Lindsay Sapienza

Duke Fencing headshots. Durham, NC - October 10, 2019

Position:
Saber
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bardonia, N.Y.

Honors: NCAA Championship Qualifier (Saber - 2017, 2019) ... NCAA Regionals Qualifier (Saber - 2017, 2018, 2019) ... ACC Women's Fencer of the Week (1/18/2017) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019)

2019: Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second time in her career … Posted a junior season ledger of 55-24 for the second-best win total on the women’s saber squad … Won nearly 70 percent of her bouts … During the individual portion of the ACC Championships, placed eighth … Followed up her ACC performance with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Concluded the year in 19th at the NCAA Championships … Collected 24 victories at the Northwestern Duals … Went 12-3 on her home strips at the annual Duke Meet … Helped the women’s saber squad go 18-10 this season … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2018: Led the women’s saber squad with a 49-27 overall ledger … Opened the 2018 slate at the Penn State Duals with eight victories before notching a 24-3 record at the Northwestern Duals … Finished eighth at the ACC Championships and at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Helped the women’s saber squad to a 20-8 overall record.

2017: Helped a successful women’s saber squad with a 52-21 overall ledger as a rookie … captured silver during the individual portion of the ACC Championships … qualified for the NCAA Fencing Championships as a freshman … finished in 22nd at NCAAs … posted a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … opened her collegiate campaign with 12 victories at the Penn State Duals … garnered ACC Women’s Fencer of the Week following her performance at the Penn State Duals … tallied 14 victories at the Eric Sollee Invitational … won nearly 75 percent of bouts … helped the Blue Devil women place second in the team event at the league championships with a 7-2 ledger … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prep: Member of the Bergen Fencing Club under Oleg Stetsiv…earned A16 ranking…competed in Junior World Cups in France, Costa Rica and Poland…finished sixth at the 2016 Junior Olympics…top-32 at the 2015 Costa Rica World Cup…ninth at the Division I National Championships in 2015…first-place recipient of the New Jersey Cup in 2015…finished first at the Division II Summer Nationals in 2014…president of high school during the 2015-16 school year, vice president during the 2014-15 school year and treasurer during the 2013-14 school year…member of the Superintendent’s Advisory Council…co-founder of Tennis for Life, where clinics are held for special needs kids…member of the Foreign Language Honors Society, History Honors Society, Math Honors Society (MU Alpha Theta) and the National Honors Society.

Personal: Born on Dec. 11, 1997 in New York…has one brother, Frank, and sister, Lauren…brother is a epee fencer at Rockland Fencers Club and is ranked A15.