Posted: Feb 18, 2020
Wellesley's Maurer, Calventus-Coveney, Kimura Earn NFC Fencing All-Star Honors
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Three members of the Wellesley College fencing team have earned Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) All-Star honors for the 2019-20 season. Senior Brie Maurer (Fredericksburg, Va.) earned a third career honor and a spot on the NFC Foil Second Team. Junior Julia Calventus-Coveney (Barcelona, Spain) and first year Kimberley Kimura (Los Angeles, Calif.) were both named to the Second Team in Epee. The honor is also the third for Calventus-Coveney.
Brie Maurer | Sr. | Fredericksburg, Va. | Second Team Foil
Maurer was named to the Second Team in foil for the third time in her career, posting a 26-6 record in two NFC competitions. Her 81.25% victory percentage was good for fourth in the conference in foil, making her the top ranked fencer on the foil second team. She posted a record of 10-5 at the first NFC Meet of the season and was 16-1 in the final NFC Meet of the season last weekend at Tufts. Maurer has a dual meet record of 55-20 this season.
Julia Calventus-Coveney | Jr. | Barcelona, Spain | Second Team Epee
One of the top epee fencers in the NFC for the last three seasons, Calventus-Coveney topped the 60-win plateau for the third straight season while going 27-7 in NFC competition. Calventus-Coveney finished the year fourth on the foil leaderboard to earn All-Star honors for the third time in as many seasons. She finished the year with a 79.41% victory percentage, posting records of 12-4 and 15-3 in her two NFC meet appearances.
Kimberley Kimura | Fy. | Los Angeles, Calif. | Second Team Epee
Kimura finished percentage points behind Calventus-Coveney in the epee standings as the Blue boasted one of the top epee squads in the conference in 2020. Kimura earned her first NFC All-Star recognition with a 25-8 record, recording a 75.76% victory percentage in her 33 bouts. Kimura was 10-5 at NFC Meet No. 1 and 15-3 at the final NFC Meet and is 54-26 overall in her first year of collegiate competition.
Wellesley returns to action at the 2020 New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference (NEIFC) Championships on Saturday, February 22 at Vassar College. To see the complete list of 2020 Northeast Fencing Conference All-Stars, visit: nfcfencing.org.
Founded in 1992, the Northeast Fencing Conference's mission is to support intercollegiate fencing in and around New England. The league organizes a round-robin schedule of dual meet competitions for the fencing programs at all member institutions. The member institutions are a mix of both NCAA varsity programs and student-organized club programs.