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2021-22 Fencing Roster

Anika Tsapatsaris

  • Position SABRE
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Ridgewood H.S.
  • Hometown Ridgewood, N.J.
  • School Enrolled at Columbia College
  • Major Architecture

Biography

YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season Dual Record Ivy League Northeast Regional NCAA Championship
2018-19 7-16 -- -- --
2019-20 8-34 0-1 -- --
2020-21 -- -- -- --
Career 15-50 0-1 -- --
 
2020-21
 
Named team captain … Earned Winter 2021 Academic All-Ivy League honors … Did not compete … Season canceled by Ivy League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019-20
 
As a sophomore, finished with an 8-34 overall record … Went 0-1 at Ivy League Round Robins.
 
2018-19

As a first-year, finished with a 7-16 overall record … Went 3-0 against Vassar at the Historical Meet (Feb. 13) ...  Defeated Karolina Kaleta of St. John's (Jan. 13).

BEFORE COLUMBIA
 
Began fencing in 2009 at Bergen Fencing Club..Started the fencing team at Ridgewood High School during her freshman year of high school, holding practices and bouts her sophomore year ... Served as the team’s president and captain for three years… Finished in second place at the 2018 NJSIAA District Qualifiers … Placed 13th at the 2018 NJSIAA state Championships … Current member of the Greek National Sabre team ... Current member of the Junior World team ... Has been ranked among the top six Juniors and top 32 Senior fencers in Greece ... Represented Greece in the 2017 World Cups in both Germany and Poland … Participated in the 2017 Summer Nationals in Salt Lake City…. Placed 18th at the 2017 Tournoi Senior Women’s Sabre Tournament in Iceland, representing Greece … 2016 Member of the 2016 Senior Team in the Coupe Acropolis … In 2016, Ranked among the top 32 at the European Cadet Circuit in London ... In 2016 consistently ranked among the top 300 Junior Fencers in the world.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born May 3, 2000 in Ridgewood, N.J. … Daughter of Stacey Vlavianos Tsapatsaris and Nick Tsapatsaris … Has two sisters Ellie and Michaela … Graduated from Ridgewood High School with honors, and served as the External Events Chair of her school’s National Honor Society chapter during her senior year … Also is an accomplished cellist, having performed at Carnegie Hall at age 14 … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Architecture.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Sabre
    5'6" 122 lbs
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Sabre
    5'6" 122 lbs
  • 2020-21Junior

    Sabre
    5'6" 122 lbs
  • 2021-22Senior

    Sabre
    5'6" 0 lbs