Hopkins Men's Fencing Team Ties For MACFA Championship :: Brian Bishe' won the individual foil team while Matt Bouloubasis captured the individual epee championship.

Hopkins Men's Fencing Team Ties For MACFA Championship

Brian Bishe' won the individual foil team while Matt Bouloubasis captured the individual epee championship.

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Matt Bouloubasis won his second individual epee title in three years at the MACFA Championships.

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March 7, 2003

Hoboken, NJ - The Johns Hopkins men's fencing team totaled 93 wins to tie for the 3-weapon title with Drew last weekend at the MACFA Championships on the campus of Stevens Tech.

In the team competition, Hopkins went 32-7 to capture the foil championship and finished 36-3 to win the epee title. The Blue Jays went 27-12 in the sabre team competition to place third.

Sophomore Brian Bishe' (Glen Ridge, NJ/Montclair Kimberley Academy) won the individual foil title for the second straight year after surviving a three-way fenceoff. Bishe' went 7-2 in the final and 2-0 in the fenceoff to capture the championship, while senior Daniel Frank (Mamaroneck, NY/Mamaroneck) finished fourth.

Junior Matt Bouloubasis (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) went a perfect 9-0 to win his second individual epee title in three years, while senior Yong Kwon (Bronx, NY/Fordham Prep) finished fourth in the individual sabre competition. Bishe' and Bouloubasis were named to the all-conference first team, while freshman Jason Park (Franklin Lakes, NJ/Ramapo) and Kwon earned second team honors.

Bishe' went 12-1 while Frank and junior Emanuel Strauss (New York, NY/U.N. International School) each finished 10-3 to lead Hopkins to the foil team title, while Bouloubasis went 11-2, senior Dave Kotlyar (Holland, PA/Council Rock) finished 13-0, and sophomore John Majewski (Wrentham, MA/King Philip Regional) went 12-1 as JHU captured the epee team championship.

In the team sabre competition, Kwon finished 10-3, Park went 8-5, and sophomore Fred Lee (Garland, TX/North Garland) finished 9-4 as Hopkins finished third.

The Blue Jays will compete in the NCAA Regional Championships this Saturday in State College, PA, on the campus of Penn State University. Competition begins at 8 a.m.

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