DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's and women's fencing teams will compete at the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference (CCFC) Championships on Saturday, February 21, and Sunday, February 22, at Denison University's Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse.

The team portion of the event will be held on Saturday, with the individual competition taking place on Sunday.

At last season's conference championships, the WSU men's squad finished second overall, with the epee team (second place), foil team (third place), and sabre team (third place) all earning trophies.  The women's epee team earned a second-place finish after tallying five bout wins.  

The men's fencing team will have 17 student-athletes competing across the three weapons, while the women's squad will have eight participants.

MEN'S EPEE
Justin Chenh (Falls Church, Va.)
Shuayb Dinkins (Kissimmee, Fla. / Lincoln Park / Celebration)
Mahmoud Elsayed (Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt)
Bryce Heim (Oconomowoc, Wis.)
Cameron King (Laurel, Md. / DeMatha Catholic)

WOMEN'S EPEE
Salma Abdrabou (Cairo, Egypt)
Reka Galfalvy (Budapest, Hungary)

MEN'S FOIL
Mitchell Gatrell (Livonia, Mich. / Churchill)
Sam Gneuhs (Mason, Ohio / William Mason)
Finn McIsaac (West Bloomfield, Mich.)
Jakub Oronowicz (Clarkston, Mich.)
Carlos Santos (Grand Rapids, Mich. / East Grand Rapids)
Lukas Tsao (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)

WOMEN'S FOIL
Anabella Acurero Gonzalez (Valencia, Venezuela)
Ludovica Mancini (Rome, Lazio, Italy)

MEN'S SABRE
Hunter Battisfore (Hancock, Mich. / Houghton)
Connor Desautels (Redding, Conn. / Joel Barlow)
Gabriel Dumoulin (Newtown, Conn.)
Brendan Goeddeke (Sterling Heights, Mich. / Warren De La Salle)
Eyad Marouf (Alexandria, Egypt)
Gwyd Perry (Bloomfield, Mich. / Bloomfield Hills)

WOMEN'S SABRE
Shriya Bangalore (Frisco, Texas /Centennial)
Reagan Byars (Warren, Mich. / Warren Woods Tower [Macomb CC])
Mikhala Rivers (Maple Grove, Minn. / DeLaSalle)
Mehreen Siddiqui (Canton, Mich. / Salem)

Below is the Full Schedule
Saturday
8:30 AM - Women's vs. Lawrence / Men's vs. Cleveland State
9:40 AM - Women's vs. Cleveland State / Men's vs. Lawrence
10:50 AM - Both vs. Detroit Mercy
1:40 PM - Women's vs. Northwestern / Men's vs. Ohio State
2:50 PM - Women's vs.Ohio State
4:00 PM - Women's vs. Denison
5:30 PM - Awards

Sunday
8:00 AM - Men's Individual
12:30 PM - Women's Individual