39th at the U.S.
Fencing Junior Olympic Championships…Got Temple debut started with a sixth-place finish at the annual Temple Open…Placed 15th at the Penn State
Open...Named to Temple’s President’s Honor Roll (3.50 GPA or higher).
Demi
ANTIPAS
Sophomore • 5-1 • Foil
Stony Brook, N.Y.
Ward Melville
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Ward Melville High School…Undefeated in dual meets during high school career, posting a 115-0
record…Earned gold medal in the Division II Women’s Foil National Championships…Named the Suffolk County Individual
Champion three times.
PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology…Fences for her home club, the Mission Fencing Center, under former Temple fencer Jennifer Dhondt Salmon.
Tasia
FORD
Senior • 5-7 • Sabre
West Sand Lake, N.Y.
Averill Park
2012-13: Finished the season
28-27 in sabre…Qualified for
NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, taking 12th place…Got
the season underway with a seventh-place finish at the annual
Temple Open…Went undefeated in seven meets on the
season…Placed 16th at the
Penn
State
Garrett
Open…Turned in a 6-2 mark at
Vassar.
2011-12: Won 23 times in her dual meets...Qualified for NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals, where she placed 20th...In the earlier portion of the season at the Under 20 Women’s Sabre competition, finished 43rd out 86 competitors.
2010-11: Finished the season 26-18 in sabre...Went undefeated in eight matches...Opened her collegiate fencing carer as a finalist
at the Temple Open...Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional.
HIGH SCHOOL: Placed third in women's sabre at the 2008 Montreal World Cup...Led women's team to first-place finish at the
Konin in 2008.
PERSONAL: Fences for Beaches Sabre Club, coached by Carolyn Washburn...Majoring in graphic and interactive design at Temple.
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Epiphany
GEORGES
Senior • 5-1 • Foil
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Riverdale Country
2012-13: Turned in an impressive
record of 50-20 in foil…Won third
straight individual NIWFA Championship…Qualified for NCAA Championships, where she placed 18th
after taking sixth at the NCAA MidAtlantic/South Regional…Undefeated in 12 meets…Took silver at
the Temple Open…Was a finalist at
the Penn State Open, placing
fourth…Named to NIWFA All-Con-
ference Team.
2011-12: Posted an impressive record of 53-15 on the season...Went undefeated in 14 meets...Started the season off with a thirdplace finish in the Temple Open...Showed significant improvement a week later at the Penn State Open where she earned the silver
medal...Placed first in the NIWFA Championships, claiming the gold medal...Went on to finish 13th in the Mid-Atlantic South Regionals while boosting her career record to 96-28.
2010-11: Took first place in foil at the Temple Open...Placed 11th overall in foil at the Garret Open...Registered a top-level result as a finalist in Under-20 Women's Foil with an eighthplace finish at North American Cup...Went 8-0 to earn a gold medal in part-time action in the NIWFA Championships...Took sixth place in the foil finals at the NCAA Regionals...Participated in the NCAA Championship...NIWFA first team All-Conference.
HIGH SCHOOL: Represented the USA World Fencing Team at the 2009 Junior World Championships in Great Britain...Also fenced at the 2008 Cadet World Championships in
Italy...Placed second in the U16 division at the 2009 World Cup in Montreal...Was a third-place finisher in the Division I NAC at the 2009 North American Cup...Posted a third-place
finish in the 2008 North American Cup in the U19 Division in Charlotte.
PERSONAL: Fences out of the Peter Westbrook Foundation...Majoring in legal studies at Temple.
Andrea
HALEY
Senior • 5-7 • Sabre
Glenshaw, Pa.
North Hills
2012-13: Posted a 21-7 record in
sabre…Placed 14th as a semifinalist
at the NIWFA Championships, helping
Temple to a 17th straight conference
title…Went undefeated at the Temple Open, earning 10th place in
sabre…Led the Owls’ sabre squad
with a 9-0 record against Haverford at
the Philadelphia Invitational...Placed
24th at the Penn State Open...Named
to Temple’s President’s Honor Roll for a
second-straight year (3.50 GPA or higher).
2011-12: Finished the season with a 25-10 record...Opened the season with a 10th-place finish at the 32nd annual Temple Open...Took
a 33rd-place finish at the 40th annual Garret Open a week later...In the first dual meet of the season, posted a 5-0 record at the Penn
State Invitational...After going 4-1 at the Philadelphia Invitational, she followed up with four more wins, going 4-2 at the Penn State
Multi-Meet...Went undefeated in nine meets...Semifinalist at the NIFWA Championships, placing 15th...Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals, where she finished 34th...Named to Temple’s President’s Honor Roll (3.50 GPA or higher).
2010-11: Compiled a 26-12 record in sabre...Went undefeated in 10 of her matches...Earned the bronze medal at the NIWFA Championships...Semifinalist at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional.
HIGH SCHOOL: During 2009-10 season, took first place in sabre in the Cherry Blossom Tournament in Washington, D.C...Also placed eighth in sabre for Division III at the North Atlantic Cup in Des Moines, Iowa...Earned a B rating as a senior...During 2008-09 season, placed seventh for Division III at the North Atlantic Cup in Atlanta, Ga...Earned National Merit
Commendation in high school.
PERSONAL: Is an honors student majoring in architecture and architecture preservation at Temple.
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2012-13: Turned in a 3121 record for her rookie
season as an epee fencer
at Temple…Named to the
NIFWA All-Conference First
Team…Went undefeated
in nine meets…Qualified
for
NCAA
MidAtlantic/South Regional
and placed 12th…Earned
the bronze medal for
third-place finish at the
NIWFA Championships…Got cherry and white career started with 26th-place finish at the annual Temple Open…Placed
21st at the Penn State Open…Qualified for the U.S. Fencing Junior Olympic Championships.
Jessica
HALL
Sophomore • 5-7 • Epee
Parsippany, N.J.
Parsippany
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Parsippany High School…Earned silver medal in the 2011 New Jersey State High School Individual Championships…Finalist at the Division II 2011 National Championships and the Division 1A National Championships.
PERSONAL: Majoring in speech pathology… Fences for the Peter Westbrook Foundation.
2012-13: Finished the season
42-28
in
epee…Qualified
for the NCAA
Championships,
earning
24th
place in the national meet held
in her hometown…Placed
15th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional…Took seventh place at the NIWFA Championships…Opened the
season with the bronze medal at the Temple Open…Named a College Fencing 360 Primetime Performer of the
Week…Led the epee squad at the Philadelphia Invitational with a 12-2 record…Placed 28th at the annual Penn
State Open.
Kimberly
HOWELL
Senior • 5-9 • Epee
San Antonio, Texas
Gateway Christian
2011-12: Finished with a 47-31 regular-season record...Going undefeated in six meets, she went on to be a finalist at the NIWFA Championships, placing eighth...Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic South Regional, where she finished 25th...Opened the season with a 20th-place finish at the
32nd annual Temple Open, prior to a strong 39th-place finish at the 40th annual Garret Open...In the first dual meet of the season, she posted a 9-3 record at the Penn State Invitational...After going 10-5 at the Philadelphia Invitational, she followed up with a 9-3 outing at the Penn State Multi-Meet.
2010-11: Turned in a 17th-place finish at the Temple Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Fenced out of the San Antonio Sports Foundation...Also participated in volleyball, being named captain of her Gateway Christian senior squad.
PERSONAL: Majoring in criminal justice at Temple...Her sister, Kristin, was a member of the Temple fencing team from 2007-10.
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Meet the Owls
2012-13: Turned in a
39-20 record in sabre
for the season…Won
the gold medal at the
annual
Temple
Open…Qualified for
NCAA Championships,
where she placed
14th…Placed fifth at
the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South
Regional…Went undefeated at nine meets, including the win over UNC at the Penn State Invitational…Placed sixth at
the Penn State Open.
Tiki
KASTOR
Junior • 5-6 • Sabre
New York, N.Y.
Eleanor Roosevelt
2011-12: Finished the season with 25 victories...Opened her career with a fifth-place finish at the 32nd annual Temple Open...Came back with a 17th place finish at the 40th annual Garret Open...In the first dual meet of her career, she
posted a 4-4 record at the Penn State Invitational before going 5-5 at the Philadelphia Invitational...Went undefeated
in four meets and was a semifinalist in the NCAA Regionals, finishing 16th.
PRIOR TO TEMPLE: A two-time finalist at Junior National events and a silver medalist in the Division IA National Championship.
PERSONAL: Fences for the Manhattan Fencing Center, and is coached by Yury Gelman...Majoring in art at Temple.
Petra
KHAN
Sophomore • 5-8 • Sabre
Beaverton, Ore.
Beaverton
2012-13: Went 23-15
in her rookie season as a
member of the Temple
sabre squad…Qualified
for NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional,
placing 16th…Went
undefeated
nine
times…Opened the
season at Vassar by
going undefeated in
sabre…Qualified for USA Fencing’s Junior Olympics, where she placed 64th.
PRIOR TO TEMPLE: Earned Division II North American Cup gold medal…Earned silver medal in Division III North American cup in 2011…Finalist at the Division II event.
PERSONAL: Majoring in public relations with a minor in visual anthropology.
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Meet the Owls
2012-13: Finished her
rookie season with an impressive 41-22 mark in
foil…Placed as a finalist
(seventh place) at the Temple Open in her cherry and
white debut…Turned in a
ninth-place finish at the
Penn State Open…Went
undefeated
in
12
meets…Had a winning
record (2-1) in her bout against defending national champion Ohio State…Qualified for the NCAA Championships, where she
placed 20th…Placed 10th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional...Named to Temple’s President’s Honor Roll (3.50 GPA
or higher).
Fatima
LARGAESPADA
Sophomore • 5-3 • Foil
Puebla, Mexico
Providence
PRIOR TO TEMPLE: Member of the Mexican Junior National Team…Earned a bronze medal at the Cadet Pan-American
Championships…Competed at the Junior World Championships in 2011 and 2012.
PERSONAL: Majoring in accounting…Fences for Club de Esgrima Simont-Zeron and Salle Pouj.
2012-13: Finished the season 37-37
in epee…Qualified for the NCAA Regionals, where she placed
15th…Won third straight NIWFA individual title in epee, helping Temple
to its 17th straight conference
title…Named to the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team and to
the
NIWFA
All-Conference
Team…Opened the season with a
13th-place finish at the annual Temple Open…Went undefeated against Drew at the Penn State Open, carrying Temple to a 26-1 victory…Also went undefeated in meets
against Cornell and Wayne State…Named to Temple’s President’s Honor Roll for a second-straight year (3.50 GPA or higher).
Chantal
MONTROSE
Senior• 5-8 • Epee
Alexandria, Va.
Thomas Jefferson
2011-12: Finished the season with an impressive 53-32 regular season record....Going undefeated in 12 meets, she successfully defended
her individual title at the NIWFA Championships...The 2012 All-NIWFA team included her being named to the epee squad’s first team...
At the NCAA Regionals, advanced to the finals, where she placed 11th...Opened the season as Temple’s top finisher in epee at the 32nd
annual Temple Open with an 11th-place finish before taking 18th place at the 40th annual Garret Open...Posted a 9-3 record at the Penn
State Invitational... After going 6-4 at the Philadelphia Invitational, went 8-7 at the Penn State Multi-Meet...Named to Temple’s President’s Honor Roll (3.50 GPA or higher).
2010-11: Finished with 11 shutout matches...Recorded 44 wins and 28 losses...Took second place and was a semifinalist at the Temple Open, giving her the highest finish for an
epeeist in Temple Fencing history...Earned the Gold Medal at the NIWFA Championship...Qualified for NCAA Championships, finishing 20th after a seventh-place finish at NCAA
Mid-Atlantic Regionals...Posted 19 wins at the Northwestern Duals.
HIGH SCHOOL: During the 2008-09 season, was a third-place finisher in senior women's epee at the 2009 Cherry Blossom Open...Finished in third place in cadet women's epee at
the 2008 North American Cup...Took the title in women's epee at the 2008 Charm City Classic...Was a fifth-place finisher at the 2008 Junior Olympics in women's epee...Won the
women's epee at the 2008 Cherry Blossom Open...Finished fifth in women's epee at the 2008 Amazon Open.
PERSONAL: Majoring in advertising at Temple with a minor in art...Is in the Temple Honors program.
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Meet the Owls
2012-13: In the junior sabre event at
the U.S. Fencing Junior Olympic
Championships, finished the pool
round undefeated and earned a 12thplace seed out of a total of 130 competitors...Ended up placing 35th at the
tournament...Placed 14th in the semifinals of the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South
Regional...Finished 2-1 at the Northwestern Duals...Was an undefeated 30 at the Philadelphia Invitational,
helping lead the team to a 5-1 finish...Turned in the Owls' top result at USA Fencing's North American Cup, advancing through three
rounds of direct elimination to make the semifinals and finish 16th...Competed in four events at the 2012 USA Fencing National Championships, placing 13th out of 62 in Division IA Women's Sabre before battling her way to a 22nd-place ranking in Junior Women's
Sabre.
Lauren
RANGEL-FRIEDMAN
Junior • 5-4 • Sabre
Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Aliso Niguel
2011-12: Finished with 29 victories...Went undefeated in 11 meets...Placed 28th at the Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals...Opened her career with a sixth-place finish at the 32nd annual Temple Open...A week later, placed 16th at the 40th annual Garret Open...In the first
dual meet of her career, posted a 5-3 record at the Penn State Invitational...After going 4-2 at the Philadelphia Invitational, went 6-1
at the Penn State Multi-Meet.
PRIOR TO TEMPLE: At the 2011 Summer National Championships, she earned an “A” rating and finished third at the Division IA Championship.
PERSONAL: Fences for the Avant Garde Fencers Club under Daniel Costin...Majoring in environmental studies at Temple.
2012-13: Went 20-6
in her rookie season as
a member of the Owls’
foil squad…Turned in
seven undefeated performances…Qualified for the U.S.
Fencing
Junior
Olympic Championships and advanced
to the second
round…Reached the individual championship at the NIWFA Championships, where she placed 11th…Qualified for
the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional.
Olivia
WYNN
Sophomore • 5-5 • Foil
Somerville, N.J.
Somerville
HIGH SCHOOL: Team captain at Somerville High School…Earned Most Valuable Player for senior year efforts…Qualified for New Jersey Individual State Championships.
PERSONAL: Majoring in accounting at Temple with a minor in Italian…Fences for Maestro Fencing Club.
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Meet the Owls
Noelle
BAPTISTE
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year fencing team captain at the Hun School of Princeton…Had back-to-back undefeated seasons in which she won first place at states
and was named the team’s MVP…Won second place at Summer Nationals Division 2 in Anaheim, Calif., after her first year of competitions.
Freshman • 5-8 • Epee
East Windsor, N.J.
Hun School of Princeton
CLUB: Fences for Medeo Fencing CLUB…Coached by Yakov Danilenko…Placed
second at Division II Summer Nationals…Earned a B rating.
Rachael
CLARK
CLUB: Fences for Vivo Fencing CLUB…Coached by Ervin Szucs and Arpad Horvath…Placed second at the Junior Olympics in 2011…Finished sixth in junior
women’s epee at the 2011 NAC…Finished 23rd in Div. I at the NAC in 2011.
PERSONAL: Undecided on a major at Temple…Father, Alberto, is a 1998 inductee
to Rider University Athletics’ Hall of Fame.
PERSONAL: Majoring in journalism at Temple.
Freshman • 5-11 • Epee
East Windsor, N.J.
Hun School of Princeton
Alexandra
KEFT
Freshman • 5-7 • Epee
Las Vegas, Nev.
Ed W. Clark/Academy for Mathematics,
Science and Applied Technology
Kristen
KEMNITZER
Freshman • 5-5 • Foil
West Windsor, N.J.
West Windsor-Plainsboro
HIGH SCHOOL: USFA 2013 First Team All-Academic Team member.
CLUB: Fences for the Fencing Academy of Nevada…Coached by Maitre Yves Auriol
and Maitre Jacques Lacour…Placed ninth in women’s epee at the 2013 Stro Memorial ROC…Competed at the 2012 Junior Olympics and finished in 11th place in
Cadet women’s epee…Finished 12th in Div. II women’s epee at the 2011 Nationals…Earned a B rating in women’s epee in 2012…USFA 2013 national ranking:
28th in Junior women’s epee and 40th in Div. I women’s epee.
PERSONAL: Honors program student...Majoring in biology...Soloist for the Nevada
Ballet Youth Company and the Las Vegas Ballet Company from 2000 to 2013.
HIGH SCHOOL: Fenced for West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South…Won the
team’s Most Valuable Player Award in 2013 and 2012…Finished third at the NJSIAA
State Individual Championships and second at the NJSIAA District 2 Championships
as a senior…Named to the NJIFA Coaches All-State Team in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
CLUB: Fences for Lucchetti Fencing USA…Coached by Marcos Lucchetti…Competed at the USFA Summer National Championships in 2010, 2011, 2012, and
2013…Competed at the Junior Olympic Championships in 2011, 2012, and
2013…Best national finish came at the 2011 USFA Summer National Championships, placing third in Div. III women’s foil.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sport business at Temple.
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Miranda
LITZINGER
CLUB: Fences for California Fencing Academy (CFA)…Coached by Dan and Ania
Tibbetts… Won the Div. II bronze medal at 2009 NAC…Won the Div. III gold medal
at the 2008 North America Cup (NAC)…Placed 13th at Cadet designated World
Cup in Hungary…Finished 16th in Div. I at a NAC.
Freshman • 5-9 • Foil
Los Gatos, Calif.
Home-schooled
PERSONAL: Majoring in kinesiology at Temple.
Victoria
SUBER
HIGH SCHOOL: Ran track at Lexington High School…Placed first in the 300m at
the Middlesex JV Indoor Track Championships…Finished fifth in the 4x200 Massachusetts State Relay.
Freshman • 5-2 • Sabre
Lexington, Mass.
Lexington
CLUB: Fences for Boston Fencing Club…Coached by Michael Marx…Placed 47th
in Junior women’s sabre at the 2013 January NAC…Finished ninth in senior
women’s sabre at the 2013 Pomme de Terre…Team placed second in senior
women’s sabre at the 2012 Pomme de Terre.
PERSONAL: Majoring in civil engineering at Temple.
2013-14 Freshman Class (L to R): Noelle Baptiste, Miranda Litzinger, Victoria Suber, Kristen Kimnitzer, Alexandra Keft, Rachael Clark
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2012-13 Season in Review
The 2012-13 fencing season was a year of continued growth and change for a fairly young team. This
year’s team was composed of eight underclassman,
five freshmen and three sophomores, which put a
lot of responsibility on our Captain, Squad Leaders
and all the upperclassmen. Needless to say, they rose
to the occasion and did a fantastic job both on and
off the strip. With Brad going back to graduate school
full time to work on his PhD. another freshman
joined the team, Nastia Ferdman, who is now our
new Epee Coach. With Nastia on board and Brad
agreeing to continue to work with the team as our
Volunteer Assistant Coach, we were very fortunate
to have a coach for each squad and be able to dedicate more time to each fencer.
Our success this year did not come easily. We
had to work hard and stay focused on the goals we
had set. For us to succeed, everyone needed to remember their commitment to the team, to each
other and have the desire to work hard on a daily
basis. As coaches, our goal for the team was to have
everyone come to practice with enthusiasm and a
readiness to learn every day. It was also important
for everyone to sincerely want to help their teammates improve just as much as they themselves
wanted to improve. It was also very important for
our freshmen to understand just what it meant to be
part of the Temple Fencing “Family”. Our upperclassmen did a great job of setting the tone and
showing the freshmen what Temple Fencing is all
about and we were very pleased to see how hard the
freshmen worked all year.
Commitment is easy to talk about but much
harder to live day in and day out. For Temple Fencing,
total commitment is the key to our success. As
coaches, we are proud of this team and their steady
improvement throughout the season. As we grew
together and became more cohesive as a team,
thanks to the leadership of our Captain and Squad
Leaders, we began to realize our true potential. As a
result of this dedication and hard work, we finished
the season with an impressive 22-8 record. Every
23
fencer was eligible for NCAA Regionals and six
fencers made the Regional finals. In addition, we
qualified four fencers to the NCAA Championships in
San Antonio, Texas, and finished NCAAs in tenth
place amongst the women’s teams. All in all, it was
a very good year.
This year’s team was led by our Team Captain,
Jillian Bratton (43-23) and our Squad Leaders, Tasia
Ford (28-27) and Mikayla Varadi (34-29). It was one
of the most dedicated groups of leaders we’ve had
the pleasure of working with. They cared tremendously about the team and were a big help to the
coaches throughout the season. We sincerely thank
them for the extra time, effort and the commitment
they exhibited in order to help the team succeed.
The Year began with the traditional Temple
Open. This was the 33rd year of the Temple Open and
we hosted more than 30 universities and almost 600
fencers from all over the country. It was an excellent
tournament for us with seven Temple Fencers reaching the finals. Tiki Kastor had a great day, becoming
the Temple Open Sabre Champion. In addition,
Epiphany Georges reached the finals, finishing with
the silver medal, while Mikayla Varadi and Kim Howell each won the bronze. On top of that, Freshmen
Demi Antipas and Fatima Largaespada each made
the Foil Finals finishing in 6th and 7th place respectively, while Senior Jillian Bratton was 7th in Epee.
Our second pre-season tournament was at
Penn State where we had two finalists; junior
Epiphany Georges, who led the team with a 4th
place finish and sophomore Tiki Kastor, who was 6th.
We also had six semifinalists. In foil, freshman Fatima Largaespada was 9th, senior Mikayla Varadi
was 11th and freshman Demi Anitpas was 15th. In
sabre, the semi-finalists were Sophomore Lauren
Rangel-Friedman (13th) and junior Tasia Ford (16th),
while senior Jillian Bratton led the way for the epee
squad, making the semi-finals and finishing in 13th
place.
The first weekend of December, we officially
opened the dual meet season at Vassar College and
were off to a great start. We beat NYU (20-7), Vassar
(22-5), Sacred Heart (25-2) and won a close match
against rival Penn (14-13) to begin the season with
a 4-0 performance. The Owls were led by Epiphany
Georges, who finished 8-1 in foil, Jill Bratton who
had a 9-2 record in epee and Tasia Ford and Tiki Kastor who were 6-2 and 6-1 respectively in sabre.
In January we returned to school a week early
to prepare for the Penn State Invitational. We
worked hard during double sessions, excited to wake
up early each morning and see everyone’s smiling
face for an entire week. All in all, our hard work paid
off as we held our own and finished the day at PSU
with a 3-2 record. We suffered our first loss of the
season against Columbia (4-23), then won 3 consecutive matches against Drew (26-1), Duke (16-11),
and UNC (18-9) before dropping the last meet of the
day to PSU (7-20).
Next was our annual Alumnae Meet. The
Alumnae were out to “get the youngsters” as always,
but they would not prevail. The team was able to
hold off the alums and emerge victorious. The alumnae showed their usual determination and cama-
2012-13 Seniors
Jill Bratton (left) and Mikayla Varadi
raderie but were not able to defeat an equally determined group of young ladies. More importantly,
however, a good time was had by all. Thanks to all
the alumnae who were able to attend and give the
team a good fight.
Our first home meet, the Philadelphia Invitational, was next. We finished the day with a 5-1
record. The highlight of the day was beating Penn
(18-9) for the second time this season. Unfortunately, the day also saw us lose a close match against
Northwestern (12-15). At this meet, the Sabre
Squad went undefeated (6-0) with Lauren RangelFriedman and Tiki Kastor both going 9-2, while Petra
Khan was 5-1. In foil, the freshmen did a great job
with Fatima Largaespada finishing the day 10-5,
Demi Antipas 8-5 and Olivia Wynn 5-1. Epee was led
by Kim Howell (12-2), followed closely by Jill Bratton
(11-4) and Chantal Montrose (10-5).
After the hard fought loss to Northwestern at
home, we headed out to Northwestern the next
weekend, determined not to let that happen again.
This time we found success extracting our revenge
over Northwestern (15-12) as part of an 8-3 weekend in Evanston. Over the two days, Jessica Hall was
13-5, while excellent performances were also turned
in by Demi Antipas (12-4), Epiphany Georges (19-6),
Olivia Wynn (9-2), Andrea Haley (8-2), Emily Dodson (8-3) and Tiki Kastor (14-6).
After snow storm “Nemo” forced the cancellation of the NJIT Invitational, we prepared for our last
meet of the year, the Temple Invitational. This was
our Senior Day, and we had a hard time saying goodbye to Jillian and Mikayla. As emotional as the day
was, we were still able finish the meet with a 2-2
record, beating #5 PSU (15-12) and #11 Duke (1710) while losing to #2 Princeton and #6 St. John’s by
identical scores (10-17).
We began the post-season in March with outstanding results at the 85th NIWFA Championship
held at Swarthmore College. We once again defended our team title against eighteen other teams,
winning the Combined Championship for the 17th
consecutive year, beating out Johns Hopkins and
Stevens Institute of Technology. We also swept all
three squad titles and two individual titles. In Foil,
the 2013 NIWFA Champion was Epiphany Georges,
while in Epee Chantal Montrose emerged as Champion. This marked the third consecutive year they
both captured the Individual Titles. We were also extremely proud of Chantal who was named to the
NIWFA All-Academic Team.
Next was the all-important NCAA Regional
Championships at Lafayette College. Although every
Temple fencer met the qualification standards to
compete at the Regionals, each school is limited to
just twelve entries. In what was an extremely difficult tournament, six of our twelve competitors were
Regional finalists. Our finalists included Tasia Ford,
Epiphany Georges, Jessica Hall, Tiki Kastor, Fatima
Largaespada and Mikayla Varadi.
Based on their regional finish as well as their
outstanding season records, four Temple Owls were
selected to compete at the NCAA Championships
being held in San Antonio, Texas. At the Championships, we finished in Tenth Place amongst all the
women’s teams. Individually, the team was led by
Tiki Kastor who finished in 14th place and Epiphany
Georges who was 18th. Fatima Largaespada was
20th and Kim Howell finished in 24th place.
As you can see, it was a fantastic season with
many excellent results and a lot of change. For our
freshmen, it was a great start to their collegiate careers. There was a lot for them to learn and adjust
to, but they did a great job and their future is extremely bright. Our sophomores continued to improve and our juniors, along with our seniors,
showed not only outstanding results but outstanding leadership as well. It was indeed a productive
year and we know the entire team will continue to
work hard in the off-season to make sure Temple
Fencing has an even better year next season. Everyone was an integral part of our success and more importantly, a pleasure to work with. Our “Temple
Family” was strong and our fencing “relentless” every
time we went to battle.
In addition to these excellent results on the
strip, we also had very good results in the classroom.
The team had eight fencers honored at the Annual
Athletic Department Breakfast of Champions for
having a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher. Demi Antipas, Andrea Haley, Chantal Montrose, Mikayla
Varadi and Olivia Wynn were all named to the President’s Honor Roll for having a 3.5 Cumulative GPA
or higher while Jill Bratton, Jessica Hall and Fatima
Largaespada were named to the Director’s Honor Roll
for having a Cumulative GPA above a 3.0. We are
very proud of these ladies.
Jill and Mikayla, the 2012-13 seniors, will truly
be missed. They have been fantastic role models and
their contribution to our program over the years has
been outstanding. All season they have been there
for their coaches and teammates whenever needed.
They cared tremendously about the team and went
above and beyond to ensure that the team succeeded. The team will not be the same without
them but we hope that the example they have set is
one that the upperclassmen will emulate for years
to come. They consistently gave it their all and that
is a wonderful legacy to leave behind. We wish them
well as they begin the next chapter of their lives and
hope that they depart Temple feeling good about
their “Temple Experience” and their decision to
choose Temple. They and their families will always
be a part of our “Temple Family”.
-Coach Nikki Franke
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2012-13 Statistics
Temple Open
Olivia Wynn: 3-1
Chantal Montrose: 10-5
Tasia Ford: 2-7
Foil
Epee
Sabre
Tiki Kastor: 5-6
Epiphany Georges: 2nd
Jill Bratton: 9-2
Emily Dodson: 5-3
Petra Khan: 4-5
Mikayla Varadi: 3rd
Jessica Hall: 4-3
Tasia Ford: 6-4
Lauren Rangel-Friedman: 2-4
Demi Antipas: 6th
Kimberly Howell: 8-2
Andrea Haley: 5-3
Fatima Largaespada: 7th
Chantal Montrose: 3-5
Jessica Hall: 6-4
NIWFA Championships
Olivia Wynn: 30th
Sabre
Tiki Kastor: 9-2
Foil
Epee
Emily Dodson: 4-3
Petra Khan: 5-1
Epiphany Georges: 1st
Kimberly Howell: 3rd
Tasia Ford: 6-2
Lauren Rangel-Friedman: 9-2
Demi Antipas: 7th
Chantal Montrose: 13th
Andrea Haley: 5-0
Jessica Hall: 26th
Tiki Kastor: 6-1
Northwestern Multi-Meet
Epee
Sabre
Petra Khan: 4-0
Foil
Chantal Montrose: 1st
Tiki Kastor: 1st
Lauren Rangel-Friedman: 3-2
Mikayla Varadi: 10-11
Jessica Hall: 3rd
Demi Antipas: 13-3
Kimberly Howell: 7th
Tasia Ford: 7th
Andrea Haley: 10th
Penn State Invitational
Epiphany Georges: 19-6
Sabre
Lauren Rangel-Friedman: 12th
Foil
Fatima Largaespada: 12-8
Emily Dodson: 7th
Emily Dodson: 21st
Mikayla Varadi: 8-5
Olivia Wynn: 9-2
Andrea Haley: 14th
Demi Antipas: 4-1
Epee
Penn State Open
Epiphany Georges: 7-6
Jill Bratton: 11-10
NCAA Regionals
Foil
Fatima Largaespada: 6-4
Jessica Hall: 13-5
Foil
Epiphany Georges: 4th
Olivia Wynn: 3-1
Kimberly Howell: 14-10
Epiphany Georges: 6th
Fatima Largaespada: 9th
Epee
Chantal Montrose: 13-14
Fatima Largaespada: 10th
Mikayla Varadi: 11th
Jill Bratton: 4-3
Sabre
Mikayla Varadi: 11th
Demi Antipas: 15th
Jessica Hall: 6-7
Emily Dodson: 8-3
Demi Antipas: 22nd
Olivia Wynn: 26th
Kimberly Howell: 6-8
Tasia Ford: 10-7
Epee
Epee
Chantal Montrose: 4-7
Andrea Haley: 8-2
Jessica Hall: 12th
Jill Bratton: 13th
Sabre
Tiki Kastor: 14-6
Kimberly Howell: 15th
Chantal Montrose: 17th
Emily Dodson: 2-3
Petra Khan: 7-8
Chantal Montrose: 15th
Jessica Hall: 21st
Tasia Ford: 4-7
Lauren Rangel-Friedman: 7-10
Jill Bratton: 21st
Kimberly Howell: 28th
Andrea Haley: 3-2
Sabre
Tiki Kastor: 5-5
Temple Invitational
Tiki Kastor: 5th
Tiki Kastor: 6th
Petra Khan: 3-1
Foil
Tasia Ford: 12th
Lauren Rangel-Friedman: 13th
Lauren Rangel-Friedman: 6-4
Mikayla Varadi: 4-6
Lauren Rangel-Friedman: 14th
Demi Antipas: 2-3
Petra Khan: 16th
Tasia Ford: 16th
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Olivia Wynn: 11th
Sabre
Emily Dodson: 18th
Philadelphia Invitational
Epiphany Georges: 9-3
Petra Khan: 23rd
Foil
Fatima Largaespada: 5-3
NCAA Championships
Andrea Haley: 24th
Mikayla Varadi: 7-4
Olivia Wynn: 0-1
Foil
Demi Antipas: 8-3
Epee
Epiphany Georges: 18th
Vasser Invitational
Epiphany Georges: 7-4
Jill Bratton: 8-4
Fatima Largaespada: 20th
Foil
Fatima Largaespada: 10-5
Jessica Hall: 2-2
Epee
Mikayla Varadi: 5-3
Olivia Wynn: 5-1
Kimberly Howell: 2-6
Kimberly Howell: 24th
Demi Antipas: 5-0
Epee
Chantal Montrose: 7-5
Sabre
Epiphany Georges: 8-1
Jill Bratton: 11-4
Sabre
Tiki Kastor: 14th
Fatima Largaespada: 8-2
Kimberly Howell: 12-2
Emily Dodson: 0-1
Opponent Series Records
FOIL
Opponent ................................W-L
Air Force.............................................7-0
Barnard..............................................1-0
Baruch ...............................................1-0
Brandeis.............................................6-1
Brooklyn ..........................................14-1
Buffalo State......................................0-1
Caldwell.............................................8-0
Cal.-San Diego ...................................7-0
Cal St.-Fullerton.................................7-0
Cal Tech..............................................4-0
Carnegie Mellon.................................1-0
Case Western .....................................1-0
Chicago..............................................1-1
CCNY ..................................................3-0
Clemson.............................................1-0
Cleveland State................................15-0
Columbia .........................................8-11
Cornell .............................................16-4
Detroit .............................................10-0
Drew..................................................8-0
Duke* ..............................................16-1
Fairleigh Dickinson...........................36-2
Florida ...............................................1-0
George Mason....................................2-0
Harvard..............................................4-3
Haverford.........................................14-0
Hollins .............................................10-0
Hofstra...............................................4-0
Hunter .............................................14-1
Indiana (Pa.) ......................................1-0
James Madison ................................18-0
Jersey City..........................................6-1
Johns Hopkins..................................38-0
Lawrence ...........................................9-0
Lehman .............................................1-0
Long Beach State ...............................4-0
Maryland ...........................................2-0
Md.-Balt. Cnty....................................1-0
Michigan............................................4-1
Michigan State...................................1-0
MIT ....................................................8-0
Montclair ...........................................1-0
Muhlenberg.......................................2-0
Navy ..................................................4-0
NJIT....................................................1-0
NYU..................................................17-2
North Carolina*................................35-1
N.C. State ...........................................2-0
Northwestern ................................15-14
Notre Dame......................................6-10
Ohio State ........................................9-14
Pace ...................................................1-0
Penn ..............................................15-19
Penn State .....................................12-23
Princeton .........................................12-7
Queens...............................................3-0
Rutgers ............................................20-1
St. John's........................................17-12
St. Mary's...........................................1-0
Sacred Heart ......................................5-0
San Jose.............................................0-1
Stanford...........................................10-0
Stevens Institute..............................30-0
SUNY-Brockport.................................1-1
SUNY-Purchase ..................................4-0
Trenton ..............................................6-1
Tufts...................................................2-0
Vassar ..............................................12-0
Wayne State.....................................18-1
Wellesley ...........................................1-0
W. Connecticut...................................1-0
William & Mary..................................6-0
William Paterson..............................11-0
Yale....................................................2-2
TOTALS** ........................................650-176
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EPÉE
Pct.
1.000
1.000
1.000
.857
.933
.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.500
1.000
1.000
1.000
.421
.800
1.000
1.000
.941
.947
1.000
1.000
.571
1.000
1.000
1.000
.933
1.000
1.000
.857
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.800
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.894
.972
1.000
.517
.375
.391
1.000
.441
.342
.632
1.000
.952
.586
1.000
1.000
.000
1.000
1.000
.500
1.000
.857
1.000
1.000
.947
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.500
.787
First
1993
1981
1985
1989
1976
1976
1976
1993
1996
2008
1987
1987
1994
1981
1979
1987
1985
1976
2002
1979
1985
1976
2001
1980
1980
1991
1993
1979
1976
1981
1979
1976
1978
2000
1977
1990
1977
1980
1998
2005
1981
1981
1977
1979
2007
1977
1979
1987
1987
1985
1979
1977
1977
1976
1977
1981
1980
1976
1987
2007
1983
1989
1976
1976
1984
1976
2001
1988
1993
1990
1977
1981
1980
1978
1975
Last
2008
1981
1985
2011
1992
1976
1982
2012
2008
2013
1987
1987
2000
1995
1979
2011
2005
2013
2012
2011
2011
2013
2001
1982
2009
2012
2002
1982
2009
1981
2005
1982
2013
2009
1977
1996
1978
1980
2007
2005
2008
1981
1978
1992
2007
2009
2012
1992
2013
2012
2013
1977
2013
2012
2011
2011
2007
2011
1987
2011
1983
2013
2011
1977
1986
1978
2011
2009
2013
1990
1977
1986
1990
1986
2013
Opponent ................................W-L
Air Force.............................................4-1
Brandeis.............................................3-2
Cal.-San Diego ...................................3-2
Cal. St.-Fullerton................................7-0
Cal Tech..............................................2-0
CCNY ..................................................1-0
Chicago..............................................1-0
Cleveland State................................13-1
Columbia ...........................................4-9
Cornell .............................................10-3
Detroit ...............................................9-0
Drew................................................11-0
Duke ..................................................5-7
Fairleigh Dickinson...........................20-2
Florida ...............................................1-0
Harvard..............................................3-3
Haverford.........................................13-1
Hollins ...............................................8-0
Hunter ...............................................4-0
James Madison ................................10-2
Johns Hopkins..................................25-2
Lawrence .........................................11-0
Long Beach State ...............................2-0
Michigan............................................5-0
Michigan State...................................1-0
MIT ....................................................2-0
NJIT....................................................1-0
North Carolina..................................20-5
Northwestern ..................................7-18
Notre Dame .......................................2-9
NYU ...................................................3-0
Ohio State..........................................8-8
Penn ................................................9-11
Penn State .......................................0-17
Princeton ...........................................3-8
Queens...............................................1-0
Rutgers* ............................................6-4
Sacred Heart ......................................8-0
Stanford.............................................1-3
Stevens Institute..............................13-0
St. John's............................................4-8
Tufts...................................................1-1
Vassar ................................................8-2
Wayne State.....................................14-1
TOTALS*.............................310-134
SABRE
Pct.
.800
.600
.600
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.929
.307
.769
1.000
1.000
.417
.909
1.000
.500
.928
1.000
1.000
.833
.925
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.800
.280
.200
1.000
.500
.450
.000
.273
1.000
.600
1.000
.250
1.000
.333
.500
.800
.933
.695
First
1994
2001
2000
1996
2008
1995
2000
1994
1994
1995
2002
2004
1997
1996
2001
1995
1997
1995
2001
1996
1994
1994
1995
1998
2005
2004
2007
1994
1994
1994
2009
1994
1994
1995
1997
2011
1997
2007
1996
1995
1994
2001
1995
1995
1994
Last
2008
2011
2011
2008
2011
1995
2000
2011
2013
2012
2011
2013
2013
2012
2001
2012
2013
2002
2009
2005
2012
2009
1996
2007
2005
2008
2007
2013
2012
2011
2013
2011
2013
2013
2011
2011
2007
2013
2011
2011
2011
2011
2013
2011
2013
Opponent ................................W-L
Air Force.............................................2-0
Brandeis.............................................4-1
Cal.-San Diego ...................................5-1
Cal. St.-Fullerton................................3-1
Cal. Tech.............................................1-0
Chicago..............................................0-1
Cleveland State................................10-0
Columbia ...........................................2-4
Cornell ...............................................7-2
Detroit .............................................10-0
Drew..................................................7-0
Duke ..................................................7-6
Fairleigh Dickinson...........................13-2
Florida ...............................................1-0
Harvard..............................................2-1
Haverford.........................................10-0
Hollins ...............................................3-0
Hunter ...............................................3-0
James Madison ..................................6-0
Johns Hopkins..................................11-4
Lawrence ...........................................9-1
Michigan............................................4-0
Michigan State...................................1-0
MIT ....................................................1-1
NJIT....................................................1-0
Notre Dame .......................................1-7
North Carolina..................................13-7
Northwestern ....................................7-9
NYU ...................................................1-1
Ohio State..........................................2-7
Penn ..................................................6-6
Penn State .........................................6-7
Princeton ...........................................7-7
Queens...............................................1-0
Rutgers ..............................................7-1
Sacred Heart ......................................5-0
St. John's............................................3-6
Stanford.............................................1-2
Stevens Institute................................8-0
Tufts...................................................2-0
Vassar ................................................3-1
Wayne State.....................................10-1
TOTALS ..............................229-101
* indicates tie
NIKKI FRANKE
United States Fencing Coaches
Association Coach of the Year:
1991, 1988, 1987, 1983
USFA Hall of Fame Member
International Women’s Sports
Hall of Fame Member
Temple University Hall of Fame Member
Brooklyn College Hall of Fame Member
Pct.
1.000
.800
.833
.750
1.000
.000
1.000
.333
.778
1.000
1.000
.538
.867
1.000
.667
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.733
.900
1.000
1.000
.500
1.000
.125
.650
.438
.500
.222
.500
.461
.500
1.000
.875
1.000
.333
.000
1.000
1.000
.750
.909
.410
First
2008
2001
2000
2000
2011
2000
2000
2000
2000
2002
2004
2004
2000
2001
2000
2000
2000
2001
2000
2000
2000
2003
2005
2004
2007
2002
2000
2000
2008
2000
2000
2000
2001
2011
2000
2007
2000
2008
2000
2001
2000
2000
2000
Last
2012
2012
2013
2008
2011
2000
2013
2005
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2001
2009
2011
2002
2007
2004
2011
2012
2007
2005
2008
2007
2013
2013
2011
2009
2011
2011
2013
2013
2011
2007
2011
2013
2011
2011
2011
2009
2011
2013
Records & Year-by-Year
OVERALL YEAR-BY-YEAR
FOIL YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
1998-99
1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1994-95
1993-94
1992-93
1991-92
1990-91
1989-90
1988-89
1987-88
1986-87
1985-86
1984-85
1983-84
1982-83
1981-82
1980-81
1979-80
1978-79
1977-78
1976-77
1975-76
1974-75
1973-74
1972-73
Overall
Year
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
1998-99
1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1994-95
1993-94
1992-93
1991-92
1990-91
1989-90
1988-89
1987-88
1986-87
1985-86
1984-85
1983-84
1982-83
1981-82
1980-81
1979-80
1978-79
1977-78
1976-77
1975-76
1974-75
1973-74
1972-73
Totals
Record
22-8
24-8
24-7
13-8
22-7
24-6
24-6
19-5
17-8
20-6
19-5
18-5
19-4
17-7
20-2
16-4
15-7-1
14-4
12-8
21-1
21-2
17-1
13-3
16-1
16-2
17-3
13-3
13-3
18-1
13-3
12-4
17-1
18-3
18-1
17-2
14-5
15-4
3-9
7-6
7-11
6-4
671-188-1
Pct.
.733
.750
.774
.619
.758
.800
.800
.792
.680
.769
.792
.783
.826
.708
.909
.800
.674
.889
.600
.955
.913
.944
.813
.941
.842
.850
.813
.813
.947
.813
.750
.944
.857
.947
.894
.736
.798
.250
.538
.398
.600
.781
AIAW/NCAA Final Fours
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1987-88
1990-91
1992-93
Record
22-8
26-6
27-4
17-4
17-12
23-7
25-5
19-5
19-6
21-5
19-5
15-8
20-3
20-4
19-3
17-3
17-4-2
15-3
12-8
21-1
21-2
17-1
13-3
16-1
16-2
17-3
13-3
13-3
18-1
13-3
12-4
17-1
18-3
18-1
17-2
14-5
15-4
3-9
7-6
7-11
6-4
682-180-2
Pct.
.733
.812
.871
.810
.586
.767
.833
.792
.760
.807
.792
.652
.869
.833
.863
.850
.773
.833
.600
.955
.913
.944
.813
.941
.842
.850
.813
.813
.947
.813
.750
.944
.857
.947
.894
.736
.798
.250
.538
.398
.600
.791
Reg’l
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—
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4th
3rd
2nd
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
2nd
1st
3rd
2nd
1st
2nd
2nd
2nd
1st
3rd
2nd
2nd
3rd
—
—
—
Nat’l
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6th-NCAA
2nd-NCAA
1st-NCAA
3rd-NCAA
4th-NCAA
5th-NCAA
4th-NCAA
2nd-NCAA
5th-NCAA
3rd-NCAA
4th-NCAA
4th-NCAA
2nd-AIAW
2nd-AIAW
5th-NIWFA
6th-NIWFA
9th-NIWFA
8th-NIWFA
19th-NIWFA
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—
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FOIL ALL-AMERICANS
2011
2009
2008
2007
1994
1993
1992
1991
1989
1982
1981
1980
1979
Alyssa Lomuscio - Second Team
Melissa Parker - Honorable Mention
Melissa Parker - Second Team
Melissa Parker - Honorable Mention
Lisa Honig – Second Team
Jennie Dhondt – Honorable Mention
Lisa Honig
Muna Bitar
Jennie Dhondt – Honorable Mention
Muna Bitar
Muna Bitar
Mary Bilodeaux
Diane Depken-Pantano
Diane Orgain
Maureen Syrnick
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Records & Year-by-Year
FOIL RECORDS
EPÉE RECORDS
TEAM
Most wins, season: 27 (2010-11)
Least wins, season: 3 (1975-76)
Most consecutive wins: 18 (1985)
Most losses, season: 11 (1973-74)
Least losses, season: 1 (six times, most recent 1993-94)
Most consecutive losses, season: 5 (1976)
Most shutouts, season: 10 (2001, 2006-07)
Highest winning percentage, season: .955 (1993-94)
Highest national finish: 1st Place (1992)
INDIVIDUAL
Most victories, season: 71, Jennie D. Salmon (1993-94)
Most victories, career: 214, Debbie Currie (1994-98)
Highest winning percentage, season: .938 (45-3), Rachael Hayes-McDaniel (1985)
Highest winning percentage, career: .848 (139-25) Rachael Hayes-McDaniel (1983-87)
Highest national finish:Third, Mary Bilodeaux (1982)
TEAM
Most wins, season: 25 (2006-07)
Least wins, season: 7 (1993-94)
Most losses, season: 15 (2010-11)
Least losses, season: 4 (1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01)
Most consecutive wins, season: 12 (1998-99, 2006-07)
Most consecutive losses, season: 4 (1996-97)
Most shutouts: 6 (2007-08)
Highest winning pct., season: .833 (1999-00, 2006-07)
INDIVIDUAL
Most victories, season: 57, Julia Korony (1999-00)
Most victories, career: 193 Julia Korony (1998-01)
Highest winning percentage, season: .830, (54-11), Sara Forsythe (2002-03)
Highest winning percentage, career: .767, 165-50, Sara Forsythe (2000-04)
Highest National Finish, season: 9th, Kristin Howell (2008)
EPÉE YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002–03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
1998-99
1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1994-95
1993-94
Totals
Record
16-14
21-11
16-15
11-10
21-8
23-7
25-5
17-7
16-9
18-8
16-8
17-6
19-4
20-4
18-4
16-4
11-11-1
9-9
12-7
7-5
306-149-1
Pct.
.533
.656
.516
.524
.724
.767
.833
.708
.640
.692
.667
.739
.826
.833
.818
.800
.500
.500
.631
.583
.672
EPÉE ALL-AMERICANS
2010
2009
2008
29
Kristin Howell - Honorable Mention
Kristin Howell - Honorable Mention
Kristin Howell - Honorable Mention
Regional
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Third
First
SABRE YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
Totals
Record
21-9
21-11
24-7
14-7
21-8
23-7
22-8
15-9
17-8
16-10
21-3
19-4
17-6
8-16
226-106
Pct.
.700
.656
.774
.667
.724
.767
.733
.625
.680
.615
.875
.826
.739
.333
.679
Regional
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
SABRE ALL AMERICANS
2012
2003
2003
2002
2001
Kamali Thompson - Second Team
Sakinah Shaahid - Second Team
Aziza Hassan - Honorable Mention
Sakinah Shaahid - First Team
Sakinah Shaahid - First Team
SABRE RECORDS
TEAM
Most wins, season: 24 (2010-11)
Most losses, season: 16 (1999-00)
Most consecutive wins, season: 17 (2000-01, 2002-03)
Most consecutive losses, season: 5 (1999-00)
Least losses, season: 3 (2002-03)
Most shutouts, season: 9 (2008-09)
Highest winning percentage, season: .875 (2002-03)
INDIVIDUAL
Most victories, season: 55, Kamali Thompson (2010-11)
Most victories, career: 175, Kamali Thompson (2008-12)
Highest winning percentage, season: .896, 43-5, Sakinah Shaahid (2001-02)
Highest winning percentage, career: .870, 135-20, Sakinah Shaahid (2000-03)
Highest national finish, season: Fourth, Sakinah Shaahid (2000, 2001)
Opponent Series Records
FOIL
Opponent ................................W-L
Air Force.............................................7-0
Barnard..............................................1-0
Baruch ...............................................1-0
Brandeis.............................................6-1
Brooklyn ..........................................14-1
Buffalo State......................................0-1
Caldwell.............................................8-0
Cal.-San Diego ...................................7-0
Cal St.-Fullerton.................................7-0
Cal Tech..............................................4-0
Carnegie Mellon.................................1-0
Case Western .....................................1-0
Chicago..............................................1-1
CCNY ..................................................3-0
Clemson.............................................1-0
Cleveland State................................15-0
Columbia .........................................8-11
Cornell .............................................16-4
Detroit .............................................10-0
Drew..................................................8-0
Duke* ..............................................16-1
Fairleigh Dickinson...........................36-2
Florida ...............................................1-0
George Mason....................................2-0
Harvard..............................................4-3
Haverford.........................................14-0
Hollins .............................................10-0
Hofstra...............................................4-0
Hunter .............................................14-1
Indiana (Pa.) ......................................1-0
James Madison ................................18-0
Jersey City..........................................6-1
Johns Hopkins..................................38-0
Lawrence ...........................................9-0
Lehman .............................................1-0
Long Beach State ...............................4-0
Maryland ...........................................2-0
Md.-Balt. Cnty....................................1-0
Michigan............................................4-1
Michigan State...................................1-0
MIT ....................................................8-0
Montclair ...........................................1-0
Muhlenberg.......................................2-0
Navy ..................................................4-0
NJIT....................................................1-0
NYU..................................................17-2
North Carolina*................................35-1
N.C. State ...........................................2-0
Northwestern ................................15-14
Notre Dame......................................6-10
Ohio State ........................................9-14
Pace ...................................................1-0
Penn ..............................................15-19
Penn State .....................................12-23
Princeton .........................................12-7
Queens...............................................3-0
Rutgers ............................................20-1
St. John's........................................17-12
St. Mary's...........................................1-0
Sacred Heart ......................................5-0
San Jose.............................................0-1
Stanford...........................................10-0
Stevens Institute..............................30-0
SUNY-Brockport.................................1-1
SUNY-Purchase ..................................4-0
Trenton ..............................................6-1
Tufts...................................................2-0
Vassar ..............................................12-0
Wayne State.....................................18-1
Wellesley ...........................................1-0
W. Connecticut...................................1-0
William & Mary..................................6-0
William Paterson..............................11-0
Yale....................................................2-2
TOTALS** ........................................650-176
27
EPÉE
Pct.
1.000
1.000
1.000
.857
.933
.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.500
1.000
1.000
1.000
.421
.800
1.000
1.000
.941
.947
1.000
1.000
.571
1.000
1.000
1.000
.933
1.000
1.000
.857
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.800
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.894
.972
1.000
.517
.375
.391
1.000
.441
.342
.632
1.000
.952
.586
1.000
1.000
.000
1.000
1.000
.500
1.000
.857
1.000
1.000
.947
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.500
.787
First
1993
1981
1985
1989
1976
1976
1976
1993
1996
2008
1987
1987
1994
1981
1979
1987
1985
1976
2002
1979
1985
1976
2001
1980
1980
1991
1993
1979
1976
1981
1979
1976
1978
2000
1977
1990
1977
1980
1998
2005
1981
1981
1977
1979
2007
1977
1979
1987
1987
1985
1979
1977
1977
1976
1977
1981
1980
1976
1987
2007
1983
1989
1976
1976
1984
1976
2001
1988
1993
1990
1977
1981
1980
1978
1975
Last
2008
1981
1985
2011
1992
1976
1982
2012
2008
2013
1987
1987
2000
1995
1979
2011
2005
2013
2012
2011
2011
2013
2001
1982
2009
2012
2002
1982
2009
1981
2005
1982
2013
2009
1977
1996
1978
1980
2007
2005
2008
1981
1978
1992
2007
2009
2012
1992
2013
2012
2013
1977
2013
2012
2011
2011
2007
2011
1987
2011
1983
2013
2011
1977
1986
1978
2011
2009
2013
1990
1977
1986
1990
1986
2013
Opponent ................................W-L
Air Force.............................................4-1
Brandeis.............................................3-2
Cal.-San Diego ...................................3-2
Cal. St.-Fullerton................................7-0
Cal Tech..............................................2-0
CCNY ..................................................1-0
Chicago..............................................1-0
Cleveland State................................13-1
Columbia ...........................................4-9
Cornell .............................................10-3
Detroit ...............................................9-0
Drew................................................11-0
Duke ..................................................5-7
Fairleigh Dickinson...........................20-2
Florida ...............................................1-0
Harvard..............................................3-3
Haverford.........................................13-1
Hollins ...............................................8-0
Hunter ...............................................4-0
James Madison ................................10-2
Johns Hopkins..................................25-2
Lawrence .........................................11-0
Long Beach State ...............................2-0
Michigan............................................5-0
Michigan State...................................1-0
MIT ....................................................2-0
NJIT....................................................1-0
North Carolina..................................20-5
Northwestern ..................................7-18
Notre Dame .......................................2-9
NYU ...................................................3-0
Ohio State..........................................8-8
Penn ................................................9-11
Penn State .......................................0-17
Princeton ...........................................3-8
Queens...............................................1-0
Rutgers* ............................................6-4
Sacred Heart ......................................8-0
Stanford.............................................1-3
Stevens Institute..............................13-0
St. John's............................................4-8
Tufts...................................................1-1
Vassar ................................................8-2
Wayne State.....................................14-1
TOTALS*.............................310-134
SABRE
Pct.
.800
.600
.600
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.929
.307
.769
1.000
1.000
.417
.909
1.000
.500
.928
1.000
1.000
.833
.925
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.800
.280
.200
1.000
.500
.450
.000
.273
1.000
.600
1.000
.250
1.000
.333
.500
.800
.933
.695
First
1994
2001
2000
1996
2008
1995
2000
1994
1994
1995
2002
2004
1997
1996
2001
1995
1997
1995
2001
1996
1994
1994
1995
1998
2005
2004
2007
1994
1994
1994
2009
1994
1994
1995
1997
2011
1997
2007
1996
1995
1994
2001
1995
1995
1994
Last
2008
2011
2011
2008
2011
1995
2000
2011
2013
2012
2011
2013
2013
2012
2001
2012
2013
2002
2009
2005
2012
2009
1996
2007
2005
2008
2007
2013
2012
2011
2013
2011
2013
2013
2011
2011
2007
2013
2011
2011
2011
2011
2013
2011
2013
Opponent ................................W-L
Air Force.............................................2-0
Brandeis.............................................4-1
Cal.-San Diego ...................................5-1
Cal. St.-Fullerton................................3-1
Cal. Tech.............................................1-0
Chicago..............................................0-1
Cleveland State................................10-0
Columbia ...........................................2-4
Cornell ...............................................7-2
Detroit .............................................10-0
Drew..................................................7-0
Duke ..................................................7-6
Fairleigh Dickinson...........................13-2
Florida ...............................................1-0
Harvard..............................................2-1
Haverford.........................................10-0
Hollins ...............................................3-0
Hunter ...............................................3-0
James Madison ..................................6-0
Johns Hopkins..................................11-4
Lawrence ...........................................9-1
Michigan............................................4-0
Michigan State...................................1-0
MIT ....................................................1-1
NJIT....................................................1-0
Notre Dame .......................................1-7
North Carolina..................................13-7
Northwestern ....................................7-9
NYU ...................................................1-1
Ohio State..........................................2-7
Penn ..................................................6-6
Penn State .........................................6-7
Princeton ...........................................7-7
Queens...............................................1-0
Rutgers ..............................................7-1
Sacred Heart ......................................5-0
St. John's............................................3-6
Stanford.............................................1-2
Stevens Institute................................8-0
Tufts...................................................2-0
Vassar ................................................3-1
Wayne State.....................................10-1
TOTALS ..............................229-101
* indicates tie
NIKKI FRANKE
United States Fencing Coaches
Association Coach of the Year:
1991, 1988, 1987, 1983
USFA Hall of Fame Member
International Women’s Sports
Hall of Fame Member
Temple University Hall of Fame Member
Brooklyn College Hall of Fame Member
Pct.
1.000
.800
.833
.750
1.000
.000
1.000
.333
.778
1.000
1.000
.538
.867
1.000
.667
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.733
.900
1.000
1.000
.500
1.000
.125
.650
.438
.500
.222
.500
.461
.500
1.000
.875
1.000
.333
.000
1.000
1.000
.750
.909
.410
First
2008
2001
2000
2000
2011
2000
2000
2000
2000
2002
2004
2004
2000
2001
2000
2000
2000
2001
2000
2000
2000
2003
2005
2004
2007
2002
2000
2000
2008
2000
2000
2000
2001
2011
2000
2007
2000
2008
2000
2001
2000
2000
2000
Last
2012
2012
2013
2008
2011
2000
2013
2005
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2001
2009
2011
2002
2007
2004
2011
2012
2007
2005
2008
2007
2013
2013
2011
2009
2011
2011
2013
2013
2011
2007
2011
2013
2011
2011
2011
2009
2011
2013
Records & Year-by-Year
OVERALL YEAR-BY-YEAR
FOIL YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
1998-99
1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1994-95
1993-94
1992-93
1991-92
1990-91
1989-90
1988-89
1987-88
1986-87
1985-86
1984-85
1983-84
1982-83
1981-82
1980-81
1979-80
1978-79
1977-78
1976-77
1975-76
1974-75
1973-74
1972-73
Overall
Year
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
1998-99
1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1994-95
1993-94
1992-93
1991-92
1990-91
1989-90
1988-89
1987-88
1986-87
1985-86
1984-85
1983-84
1982-83
1981-82
1980-81
1979-80
1978-79
1977-78
1976-77
1975-76
1974-75
1973-74
1972-73
Totals
Record
22-8
24-8
24-7
13-8
22-7
24-6
24-6
19-5
17-8
20-6
19-5
18-5
19-4
17-7
20-2
16-4
15-7-1
14-4
12-8
21-1
21-2
17-1
13-3
16-1
16-2
17-3
13-3
13-3
18-1
13-3
12-4
17-1
18-3
18-1
17-2
14-5
15-4
3-9
7-6
7-11
6-4
671-188-1
Pct.
.733
.750
.774
.619
.758
.800
.800
.792
.680
.769
.792
.783
.826
.708
.909
.800
.674
.889
.600
.955
.913
.944
.813
.941
.842
.850
.813
.813
.947
.813
.750
.944
.857
.947
.894
.736
.798
.250
.538
.398
.600
.781
AIAW/NCAA Final Fours
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1987-88
1990-91
1992-93
Record
22-8
26-6
27-4
17-4
17-12
23-7
25-5
19-5
19-6
21-5
19-5
15-8
20-3
20-4
19-3
17-3
17-4-2
15-3
12-8
21-1
21-2
17-1
13-3
16-1
16-2
17-3
13-3
13-3
18-1
13-3
12-4
17-1
18-3
18-1
17-2
14-5
15-4
3-9
7-6
7-11
6-4
682-180-2
Pct.
.733
.812
.871
.810
.586
.767
.833
.792
.760
.807
.792
.652
.869
.833
.863
.850
.773
.833
.600
.955
.913
.944
.813
.941
.842
.850
.813
.813
.947
.813
.750
.944
.857
.947
.894
.736
.798
.250
.538
.398
.600
.791
Reg’l
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4th
3rd
2nd
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
2nd
1st
3rd
2nd
1st
2nd
2nd
2nd
1st
3rd
2nd
2nd
3rd
—
—
—
Nat’l
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6th-NCAA
2nd-NCAA
1st-NCAA
3rd-NCAA
4th-NCAA
5th-NCAA
4th-NCAA
2nd-NCAA
5th-NCAA
3rd-NCAA
4th-NCAA
4th-NCAA
2nd-AIAW
2nd-AIAW
5th-NIWFA
6th-NIWFA
9th-NIWFA
8th-NIWFA
19th-NIWFA
—
—
—
FOIL ALL-AMERICANS
2011
2009
2008
2007
1994
1993
1992
1991
1989
1982
1981
1980
1979
Alyssa Lomuscio - Second Team
Melissa Parker - Honorable Mention
Melissa Parker - Second Team
Melissa Parker - Honorable Mention
Lisa Honig – Second Team
Jennie Dhondt – Honorable Mention
Lisa Honig
Muna Bitar
Jennie Dhondt – Honorable Mention
Muna Bitar
Muna Bitar
Mary Bilodeaux
Diane Depken-Pantano
Diane Orgain
Maureen Syrnick
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Records & Year-by-Year
FOIL RECORDS
EPÉE RECORDS
TEAM
Most wins, season: 27 (2010-11)
Least wins, season: 3 (1975-76)
Most consecutive wins: 18 (1985)
Most losses, season: 11 (1973-74)
Least losses, season: 1 (six times, most recent 1993-94)
Most consecutive losses, season: 5 (1976)
Most shutouts, season: 10 (2001, 2006-07)
Highest winning percentage, season: .955 (1993-94)
Highest national finish: 1st Place (1992)
INDIVIDUAL
Most victories, season: 71, Jennie D. Salmon (1993-94)
Most victories, career: 214, Debbie Currie (1994-98)
Highest winning percentage, season: .938 (45-3), Rachael Hayes-McDaniel (1985)
Highest winning percentage, career: .848 (139-25) Rachael Hayes-McDaniel (1983-87)
Highest national finish:Third, Mary Bilodeaux (1982)
TEAM
Most wins, season: 25 (2006-07)
Least wins, season: 7 (1993-94)
Most losses, season: 15 (2010-11)
Least losses, season: 4 (1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01)
Most consecutive wins, season: 12 (1998-99, 2006-07)
Most consecutive losses, season: 4 (1996-97)
Most shutouts: 6 (2007-08)
Highest winning pct., season: .833 (1999-00, 2006-07)
INDIVIDUAL
Most victories, season: 57, Julia Korony (1999-00)
Most victories, career: 193 Julia Korony (1998-01)
Highest winning percentage, season: .830, (54-11), Sara Forsythe (2002-03)
Highest winning percentage, career: .767, 165-50, Sara Forsythe (2000-04)
Highest National Finish, season: 9th, Kristin Howell (2008)
EPÉE YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002–03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
1998-99
1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1994-95
1993-94
Totals
Record
16-14
21-11
16-15
11-10
21-8
23-7
25-5
17-7
16-9
18-8
16-8
17-6
19-4
20-4
18-4
16-4
11-11-1
9-9
12-7
7-5
306-149-1
Pct.
.533
.656
.516
.524
.724
.767
.833
.708
.640
.692
.667
.739
.826
.833
.818
.800
.500
.500
.631
.583
.672
EPÉE ALL-AMERICANS
2010
2009
2008
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Kristin Howell - Honorable Mention
Kristin Howell - Honorable Mention
Kristin Howell - Honorable Mention
Regional
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Third
First
SABRE YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
Totals
Record
21-9
21-11
24-7
14-7
21-8
23-7
22-8
15-9
17-8
16-10
21-3
19-4
17-6
8-16
226-106
Pct.
.700
.656
.774
.667
.724
.767
.733
.625
.680
.615
.875
.826
.739
.333
.679
Regional
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
SABRE ALL AMERICANS
2012
2003
2003
2002
2001
Kamali Thompson - Second Team
Sakinah Shaahid - Second Team
Aziza Hassan - Honorable Mention
Sakinah Shaahid - First Team
Sakinah Shaahid - First Team
SABRE RECORDS
TEAM
Most wins, season: 24 (2010-11)
Most losses, season: 16 (1999-00)
Most consecutive wins, season: 17 (2000-01, 2002-03)
Most consecutive losses, season: 5 (1999-00)
Least losses, season: 3 (2002-03)
Most shutouts, season: 9 (2008-09)
Highest winning percentage, season: .875 (2002-03)
INDIVIDUAL
Most victories, season: 55, Kamali Thompson (2010-11)
Most victories, career: 175, Kamali Thompson (2008-12)
Highest winning percentage, season: .896, 43-5, Sakinah Shaahid (2001-02)
Highest winning percentage, career: .870, 135-20, Sakinah Shaahid (2000-03)
Highest national finish, season: Fourth, Sakinah Shaahid (2000, 2001)
University Administration
Neil D. Theobald is Temple’s 10th president.
He began his tenure at Temple on January 1, 2013.
In naming Theobald to this role, Temple
Board of Trustees Chairman Patrick J. O’Connor
cited his extensive record of accomplishment as a
university administrator and faculty member: "Dr.
Theobald is a gifted teacher and dedicated re‐
searcher. In addition, he has a deep and practical
understanding of the changing dynamics of higher
education. He wants to ensure that students have
access to an education that is first‐class and af‐
fordable. I can't think of a better set of values to
bring to the Temple presidency."
Theobald was named Indiana University’s
senior vice president in 2007. Previously, he had
served as the senior vice provost at the University’s
flagship campus in Bloomington and as special as‐
sistant to IU’s president. Major accomplishments
during more than a decade as a senior administra‐
tor at Indiana University include increasing the
mean SAT score of the incoming class at IU Bloom‐
ington from 1096 to 1203, directing a $1.1 billion
capital campaign, and boosting IU’s credit ranking
to Moody’s highest level (Aaa).
In addition to his administrative responsibili‐
ties, Theobald holds a professorship in education
finance. His research interests in the appropriate
role of decentralization in educational financing
and in modeling educational labor markets are re‐
flected in more than $1.5 million in funded re‐
search, numerous books and book chapters,
dozens of articles published in professional jour‐
nals, and nearly 50 policy reports for state govern‐
ments across the United States.
At Indiana University, Dr. Theobald directed
a research center that assisted state governments
in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, and Washington
in devising education funding processes that equi‐
tably facilitated academic excellence. In addition,
Theobald was a three‐time winner of IU's Teach‐
ing Excellence Recognition Award.
Theobald is a past‐president of the American
Education Finance Association, winning the asso‐
ciation's Jean Flanigan Award for the outstanding
dissertation in the study of educational finance in
1990. In 1995, the University Council for Educa‐
tional Administration presented Theobald with the
Jack A. Culbertson Award as the professor who, in
the first seven years of his or her career, made the
most outstanding contribution to the profession.
In 2003, Theobald was presented the Distinguished
Graduate Award by the College of Education at the
University of Washington.
A native of Peoria, Ill., Theobald had planned
to enter an electrician’s apprenticeship after high
school. However, donors to Trinity College in Con‐
necticut made it possible for him to attend college
and Theobald earned a bachelor’s degree in 1978.
After a short stint in the corporate world, Theobald
began his education career as a secondary school
mathematics teacher in the State of Washington,
where he also coached baseball. He subsequently
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Neil D.
THEOBALD
President
1st Year at Temple
served as both an assis‐
tant professor and an as‐
sociate professor at the
University of Washing‐
ton, where he earned a
doctoral degree in edu‐
cational finance in 1988.
Dr. Theobald and
his wife, Sheona Macken‐
zie, have three children:
Roddy, Kinnear, and
Mattie.
Dr. Theobald will be
formally invested as
Temple’s 10th president
on Oct. 18, 2013.
Hai‐Lung Dai
Provost
Larry R. Kaiser
Senior Executive
Vice President for
Health Affairs
James P. Creedon
Senior Vice President
for Construction, Facilities
& Operations
Kenneth Lawrence, Jr.
Senior Vice President
for Government,
Community & Public
Affairs
George E. Moore
Senior Vice President
& University Counsel
Tilghman H. Moyer IV
Interim Senior
Vice President
for Institutional
Advancement
William T. Bergman
Vice President
and Special Assistant
to the President
Karen B. Clarke
Vice President for
Strategic Marketing
& Communications
Ken Kaiser
Interim
Chief Financial
Officer & Treasurer
Timothy C. O’Rourke
Vice President
for Computer & Financial
Services & CIO
Theresa A. Powell
Vice President
for Student Affairs
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Athletic Facilities
Joseph V. Labolito
The Liacouras Center has been the home of the Temple men’s and women’s basketball teams—
along with concerts, commencement, and other events— since 1997.
The Liacouras Center
The Liacouras Center is a four‐building
complex that includes a Convocation Center,
the Independence Blue Cross Student Recre‐
ation Center, 1700 North Broad Street and the
Entertainment Community Center with retail
shops, a 1,200‐car parking garage, and a live‐
music restaurant. The Center has been designed
as a venue for culture, sports, entertainment,
commerce and education.
The Convocation Center seats 11,000 for
convocations, commencements and concerts;
10,206 for basketball games; and up to 3,500 for
theater and dance. The theater configuration is
named for benefactress Esther Boyer Griswold.
Rededicated on February 13, 2000, and
named in honor of former Temple President
Peter J. Liacouras, The Liacouras Center, the
home of Temple basketball, is one of the pre‐
mier on‐campus arenas in the country.
Already the site of some exciting events in
its history, the Temple venue has hosted such
sold‐out concerts as Bob Dylan, along with the
NBA Players Party prior to the 2002 NBA All‐Star
game and the 2002 Atlantic 10 Women's Bas‐
ketball Championship. The Liacouras Center was
also the site of the 2003 NCAA Men's Gymnas‐
tics Championships, the 2004 NCAA Women's
Basketball First and Second Rounds, and the
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2006 and 2011 NCAA Women's Basketball Re‐
gionals.
In an historic partnership, the Pennsylva‐
nia state legislature provided capital funds ‐
$31.8 million ‐ to build a new multi‐use com‐
plex, provided the University could raise $28.7
million from private sources. The total cost of
the multi‐building complex would be $107 mil‐
lion ‐ an investment in Temple's future.
Originally christened The Forum at The
Apollo of Temple, the Board of Trustees voted in
2000 to change the building name to The Lia‐
couras Center in honor of President Liacouras'
retirement after 18 years as Temple's chief ex‐
ecutive.
ing Room Only tickets). The stadium was named
in June 2002 when the Lincoln Financial Group
paid $139.6 million for naming rights over the
next 21 years. It is located in South Philadelphia
on Pattison Avenue between 11th and 10th
Streets, closer to the area's stretch of Interstate
95 than to Pattison.
In 2011, the stadium became powered
with a combination of onsite wind, solar, and
dual‐fuel generated electricity, making it the
world’s first major sports stadium to convert to
self‐generated renewable energy. Approxi‐
mately $25 million was invested to build the sys‐
tem, saving the Eagles an estimated $60 million
in energy costs.
Lincoln Financial Field
Edberg‐Olson Hall
On August 13, 2003, the Philadelphia Ea‐
gles and Temple University announced a 15‐
year pact for the Owls to play their home
football games at Lincoln Financial Field. An av‐
erage of 24,137 fans per game witnessed the
Cherry & White in its inaugural season at the
venue, a 21 percent increase from the prior
year's average.
Lincoln Financial Field, familiarly known as
The Linc, is the home stadium of the National
Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. It has a
seating capacity of 68,532 (69,032 with Stand‐
Edberg‐Olson Hall is the home of the Tem‐
ple University football program. Officially dedi‐
cated on December 9, 2000, the facility was
designed by AP3C Architects of Philadelphia.
The building was engineered to not only support
the football team's functional requirements, but
to enhance the experience through innovative
design concepts.
During the season, approximately 250 peo‐
ple will pass through its doors on a daily basis.
In 2012, Edberg‐Olson Hall underwent a $10
million upgrade with a 15,000‐square‐foot ex‐
pansion. The original 23,600‐square‐foot build‐
ing contains team and coaches locker rooms, a
training room, equipment facilities, coach's of‐
fices, a players' lounge, individual position
meeting rooms, and a theater‐style team meet‐
ing room. Opened in July 2012, the upgrade has
a strength and conditioning area that expanded
from 2,500 square feet to 10,000 square feet.
The expansion also features an enlarged sports
medicine office with hydrotherapy, a full‐service
academic support area, and a 3,500‐square‐foot
team function room. An observation balcony
runs the length of the building. It is the perfect
complement to a gridiron landscape outside
featuring over 100,000 square feet of Sprinturf
and 24,000 square feet of Astroturf. Eight, 85‐
foot poles providing 85 candles of white rendi‐
tion light line the perimeter of the complex.
Powder‐coated cyclone fences provide privacy.
McGonigle‐Pearson Hall Athletic
Complex
Summer 1969 marked the first use of Tem‐
ple University’s physical education and athletics
building, located in the heart of the Main Cam‐
pus at Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue.
The complex currently houses a weight room
and training facilities, as well as facilities for
teaching, research, student recreation and ath‐
letic competition. The Temple volleyball, fenc‐
ing and men’s and women’s gymnastics squads
play their home competitions in McGonigle Hall.
Pearson-McGonigle Hall
Geasey Field
The AstroTurf on Geasey Field is one of the
largest permanent AstroTurf surfaces in the
world, covering over 156,000 square feet. In
summer of 2009, Geasey Field underwent a
massive $1 million renovation. The surface was
replaced with Astro‐
Turf 12 carpet, com‐
Ambler Softball
plete
with
a
drainage
system.
The scoreboard is a
state‐of‐the‐art
wireless board with
a message expan‐
sion. The lighted fa‐
cility at 15th and
Norris Streets serves as the home
of Temple field hockey and
lacrosse, in addition to an alter‐
nate football practice site.
In 2012, the University completed a $48‐million
renovation and expansion of McGonigle and
Pearson Halls, providing additional classrooms,
faculty and coaching staff offices as well as new
men’s and women’s basketball practice courts,
weight room, and cutting‐edge sports medicine
equipment. The additional 26,000‐square feet
povide 24‐hour access and advanced digital
technologies.
The Pavilion
The Pavilion Athletic Facility, which is uti‐
lized by football, field hockey, women's
lacrosse, baseball, softball, men's and women's
soccer, is a 32,000‐square foot multi‐purpose
field. The facility, which is available as an auxil‐
iary training site for the remainder of Temple’s
24 varsity athletic programs, features Field Turf
XT57, an ideal surface for Temple's varsity
teams to train on.
Ambler Sports Complex
Ambler Soccer Field
Field
The
Temple’s picturesque Ambler Campus
plays host to the University’s men’s and
women’s soccer teams as well as base‐
ball and softball. On January 14, 2003,
Upper Dublin Township gave final ap‐
proval to Temple University’s
plans to construct NCAA‐stan‐
Pavilion dard soccer, baseball and soft‐
ball fields at the Ambler
Campus. Baseball and softball
opened play in the spring of
2004 while the Owl soccer
teams started in the fall of 2004.
Track
Joseph V. Labolito
Skip Wilson Field
Lincoln Financial Field
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Temple Athletics
Kevin Clark, who arrived at Temple in No‐
vember 2012 in the role of Senior Advisor to the
President, began serving as the University's In‐
terim Director of Athletics on May 3, 2013.
Clark will continue to serve in both positions
while the University conducts a national search
for its next Director of Athletics.
A veteran athletic administrator, Clark
came to Temple after serving the previous 11
years on Indiana University’s senior athletic
staff, the last two in the role of Senior Associate
Athletic Director of Internal Operations.
As Senior Associate Athletic Director of In‐
ternal Operations, Clark was responsible for
overseeing the department’s athletics business
office, information technology, human re‐
sources, travel services, athletic facilities, IU
Golf Course, equipment operations, concessions
and food services, and other areas of internal
administration. He served as a member of the
senior administrative staff and, in this capacity,
worked with other senior administrators to ad‐
vise, develop and implement departmental poli‐
cies and strategies including yearly and
long‐term strategic plans.
Additionally, Clark also served as the sport
administrator for football, baseball and
women's basketball.
Dr. Patrick Kraft, who served on the senior
athletic staffs at Indiana University and Loyola
University Chicago, was named Deputy Director
of Athletics at Temple in May, 2013.
Kraft spent the past two years as the Exec‐
utive Senior Associate Athletics Director at Loy‐
ola University Chicago. At Loyola, he had direct
oversight of all aspects of the department's ex‐
ternal operations, including the marketing, tick‐
eting, media relations and fundraising
components. Kraft played an integral role in Loy‐
ola’s move from the Horizon League to the Mis‐
souri Valley Conference.
In his two years at the school he was able to
grow the men's basketball season ticket base by
30 percent with an overall increase of 51 percent
in ticket revenue. Additionally, he generated an
increase of 400 percent in cash sponsorship to
the department while also growing the depart‐
ment's annual giving by 75 percent.
Not limited to just external operations at
Loyola, Kraft was responsible for overseeing the
day‐to‐day management of the department's
$12+ million budget. He also served as the sport
supervisor for men's and women's basketball and
was responsible for handling all of the depart‐
ment's business contracts.
At Indiana, Kraft was responsible for the
branding and marketing efforts for all of the
Hoosiers' programs. He oversaw game produc‐
tion for all of IU's varsity sports and coordinated
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Kevin
CLARK
Interim Director of Athletics
Grambling State ‘86
1st Year at Temple
In his first nine years at IU, Clark served as
the Associate Athletic Director for Finance/CFO.
In that role, he managed the athletic financial
business office and was instrumental in the de‐
velopment and administration of the depart‐
ment's budget.
At Saint Louis University, Clark served as
the Director of Business Administration‐Student
Development from 2000‐2001. Prior to that
role, Clark was the Assistant Athletic Director of
Business and Finance from 1996‐2000. He pre‐
pared and administered budgets ranging from
$10‐$30 million. While at Saint Louis University
he established the first‐ever athletic depart‐
ment contingency fund.
Prior to his tenure at Saint Louis University,
Clark served as a staff accountant at the NCAA
from 1991‐1996. There he assisted with the
preparation and management of a $30 million
operating budget.
Clark earned a bachelor's degree in ac‐
counting from Grambling State University and
later earned an MBA from Webster University.
The Kansas City, Mo., native retired as a
Major after serving 23 years in the United States
Army Reserve. He and his wife, Kendra, have
four children, Kevin Jr., Michael, Ellicia and
Logan.
Dr. Patrick
KRAFT
Deputy Director of Athletics
Indiana ‘00
1st Year at Temple
group, season and single‐game ticket sales for
football, men's basketball, men's soccer,
women's basketball and women's volleyball. In
addition, Kraft managed the promotion, market‐
ing, brand enhancement and enforcement of the
school's Adidas contract and the Big Ten Network
partnership as well as the Learfield Sport Proper‐
ties multi‐media rights agreement with the
Hoosiers.
His efforts at Indiana helped increase home
football attendance to its highest mark in 17
years, with it also being the third largest football
attendance increase among all Division I schools.
He also instituted a strategy that saw a 20 per‐
cent increase in student ticket sales and the over‐
all highest season ticket base in 13 years.
The Libertyville, Ill., native began his career
in 2001 as the corporate sponsorship and pro‐
motions coordinator with the Arena Football
League. He then spent three years as the busi‐
ness development director with United States
Synchronized Swimming (2001‐04). He then
served four years in higher education, the first
three at Indiana (2005‐08) as an associate in‐
structor for sports marketing and management
and the last as a clinical professor in the school
of business administration at Loyola Chicago
(2008‐09).
Kraft, who played football as an undergrad‐
uate at Indiana, has three degrees from the Uni‐
versity. He earned a bachelor's degree in sports
marketing/management (2000), a master's de‐
gree in sports marketing/administration (2005)
and a doctorate in sports marketing (2008).
Kraft resides in Haddonfield, N.J., with his
wife Betsy and daughter Annabelle.
Mark Ingram, who has successfully led the
athletic development offices at three Football
Bowl Subdivision schools over the past decade,
is in his first year as Assistant Vice President for
Athletic Development at Temple University. The
Winston Salem, N.C., native, who most recently
served as the Senior Associate Athletic Director
at Tennessee, also serves as the sport adminis‐
trator for baseball.
In his five years as the Senior Associate
Athletic Director at his alma mater (Tennessee
'96), Ingram was responsible for the planning
and strategy for the department's Capital Cam‐
paign that raised $336 million during his tenure.
While sitting on UT's athletics senior and exec‐
utive staff, he oversaw an athletics develop‐
ment staff of 27 professionals and seven
part‐time employees. His role also included
serving as a member of the University's Vice
President's Development and External Affairs
Management Team as well as being involved in
project management for $250 million Neyland
Football Stadium master plan.
Before his return to his alma mater, Ingram
served as Assistant Athletics Director for Devel‐
Beasley School of Law Associate Professor
Eleanor Myers is in her seventh year as Temple
University’s faculty athletics representative. The
NCAA requires each member institution to ap‐
point a faculty athletics representative to rep‐
resent the institution and its faculty in its
relationships with the NCAA and its athletic con‐
ferences and to oversee academic integrity and
compliance issues on campus. In her role as
FAR, she also chairs the President’s Advisory
Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics. In 2009,
Myers was appointed by the NCAA as a mem‐
ber of the Division I Committee on Infractions,
which holds hearings on major violations of
NCAA rules and imposes penalties.
Myers joined Temple’s law faculty in 1993.
She specializes in Professional Responsibility
and business courses. She has won awards for
curriculum design and for teaching. She has also
Al Shrier is the dean among national col‐
lege sports information directors with 60 years
of service. In 2004, his years of dedication to
Temple University were rewarded as he was im‐
mortalized with his own bobblehead doll to be‐
come the first administrator in the history of
NCAA athletics to be so honored.
Shrier officially retired from his position as
Temple SID on June 30, 1995,
but due to necessity, returned
to the post during the 1995‐
96 academic year. He remains
at the University in the role of
special assistant to the direc‐
tor of athletics and is in
charge of credentials, media
services, and hospitality at
Temple sporting events.
Mark
INGRAM
Associate VP/Executive Sr. Associate AD
Tennessee ‘96
1st Year at Temple
opment at the University of Georgia for two
years ('06‐07). Prior to that, he was the Assis‐
tant Athletics Director for Development at the
University of Missouri beginning in the fall of
2002, where he successfully guided the Cham‐
pions for Life capital campaign that raised more
than $117 million. That campaign benefited a
number of areas including a $75 million basket‐
ball arena and a $16 million all‐sport student‐
athlete academics and training facility.
Prior to working for the University of Mis‐
souri, Ingram served as Assistant Director of
Marketing and Assistant Director of Develop‐
ment, both at the University of Tennessee from
1998 to 2002.
A 1996 graduate from Tennessee with a
bachelor’s degree in sport management and mi‐
nors in business and psychology, Ingram was a
two‐year starter for the Volunteers’ football
team. He was a two‐time Academic All‐SEC and
twice awarded the Volunteer Award which is
given to the most valuable player who is a for‐
mer walk‐on. Also a member of the SEC Good
Works Team, Ingram earned his master’s de‐
gree in sport administration from Tennessee in
1997.
Eleanor
MYERS
NCAA Faculty Representative
University of Pennsylvania
7th Year at Temple
consulted and taught internationally in China,
Japan, Rome, and the Philippines. Previously,
Myers served as Temple’s associate university
counsel from 1983 to 1989 with responsibility
for technology transfer, business negotiations
and health care issues. Prior to joining Temple’s
faculty, Myers held teaching fellow posts at the
University of Pennsylvania and Stanford Univer‐
sity and handled securities and antitrust class
action litigation for a Philadelphia law firm.
Myers holds a bachelor degree and a law degree
(magna cum laude) from the University of Penn‐
sylvania.
Al
SHRIER
Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics
Temple ‘53
61st Year at Temple
The 1953 TU grad is a member of the Col‐
lege Sports Information Directors of America,
Temple University, Philadelphia Big 5, Pennsyl‐
vania and Philadelphia Jewish Sports Halls of
Fame. He was the 2010 recipient of CoSIDA’s
Arch Ward Award for outstanding contributions
and the 2009 recipient of the ECAC’s Pete
Nevins Award for Distinguished Achievement.
Shrier is past president of the Philadelphia
Sports Writers Association. The Media Room at
The Liacouras Center is named in his honor.
On January 23, 2013, the University
hoisted a banner to the rafters of the Liacouras
Center in his honor.
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Joe Giunta returned to Temple University
in March 2012 as the Senior Associate Athletic
Director for Sports Administration. He had pre‐
viously served in a similar capacity with Temple
Athletics from 2003‐08.
Giunta is responsible for ensuring that
Temple’s student‐athletes are given the admin‐
istrative support and resources necessary to be
academically and athletically successful and to
ensure that all operations are conducted within
University, Conference, and NCAA rules. He
oversees men’s basketball as well as the athletic
training, equipment, facilities, and strength &
conditioning departments.
Giunta previously served as the Owls’ As‐
sociate Athletic Director for Sports Administra‐
tion from March 2003 until June 2008 when he
accepted the position of Director of Athletics
and Recreation at Cabrini College. At Cabrini,
Giunta managed a department consisting of a
staff of 20 full and part‐time staff, 16 varsity
Kristen Foley returns for her 14th year in Tem‐
ple administration and 19th overall. She was pro‐
moted to Senior Associate Athletic Director in
August 2011 and oversees the administration of
women’s basketball, volleyball, women’s soccer,
cross country and track and field, field hockey,
fencing, men’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s
tennis, and men’s and women’s rowing. In addi‐
tion, Foley provides the color analysis for the
women’s basketball web stream broadcasts.
Foley was the Tournament Manager for two
NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional Champi‐
onships (2011 and 2005) and the 2004 First and
Second Rounds. Throughout her tenure, she has
served on numerous Atlantic 10 Conference Com‐
mittees (Administrative, Executive, Volleyball, Soft‐
ball, and Women’s Rowing) and currently is a
member of the Officiating Committee and Cham‐
pionship Review Subcommittee. Previously, she
chaired the NCAA Fencing Committee (2004‐06)
and was a member of the NCAA Women’s Basket‐
Larry Dougherty is in his 11th year at Tem‐
ple and second as Senior Associate Athletic Di‐
rector for Communications after serving the
previous four years as Associate Athletic Direc‐
tor. In his position, Dougherty oversees the ath‐
letic communications and publications of the
University’s 24‐sport Division I‐A athletic pro‐
gram as well as the television and radio opera‐
tions. He also is the varsity sport administrator
for men's soccer.
Dougherty joined the Owls’ staff after serv‐
ing 15 years in the media relations office at Saint
Joseph’s, the last eight as the school’s assistant
athletic director for media relations. Prior to
SJU, he served as the SID at Nicholls State for
one year and as the information director of the
East Coast Conference for two years.
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Joe
GIUNTA
Senior Associate AD / Sports Administration
Neumann ‘93
7th Year at Temple
teams, club sports and recreation activities and
an active community health and fitness center.
In 2008‐09, Giunta's first year saw the Cavaliers
sweep all three Presidents’ Cups: the Overall,
Men’s, and Women's Cups.
Over the remaining three years of Giunta's
tenure, Cabrini captured two more President's
Cups and never finished lower than third in any
category.
A 1993 graduate of Neumann University
with a bachelor of arts degree in communica‐
tions, Giunta earned a master’s in sports ad‐
ministration and facility management from Ohio
University in 1997.
Giunta lives in Springfield, Pa., with his wife
Colleen (Dorrian) and their young twin boys,
Gavin and Braydon.
Kristen
FOLEY
Sr. Associate AD / Sr. Women’s Administrator
Rutgers ‘86
14th Year at Temple
ball Rules Committee from 2002‐06. In 2005, Foley
was honored with the “Outstanding Associate Di‐
rector Award” presented by the All‐American Foot‐
ball Foundation.
Foley entered athletic administration with 13
years of Division I women’s basketball coaching ex‐
perience, including a five‐year stint as head coach
at Temple (1995‐00).
Foley earned her bachelor’s degree (1986)
and a master’s degree in educational administra‐
tion (1991) from Rutgers. A standout women’s bas‐
ketball player, she captained the Lady Knights to
consecutive NCAA Elite Eight appearances in 1986
and 1987, while being named to the All‐East Re‐
gional team in 1986. She has also been honored as
a member of the Rutgers Basketball Hall of Fame.
Larry
DOUGHERTY
Sr. Associate AD / Athletic Communications
Saint Joseph’s ‘82
11th Year at Temple
Active in regional and national organiza‐
tions, Dougherty served as chair of the organiz‐
ing committee for the 2009 ECAC‐SIDA
Workshop held in Avalon, N.J., and the 2005
CoSIDA Workshop held in Philadelphia.
Dougherty served as the president of CoSIDA
during 2010‐11. He was the recipient of the
ECAC‐SIDA’s 2011 Irving T. Marsh Award .
He earned both his bachelor’s (1982) and
executive MBA (1994) degrees from Saint
Joseph’s. His father, Andy, also served as the SID
at SJU from 1972‐81.
Sherryta Freeman is in her ninth year at
Temple and her third year as the Senior Associ‐
ate Athletic Director after serving for five years
as the Associate Athletic Director for Compli‐
ance and Student‐Athlete Affairs at Temple.
Freeman oversees all aspects of the de‐
partment’s compliance efforts with conference
and NCAA rules and regulations. She works to
educate coaches, administrators and student‐
athletes in regards to new rules and regulations
as well as the processing of NCAA and confer‐
ence waivers on behalf of student‐athletes. She
also oversees all student‐athlete leadership and
life skill development programming which in‐
cludes the Student‐Athlete Advisory Committee
(SAAC) and the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program.
Freeman is the varsity sports administrator for
softball and men’s golf. She is also the liaison for
athletics to academics.
Harry Metzinger joined the Temple Athlet‐
ics staff in April, 2008, and was promoted to his
current position of Associate Athletic Director
for Finance and Administration in July, 2013. He
had served the previous two years as Assistant
Athletic Director for Finance and Administration
and his first three years as the department's
Athletics Business Manager.
In his position, Metzinger serves as the
Chief Financial Officer of the athletics depart‐
ment and is responsible for managing the $35
million athletics department budget and the
athletics business office. Metzinger serves as
athletics’ primary liaison with Human Re‐
sources, Office of Management and Budget,
Purchasing, Controller's Office, General Ac‐
counting, University Counsel, Risk Management
and Computer Services.
Prior to joining the Owls, Metzinger spent
two seasons with Rutgers University. With the
Scarlet Knights, he performed all accounting
Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadel‐
phia, Scott Walcoff started at Temple University in
August 2005. He was promoted to the position of
Associate Athletic Director for Marketing and Sales
in August 2011 after serving six years as Assistant
Athletic Director for Marketing and Promotions.
Walcoff is responsible for developing season
ticket campaigns and creating/facilitating all media
advertisements (including radio, television, print,
online and outdoor support). He also develops and
coordinates game‐day promotions. In his current
role, he oversees the Ticket Sales Office, Corporate
Sales Department, and Spirit Squad.
While at Temple, Walcoff and his staff have
won four National Association of Collegiate Mar‐
keting Administrators (NACMA) awards. The
awards were given for the creation of “Hooter the
Owl’s Birthday Party” theme at a Temple Men’s
Basketball game, the development of Temple
Men’s Basketball’s “Five Months of Christmas”
Sherryta
FREEMAN
Sr. Associate AD / Compliance & SA Affairs
Dartmouth ‘01
9th Year at Temple
Prior to arriving at the Temple, Freeman
served as the assistant athletic director/compli‐
ance at Dartmouth College. The Hillside, N.J.,
native earned her bachelor’s degree in environ‐
mental studies from Dartmouth in 2001 and a
master’s degree in sport management at the
University of Massachusetts – Amherst in 2004.
Freeman was a member of two Ivy League
women’s basketball championship teams at
Dartmouth, making two appearances in the Di‐
vision I NCAA Tournament.
Harry
METZINGER
Associate AD / Finance & Administration
Villanova ‘04
6th Year at Temple
functions and procedures within the athletic
ticket office.
Metzinger earned a master of business ad‐
ministration degree with a concentration in
human resource management from Temple in
May 2011. He graduated from Villanova in 2004
with a bachelor's degree in accounting.
Following graduation, Metzinger worked for
The Siegfried Group in Wilmington, Del., in ac‐
counting and assurance services. He moved into
collegiate athletics as a volunteer at Drexel Uni‐
versity and the University of Pennsylvania during
the 2004‐05 academic year, gaining experience
in ticketing, marketing, and promotions.
Before heading to Rutgers, Metzinger
worked for the director of athletics at his alma
mater for the 2005‐06 academic year. In this ca‐
pacity, he contributed in a variety of areas, in‐
cluding business operations, marketing, and
media relations.
Scott
WALCOFF
Associate AD / Marketing & Sales
Syracuse ‘97
9th Year at Temple
ticket sales campaign; Temple Men’s Basketball’s
“Last Stand” poster, and Temple Football’s “Game
Face” campaign/on‐campus promotional efforts
geared towards students. In addition, Walcoff and
his staff have increased Temple Football season
tickets 300% and Temple Men’s Basketball season
tickets 100%.
Walcoff, a 1997 graduate of the S.I. New‐
house School of Public Communications at Syra‐
cuse University, previously served as director of
marketing and public relations for the Liacouras
Center for four years. He also spent time as a mar‐
keting coordinator for Comcast‐Spectacor, as a pro‐
motions coordinator for Ticketmaster, as well as a
writer/editor for both the Media Theatre for the
Performing Arts and The Sports Network.
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Rich Burg enters his first year as the Assistant
Athletic Director for Football Communications.
Burg, who left the Philadelphia Eagles in 2007
after a decade of service with the organization,
most recently served as the president of 5 Star Un‐
limited, a full‐service public relations firm he es‐
tablished upon his departure from the NFL
franchise. His company, based in Voorhees, N.J.,
specialized in the publicity of active and retired pro‐
fessional players with his most notable clients being
former Eagles Donovan McNabb and Brian
Dawkins.
In his role with the Eagles (1997‐07), he man‐
aged all media commitments for McNabb, while
also facilitating interview requests for most of the
other members of the squad. He also created and
implemented all media credential policies, coordi‐
nated all press box activities and arranged press
conferences.
The Brooklyn, N.Y., native was also instru‐
mental in transitioning the organization into a new
practice facility in 2001 and Lincoln Financial Field,
which also serves as the home of the Temple Owls,
in 2003. Twice during his tenure (2002, 2005), he
was part of a staff that won the Pete Rozelle Award
Now in his 29th year at Temple, Lee
Roberts serves as the Assistant Athletic Di‐
rector for Facilities and Event Management.
In this role, Roberts oversees the mainte‐
nance and upkeep of the University’s athletic
facilities, both on the main and Ambler cam‐
puses, as well as serving as the department’s
liaison with The Liacouras Center and Lincoln
Financial Field.
The veteran administrator manages the
game operations of all athletic events. He has
helped to facilitate numerous conference and
national competitions that Temple has
hosted during that time, including the 2004
NCAA Women’s Basketball first and second
rounds, the 2005 NCAA Women’s Basketball
Philadelphia Regional, the 2011 NCAA
Pennsylvania native Kelli Sheesley is in her
fifth year as the Assistant Athletic Director for
Creative Services. Prior to joining the Owls, she
spent five years as the Director of Publications
at the United States Naval Academy, returning
to her home state in 2009.
Sheesley, who grew up in Beavertown, Pa.,
administers the day‐to‐day operations of the
publications process at Temple, while also serv‐
ing as the media contact for tennis and softball.
Her publications have been cited over 20 times
in the past seven years by CoSIDA in district or
national contests, most recently garnering “Best
Cover” honors for the 2012‐13 Temple men's
basketball media guide. In 2008‐09, three of her
media guide covers received “Best in the Na‐
tion” awards while her 2008 Navy sprint foot‐
ball media guide and 2009 men’s lacrosse media
guide were ranked first nationally.
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Rich
BURG
Assistant AD / Football Communications
St. John’s ‘88
1st Year at Temple
given by the Pro Football Writers’ Association to
the NFL’s best PR staff.
Burg also served three years (1994‐97) as the
communications manager for Rainbow Media
Holdings Sports in Woodbury, N.Y, where he han‐
dled the day‐to‐day media relations for the first 24‐
hour sports news channel while also coordinating
the publicity efforts for programs airing on 21 re‐
gional sports networks.
His extensive resume also includes stops at
College Bound Student‐Athletes in Cedarburg,
Wisc., where he served one year (1994‐95) helping
potential student‐athletes secure college scholar‐
ships. He also served two years (1992‐94) as a
store manager at The Complete Athlete and one
year as the director of public relations of the Pro‐
fessional Spring Football League.
His first stint at the Eagles was for three years
(1988‐91), marking his first full‐time position in the
profession. He had served previously as an intern
in the New York Rangers public relations office
(1986‐88).
A 1988 graduate of St. John’s University, Burg
resides in Voorhees, N.J., with his wife Carol and
daughter Skylar.
Lee
ROBERTS
Assistant AD / Facilities
Temple ‘82
29th Year at Temple
Women’s Basketball Philadelphia Regional,
and the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Second
and Third Rounds at the Wells Fargo Center.
Roberts, a 1982 graduate of Temple,
joined the Owl staff in 1984 as director of
football operations, a position he held for 12
years before moving into his current position.
His role as director of football operations,
which entailed overseeing the Division I‐A
program’s day‐to‐day operations, helped to
groom him for his current post.
Kelli
SHEESLEY
Assistant AD / Creative Services
Juniata ‘98
5th Year at Temple
While at Navy, Sheesley was responsible
for the design and layout of materials for 31 var‐
sity sport programs, while working closely with
the marketing and promotions department, as
well as Navy’s booster program, the Blue & Gold
Club.
Prior to her work at Navy, Sheesley spent
six years at Bucknell University as Assistant Di‐
rector of Athletic Communications. Sheesley is a
graduate of Juniata College (’98), where she was
a four‐year letterwinner in softball and was the
team’s MVP her senior season.
Temple Head Coaches
Tonya Cardoza
Women’s Basketball
Joe DiPietro
Softball
Amanda Janney
Field Hockey
Aaron Murphy
Women’s
Gymnastics
David
MacWilliams
Men’s Soccer
Seamus O’Connor
Women’s Soccer
Rebecca Smith
Grzybowski
Women’s Crew
Fran Dunphy
Men’s Basketball
Steve Mauro
Men’s & Women’s
Tennis
Brian Quinn
Men’s Golf
Fred Turoff
Men’s Gymnastics
Nikki Franke
Fencing
Eric Mobley
Men’s & Women’s
Cross Country and
Track & Field
Matt Rhule
Football
Ryan Wheeler
Baseball
Bakeer Ganes
Women’s
Volleyball
Bonnie Rosen
Women’s Lacrosse
Gavin White
Men’s Crew
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Staff Directory
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
SPORTS MEDICINE
Acting President, Neil D. Theobald................................7405...............president
Provost, Hai‐Lung Dai ....................................................5156..................provost
Team Physician, Dr. Ray A. Moyer.................................707‐2111 ...........rmoyer
Director of Athletic Training, Al Bellamy .......................0873 .............al.bellamy
Associate Athletic Trainer, David Borchardt..................7444 ....david.borchardt
Assistant Athletic Trainer, Ricker Adkins .......................2146 .........ricker.adkins
Assistant Athletic Trainer, Shawn Cameron ..................1618 ....shawn.cameron
Assistant Athletic Trainer, Karin Dowen........................9347..........karin.dowen
Assistant Athletic Trainer, Vanessa Gomez ...................2427......vanessa.gomez
Assistant Athletic Trainer, Nathan Quebedeaux ...........7402.nathan.quebedeaux
Assistant Athletic Trainer, Masahiro Takahagi ..............0913 .......................hagi
Graduate Extern, Helen Clay .........................................2461..............helen.clay
Graduate Extern, Pamela Grondski ...............................2441 ...pamela.grondski
Graduate Extern, David Hayes.......................................2461 .........david.j.hayes
Graduate Extern, Kyle Nicastro .....................................7444..........kyle.nicastro
Graduate Extern, Marc Schaffer....................................0913..............mschaffer
Graduate Extern, Daniel Senif .......................................2441 ...daniel.john.senif
Office Manager, Sports Medicine, Sandy Rodville ........9302 ................srodville
ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION
Interim Director of Athletics, Kevin Clark ......................7759..................keviclar
NCAA Faculty Representative, Eleanor Myers...............1923 ..................emyers
Deputy Director of Athletics, Pat Kraft..........................7871 ..........patrick.kraft
Sr. Assoc. AD, Sports Admin., Joe Giunta ......................8555...................jgiunta
Sr. Assoc. AD, SWA, Kristen Foley..................................2433 ..........kristen.foley
Admin. Asst., Director of Athletics, Pat Albright ...........9333 ...........pat.albright
Administrative Specialist, Athletics, Beverly Tinsley .....2571 .................btinsley
ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
Sr. Assoc. AD, Athletic Comm., Larry Dougherty ...........2588.................larrydoc
Special Asst. to Athletic Director, Al Shrier ...................2222.................ashrier5
Asst. AD, Creative Services, Kelli Sheesley.....................9149 ................sheesley
Asst. AD, Football Comm., Rich Burg.............................0876 ...............rich.burg
Assoc. Dir., Athletic Comm., Karen Auerbach ...............3850 .............kauerbach
Assoc. Dir., Athletic Comm., Cathy Bongiovi ................1608 ...................cathyb
Graduate Extern, Korey Blucas......................................7446..........korey.blucas
ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT
Asst. Vice President for Athletic Dev., Mark Ingram .....6725 .........mark.ingram
Asst. AD for Campaigns, Gerard McMahon...................6267 ............gmcmahon
Asst. AD for Development, Michael Bamonti................2587...michael.bamonti
Director of Campaigns, Kris Graves ...............................2286.......kristian.graves
Asst. Director, Rob Fisher ..............................................2582 ...................rfisher
Asst. Director, Jenna Rankin..........................................2582..........jenna.rankin
Director of Capital Support, James Batley.....................3340 .........james.batley
Development Associate, Mandy Brindle .......................2582 ....amanda.brindle
ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT
Supervisor, Equipment Manager, Paul Kelley ...............0874.............paul.kelley
Asst. Equipment Manager, Dan O’Connor ....................7108 ..............doconnor
Graduate Extern, Equipment, Dominic Dellorso ...........7108 ...dominic.dellorso
Graduate Extern, Equipment, Megan Kita.....................7108 ............megan.kita
Graduate Extern, Equipment, Jim Manion ....................0874 .......james.manion
ATHLETIC FACILITIES
Asst. AD, Facilities Lee Roberts......................................7250 .................lroberts
Asst. Director for Facilities, Bryan Kulp .........................3116 .....................bkulp
Asst. Director for Facilities, Karen Williams...................3147..................kwilli00
BUSINESS & ADMINISTRATION
Assoc. AD, Finance and Admin., Harry Metzinger .........3837 ....harry.metzinger
Business Manager, Tim Thiess.......................................2489 ...................tthiess
Assistant Business Manager, Linda Gordon ..................6913 .................rgordon
COMPLIANCE & STUDENT‐ATHLETE AFFAIRS
Sr. Assoc. AD, Compliance & SA Affairs, Sherryta Freeman .....4923.................sherryta
Asst. Director, Kristy Bannon Smorovsky .....................2790........kristy.bannon
Asst. Director, Quinton Smith.......................................3471 .......quinton.smith
Graduate Extern, Lizzy Lagasse......................................5668 .............ncaacomp
MARKETING, PROMOTIONS & SALES
Assoc. AD, Marketing & Promotions, Scott Walcoff......0544.................swalcoff
Marketing Manager, Denise Fitzpatrick ........................6710 ..denise.fitzpatrick
Marketing Coordinator, Sam Moore .............................7237..................smoore
Graduate Extern, Gregg Donnelly..................................4270 ......gregg.donnelly
Regional Director of Corporate Sales, Chris Rumer .................................crumer
Director of Corporate Partnerships, Gabe Leibowitz ....4247 .............gleibowitz
Director of Client Services & Prem. Seating, Emily Krombach..2586 ....emily.krombach
Director of Ticket Operations, Clayton Cochrane..........8499 ...................tickets
Ticket Office Coordinator, Stephen Capuano ...............3787 ..stephen.capuano
General Manager, Ticket Sales & Service, Rob Mansis .....7025........robert.mansis
Senior Account Executive, David Orr.............................7290 ................davidorr
Account Executive, Chet Zukowski ................................6912 .......chet.zukowski
Account Executive, Andrew Morrison...........................7262 ..andrew.morrison
Account Executive, Terrell Graham ...............................7243.......terrell.graham
VIDEO
Video Coordinator, Ben Cauthen ..................................0871.benjamin.cauthen
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STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
Head Strength & Conditioning/Football, Jeremy Scott .6419 .....................jscott
Head Strength & Conditioning, Scott Charland .............6649 .......scott.charland
Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach, Clare Kaufman ...2216 .......clare.kaufman
Asst. Strength & Conditioning/Basketball, Rich Levy ....7516 ...........richard.levy
Asst. Strength & Conditioning, Sam Whitney................6649 ....samuel.whitney
Graduate Extern, William Meckes.................................0875 .....william.meckes
Graduate Extern, Bridget Settles...................................0875.......bridget.settles
STUDENT‐ATHLETE ACADEMIC ADVISING & SUPPORT Director, Justin Miller ....................................................9840 ........................jsm
Principal Academic Advisor, Shawn Fagan ....................2514 ...................sfagan
Senior Academic Advisor, Nick Plack ............................7413 ...................nplack
Academic Advisor, Ehren Green....................................0876 .................ergreen
Academic Advisor, Katie Guynn.....................................8415 ...........katie.guynn
Academic Advisor, Herb Hopkinson .............................0876.....herb.hopkinson
Academic Advisor, Sarah Pergine ..................................4966........sarah.pergine
Senior Learning Specialist, Moira Kirby .........................3119............moira.kirby
Research Assistant, Gina Forchelli ..................................................gina.forchelli
Certifying Officer, Kim Marsh ........................................2500 ..................kmarsh
Administrative Specialist, Cheryl Cummings .................2500...cheryl.cummings
Graduate Extern, Paris Williams ....................................................paris.williams
HEAD COACHES
Baseball, Ryan Wheeler.................................................8639.........ryan.wheeler
Women’s Basketball, Tonya Cardoza ............................1955 ................tcardoza
Men’s Basketball, Fran Dunphy.....................................7443.................fdunphy
Women’s Crew, Rebecca Smith Grzybowski .................3692 .......rebecca.smith
Men’s Crew, Gavin White..............................................1751 ...............gavwhite
Fencing, Nikki Franke.....................................................1627..................nfranke
Field Hockey, Amanda Janney .......................................6288 .................ajanney
Football, Matt Rhule......................................................0855..................nharvin
Men’s Golf, Brian Quinn ................................................8224................bqgolf08
Women’s Gymnastics, Aaron Murphy...........................6667 ...................murph
Men’s Gymnastics, Fred Turoff .....................................7452 ...................fturoff
Women’s Lacrosse, Bonnie Rosen.................................6668.................bonnie8
Men’s Soccer, David MacWilliams.................................8477..............coachmac
Women’s Soccer, Seamus O’Connor .............................3162 ...seamus.oconnor
Softball, Head Coach, Joe DiPietro ................................8742 .................dipietro
Men’s & Women’s Tennis, Steve Mauro.......................0157.................sjmauro
Men’s & Women’s Track and XC, Eric Mobley ..............8258 ................emobley
Women’s Volleyball, Bakeer Ganes...............................0476 ..................bganes
CHEERLEADING AND DANCE
Co‐Head Cheerleading Coach, Emilyann Burster...........2789 ...............emilyann
Co‐Head Cheerleading Coach, Nicole Tovey .................2789 ..............tud05742
Diamond Gems Head Coach, Jennifer Keller .......................................................
SUPPORT STAFF
Director of Football Operations, Sean Padden..............0864 .........sean.padden
Asst. AD/MBB Operations, Jeff Wilson..........................6268 .................jrwilson
Dir. of Women’s Basketball Operations, Stacey Nasser .....8739 ........stacey.nasser
Admin. Asst., Men’s Basketball, Raheem Mapp............7443 ...................rmapp
Admin. Specialist, Football, Nadia Harvin......................0858..................nharvin
Date
Meet
Location
Oct. 26-27
34TH ANNUAL TEMPLE OPEN
McGonigle Hall
Nov. 8-11
November NAC -Div I/U-20 Event
Cleveland, Ohio
Nov. 9
Penn State Open
Dec. 8
Sacred Heart Invitational (UP, NYU, Sacred Heart, Vassar)
Jan. 11
Penn State Invitational (PSU, Drew, Duke, UNC, Columbia)
Jan. 12
ALUMNAE MEET
Jan. 17-20
January NAC - Div I/U-20 Event
Jan. 26
Philadelphia Invitational
Feb. 1-2
Northwestern University Multi-Meet
Evanston, Ill.
Feb. 9
Duke Invitational (USAFA, Duke, UNC, MIT, Brandeis)
Durham, N.C.
Feb. 22
TEMPLE INVITATIONAL (PSU, St. John's, Duke, Princeton, UP)
March 1
NIWFA Championships
West Point, N.Y. (Army)
March 8
NCAA Regional Championships
Easton, Pa. (Lafayette)
March 20-23
NCAA Championships
State College, Pa.
Fairfield, Conn.
State College, Pa.
McGonigle Hall
Virginia Beach, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa.
McGonigle Hall
Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State)