GRANVILLE, Ohio -- Four members of the Wayne State University women's fencing squad earned medals (Top Eight) at the 2026 Central Collegiate Fencing Conference (CCFC) Championships on Sunday.

The four medalists were Reka Galfalvy (Budapest, Hungary), Salma Abdrabou (Cairo, Egypt), Anabella Acurero Gonzalez (Valencia, Venezuela), and Ludovica Mancini (Rome, Lazio, Italy).

WOMEN'S EPEE
WSU's two representatives in the women's epee were Galfalvy and Abdrabou.

Both impressed in pool play, with the Galfalvy posting an 8-2 ledger (+21 touch differential) and Abdrabou tallying a 7-2 ledger (+12 touch differential).

Galfalvy entered the direct elimination stage seeded second, while Abdrabou was seeded fifth.

The two met in the finals bout after the Hungary native captured a 15-5 win over Lawrence's Nora Anderson and a 15-10 triumph against Natasha Lee (Northwestern), and the Egypt product posted a 15-14 hard-fought win over fourth-seeded Reya Farlam (LU) and a 15-13 victory against the top-seeded Karen Wang (NWU).  In the finals bout, it was Galfalvy who came out on top, besting her WSU teammate Abdrabou 15-10 to capture first place.

Below are the Top-8 for Women's Epee
1st- Reka Galfalvy- Wayne State University 
2nd- Salma Abdrabou- Wayne State University 
T3rd- Karen Wang- Northwestern University 
T3rd- Natasha Lee- Northwestern University 
5th- Reya Farlam- Lawrence University 
6th- Anna Damratoski- Northwestern University 
7th- Nora Anderson- Lawrence University 
8th- Sally Fan- The Ohio State University 

WOMEN'S FOIL
A pair of Green and Gold student-athletes competed in the women's foil, as Acurero Gonzalez and Mancini saw action.

Acurero Gonzalez had a strong showing in pools, collecting an 8-2 mark (+22 touch differential) to earn the No. 5 seed in the direct elimination.  The Warriors was matched with Mancini in the Table of Eight, besting her teammate 13-10 before falling to Juliana Hung (Northwestern) 15-11 in the semifinals, finishing tied-for-third.

Mancini posted a 9-1 record in pool play (+23 touch differential), earning the No. 2 seed in DE.  As mentioned before, Mancini fell 13-10 to Acurero Gonzalez in the opening round for a fifth-place finish.

Below are the Top-8 for Women's Foil
1st- Daphne Chan- Northwestern University 
2nd- Juliana Hung- Northwestern University 
T3rd- Anabella Acurero Gonzalez - Wayne State University
T3rd- Allison (Allie) Lee- Northwestern University 
5th- Ludovica Mancini- Wayne State University 
6th- Brianna Ho- Northwestern University 
7th- Raiyan Moradi- The Ohio State University 
8th- Bridgette Ouyang- Northwestern University 

WOMEN'S SABRE
Three WSU student-athletes competed as individuals in the women's sabre.  The three were Shirya Bangalore (Frisco, Texas / Centennial), Regan Byars (Warren, Mich. / Warren Woods Tower [Macomb CC]), and Mehreen Siddiqui (Canton, Mich. / Salem).

Bangalore collected a 1-5 ledger in pools, downing Detroit Mercy's Elizabeth Styf 5-1.

Byars posted a 0-6 record, with a hard-fought 5-4 loss to Denison's Natalie Isberg, who finished 11th overall.

Siddiqui fell in each of her six bouts on Sunday.

Below are the Top-8 for Women's Sabrre
1st- Natalia Botello- The Ohio State University 
2nd- Sophia Schiminovich- Northwestern University 
T3rd- Varvara Mankova- The Ohio State University 
T3rd- Elain Lu- Northwestern University 
5th- Nisha Hild- Northwestern University 
6th- Grace Fan- The Ohio State University 
7th- Megumi Oishi- Northwestern University 
8th- Arlow Wiggers- The Ohio State University