COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rookie Nathan Schlesinger led the Lawrence University fencing team with a seventh-place finish at Saturday’s NCAA Midwest Regional at Ohio State University.
Schlesinger, a freshman from Austin, Texas, took seventh in foil with a 5-6 record. Schlesinger scored 31 touches for the day and was just a minus-5 for the regional.
Lawrence had one more men’s top-10 finisher as Ben Carlick, a freshman from Berkley Heights, N.J., grabbed 10th in foil. He posted a 3-8 record and registered 25 touches for the day.
In men’s epee, Philip Ziller and Connor Schurr won one bout apiece. Ziller finished 12th and Schurr was 13th. Lawrence did not have a representative in men’s sabre.
On the women’s side, Lawrence had two top-10 finishers, Shelby Guinn and Lauren Phillips. Guinn won one bout and registered 16 touches to take 10th in sabre. Lauren Phillips registered 17 touches and placed 10th in women’s epee.
Erin Paxson took 11th for the Vikings in sabre, and Kali Thibault won a pair of bouts and scored 26 touches to place 16th in women’s foil.