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Salma Abdrabou (right) collected an overall victory in the Senior Women's Epee.

Women's Fencing 2/11/2024 11:30:00 AM Matthew Jurek, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Women's Fencing Has Strong Showing at Danosi Open

Four Warriors collected top three finishes in events on Saturday, which WSU hosted inside the Matthaei.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University fencing program hosted the annual Danosi Open on Saturday, February 10, inside the Matthaei building. WSU ended the day with four women's fencers in the top three for an event, led by Salma Abdrabou (Mohandessin, Egypt) claiming the overall win in the Senior Women's Epee.

Six events were contested over the course of the day for women's fencers, including the Senior Mixed Foil, Senior Women's Sabre, Senior Women's Epee, Senior Mixed Sabre, Women's Foil, and Senior Mixed Epee. The Green and Gold also celebrated the collegiate careers of Ramadan Dinkins (Chicago, Ill. / GCE Lab School) and Ahmed Elsayed (Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt) on Senior Day.

WSU student-athletes competed with several others as individuals, with no team competitions held. The event was open to any USA Fencing member born in 2010 or earlier.

The Danosi Open once again honored its namesake, Istvan Danosi, who was the fencing coach at WSU from 1958 through 1982.

RESULTS (Top Three Finishes in Bold Italics)

Senior Mixed Foil - 48 Fencers
Place	Name	Record (Pool / Table)
13th	Ludovica Mancini (Rome, Lazio, Italy)	5-3 (4-2 / 1-1)
27th	Halah Keramane (Atlanta, Ga. / Northview (Penn State)	4-4 (3-3 / 1-1)
T47th	Noreen Bongado (Farmington Hills, Mich.)	0-7 (0-6 / 0-1)

Senior Women's Sabre - 13 Fencers
Place	Name	Record (Pool / Table)
9th	Reagan Byars (Warren, Mich. / Warren Woods Tower)	2-5 (2-4 / 0-1)
12th	Mehreen Siddiqui (Canton, Mich. / Salem)	1-6 (1-5 / 0-1)

Senior Women's Epee - 10 Fencers
Place	Name	Record (Pool / Table)
1st	Salma Abdrabou	6-1 (3-1 / 3-0)
2nd	Reka Galfalvy (Budapest, Hungary)	6-1 (4-0 / 2-1)
T3rd	Vika Shevchenko (Troy, Mich.)	4-2 (3-1 / 1-1)

Senior Mixed Sabre - 34 Fencers
Place	Name	Record (Pool / Table)
29th	Reagan Byars	1-6 (1-5 / 0-1)
30th	Mehreen Siddiqui	0-6 (0-5 / 0-1)

Women's Foil
Place	Name	Record (Pool / Table)
2nd	Ludovica Mancini	8-1 (5-0 / 3-1)
11th	Halah Keramane	3-3 (3-2 / 0-1)
17th	Noreen Bongado	0-5 (0-4 / 0-1)

NOTE: No women's fencer competed in the Senior Mixed Epee.

WINNERS
Senior Mixed Foil - Owen Traugot
Senior Women's Sabre - Lana Chami
Senior Women's Epee - Salma Abdrabou defeated fellow teammate Reka Galfalvy in the final round.
Senior Mixed Sabre - Zeyad Nofal
Women's Foil - Adeline Senic defeated Ludovica Mancini.
Senior Mixed Epee - Ian Kanar

UP NEXT
Wayne State will be in Columbus, Ohio, and French Field House for the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference Championships hosted by Ohio State University. The CCFC's will be all day on Saturday, February 24, and Sunday, February 25.

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Players Mentioned

Reagan Byars: Sabre; 5' 7"; Senior

Ludovica Mancini: Foil; 5' 5"; Sophomore

Vika Shevchenko: Epee; 6' 1"; Senior

Reka Galfalvy: Epee; 5' 6"; Freshman

Noreen Bongado: Foil; 4' 8"; Freshman

Salma Abdrabou: Epee; 5' 6"; Freshman

Halah Keramane: Foil; 5' 0"; Graduate Student

Mehreen Siddiqui: Foil; 4' 11"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Reagan Byars
: 5' 7"; Senior
: Sabre

Ludovica Mancini
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: Foil

Vika Shevchenko
: 6' 1"; Senior
: Epee

Reka Galfalvy
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: Epee

Noreen Bongado
: 4' 8"; Freshman
: Foil

Salma Abdrabou
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: Epee

Halah Keramane
: 5' 0"; Graduate Student
: Foil

Mehreen Siddiqui
: 4' 11"; Sophomore
: Foil