PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – The University of Guelph women's fencing team made the trip to Peterborough to compete in the 2026 OUA Women's Fencing Championships, hosted by the Trent Excalibur over the weekend (Jan. 24-25). The Gryphons finished the two-day championship tournament in 10th-place.
The Gryphons saw two fencers advance to the knockout round in the foil and sabre individual event on Saturday.
Alexandra Bis competed in the women's foil event as she won three of her six matches to qualify for the knockout round. Bis would advance as the No. 22 seed but would be eliminated in the round of 32 to Ottawa's Jaimie Lina Park 15-4 to finish in 22nd place.
Hanieh Dehghan Niri represented the Gryphons in the women's sabre event as she won two of her six matches in pool play to qualify for the knockout round. Niri entered the round of 32 as the No. 23-seed but would see her day end as she was defeated by No. 10-seed Katelyn Jordan from McMaster 15-4 to finish the event in 23rd place. In Sunday's team event, the Gryphons advanced as the No. 7-seed in the foil and saber event as they bowed out in the quarterfinal stage. Guelph would finish in 7th place in the team saber, defeated Brock in the 7th place match while in the team foil event, the Gryphs finished in 8th place following their defeat to Carleton in the 7th place match.
At the conclusion of the two-day provincial tournament, the Toronto Varsity Blues would claim their second consecutive OUA women's fencing championship with a final score of 385.
Team Standings
GOLD: Toronto Varsity Blues - 385
SILVER: Western Mustangs - 320
BRONZE: Queen's Gaels – 177
4th: Ottawa Gee-Gees - 111
5th: McMaster Marauders - 98
6th: Carleton Ravens - 90
7th: RMC Paladins - 78
8th: TMU Bold - 74
9th: Waterloo Warriors - 74
10th: Guelph Gryphons - 35
11th: Trent Excalibur - 28
12th: Brock Badgers - 23
13th: York Lions – 4
OUA Team All-Stars
Épée: Lilla Mucsi, Toronto Varsity Blues
Foil: Zoey Xie, Toronto Varsity Blues
Sabre: Zoe Wu (Ngo), Western Mustangs
*Note: all individual medalists are OUA all-stars
Event Results
Day 1 (Saturday, January 24)
Individual Épée
GOLD: Judy Li, Western Mustangs
SILVER: Valerie Qi, Toronto Varsity Blues
BRONZE: Jenny Li, Western Mustangs
Individual Foil
GOLD: Catherine Wu, Toronto Varsity Blues
SILVER: Alison Wang, Queen's Gaels
BRONZE: Erika Dominguez, TMU Bold
Individual Sabre
GOLD: Tatiana Gayowsky, Queen's Gaels
SILVER: Janna Elshakankiri, Toronto Varsity Blues
BRONZE: Victoria Zhang, RMC Paladins
Day 2 (Sunday, January 25)
Team Épée
GOLD: Toronto Varsity Blues
SILVER: Western Mustangs
BRONZE: Carleton Ravens
Team Foil
GOLD: Toronto Varsity Blues
SILVER: Western Mustangs
BRONZE: Waterloo Warriors
Team Sabre
GOLD: Toronto Varsity Blues
SILVER: Western Mustangs
BRONZE: Queen's Gaels
