DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's fencing team was represented at the Danosi Open on Saturday inside the Matthaei Center.

Due to the event being an open, there are no team scores, as each participant competed as an individual.

Wayne State nabbed the the top two spots in the women's epee, as junior Reka Galfalvy (Budapest, Hungary / Vörösmarty Mihály) defeated junior alma Abdrabou (Cairo, Egypt / Dar El Tarbiah IGCSE) 15-8 in the finals bout.

Women's Epee Results
Galfalvy - 9-1 overall (+21 in pools), First
Abdrabou - 8-2 overall (+15 in pools), Second

In women's foil, a pair of WSU student-athletes faced each other in the finals bout as well, with sophomore Anabella Acurero Gonzalez (Valencia, Venezuela / Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel) topping senior Ludovica Mancini (Rome, Lazio, Italy / Liceo Linguistico Niccolò Machiavelli) 14-13.

Women's Foil Results
Acurero Gonzalez - 10-0 overall (+23 in pools), First
Mancini - 8-1 overall (+17 in pools), Second
Noreen Bongado (Farmington Hills, Mich. / Farmington) - 1-5 overall, 17th

Women's sabre had the most Warriors, as freshman Shriya Bangalore (Frisco, Texas / Centennial), graduate student Reagan Byars (Warren, Mich. / Warren Woods Tower [Macomb CC]), freshman Mikhala Rivers (Maple Grove, Minn. / DeLaSalle), and senior Mehreen Siddiqui (Canton, Mich. / Salem) all competed.

Women's Sabre Results
Bangalore - 8-2 overall (+19 in pools), Tied-for-Third
Rivers - 6-3 overall (+17 in pools), Sixth
Siddiqui - 2-6 overall, 11th
Byars - 1-7 overall, 13th

Before the event, the Green and Gold took time to honor its seniors.

From L to R: Reagan Byars, Mitchell Gatrell, Bryce Heim, Cameron King, Ludovica Mancini, Eyad Marouf, Mehreen Siddiqui.

UP NEXT
The women's fencing will head to Granville, Ohio, for the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference (CCFC) Championships on Saturday, February 21, and Sunday, February 22.  This year's league championship will be held at Denison University in the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse.