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2017-18 Fencing Roster

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Vivian Rand

  • Position EPEE
  • Class Senior
  • High School La Jolla
  • Hometown La Jolla, Calif.
  • School Enrolled at Barnard College
  • Major Film Studies (BC)

Biography

Career Record
Year Season Ivy Overall
First-Year 2013-14 5-8 37-32
Sophomore 2014-15 2-1 16-11
Junior 2015-16 1-1 22-12
Senior 2017-18 0-0 4-1
Career Record 8-10 79-56

Senior (2017-18): Finished her collegiate career with a 4-1 record at the Historical Meet (Feb. 14)...made contributions as a member of the women's epee squad. 

Junior (2015-16): Opened season with a perfect 6-0 record at the Columbia Invitational (Nov. 6) … took a 3-0 sweep over Air Force at the Penn Elite Invitational (Nov. 21) … posted a 7-4 record at the Penn State Invitational (Jan. 16) ... went 1-1 at the Ivy League Round-Robins (Feb. 6-7) … earned first career foil win with a 5-2 victory over Kelly Morris (NYU) at the Historical Meet (Feb. 10).

Sophomore (2014-15):
Turned in a 4-2 showing at the Penn State Invitational (Jan. 17) ... Competed at the St. John’s Invitational (Jan. 24) … Posted a 3-3 ledger at the NYU Invitational (Jan. 25) … Tallied a 2-1 record at the Ivy League Round-Robins (Feb. 8-9) … Notched a 6-3 mark at the Historical Meet (Feb. 10).  

First-Year (2013-14):
Competed at the NCAA Northeast Regional (March9) … Posted a 4-2 record at the Historical Meet (Feb. 21) … Took the strip at the Ivy League Round-Robins (Feb. 8-9) … Went 6-6 at the St. John’s Invitational (Jan. 26) … Competed at the NYU Invite (Jan. 25) … Fenced at the Penn State Invite (Jan. 12) … Went 7-2 at the Brandeis Invitational (Dec. 8) … Made her collegiate debut at the Columbia Invitational (Nov. 22).

International Experience:
Combined with Katie Angen and Amy Tong for silver in the Women's Epee Team compeition at the 2015 January NAC ... Placed first in eight out of the past nine division qualifiers for the Summer Nationals and Junior Olympics … Earned a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Nationals (Div. I-A women’s epee) … Captured first at the Okawa Open in 2012 … Finished first at the 2011 Hunior Pacific Coast Championships … Earned second at the 2011 Blade Runner.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Graduate Student

    Epee
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Epee
  • 2015-16Junior

    Epee
  • 2017-18Senior

    Epee