Dec. 3, 2006

DETROIT - The Wayne State University women's fencing team captured all three individual titles at the 2006 Istvan Danosi/Michigan Open hosted by WSU on Sunday at the Matthaei.

Seniors Anna Garina (Kiev, Ukraine) and Lindsey Howard (Goshen, Ind./Mishawaka) each won their fourth consecutive Michigan Open title while sophomore Kasia Kuzniak (Konin, Poland) won for the second straight year.

Women's Epee (7 competitors)

1) Anna Garina, Wayne State - Fourth consecutive Michigan Open Title
2) Justyna Konczalska
3) Alyse Schneider, Wayne State
4) C. Laurion, Michigan
5) Miranda Stoltz, Michigan
6) Shayna Pierce, Michigan State
7) Amy Gladdin, Michigan State
Garina defeated Schneider 15-5 in semifinals and Konczalska 15-10 in final; Konczalska defeated Laurion in semifinals; Schneider won third-place bout 15-6.

Women's Foil (12 competitors)

1) Lindsey Howard, Wayne State - Fourth consecutive Michigan Open Title
2) Colleen Campbell, Michigan
3) Diane Fiander, Michigan
4) Laura Chapin, Michigan State
5) Aislin Hardee, Michigan State
6) Emily Rames, Detroit
7) Whitney Farquhar, Michigan State
8) Sarah Kiel, Michigan State
9) Erin Stranyak, Wayne State
10) Christy Connely, Michigan
11) Melanie Kwiatkowski, Wayne State
12) Mary Fraser, Wayne State
Howard defeated Chapin 15-6 in semifinals and Campbell 15-3 in final; Campbell defeated Fiander in semifinals; Fiander won third-place bout 15-11.

Women's Sabre (12 competitors)

1) Kasia Kuzniak, Wayne State - Second consecutive Michigan Open Title
2) Roberta Sims, Detroit
3) Sarah Hancher, Michigan
4) Jing Zhao, Michigan
5) Amy Ross, Michigan
6) Annie Ledbury, Michigan
7) Ashlee McLemore, Detroit
8) Alicia Chmielewski, Wayne State
9) Meg Holt, Michigan State
10) Kara Zdenek, Michigan State
T11) M. Tei-Morzadeh, Michigan State
T11) Colleen Chute, Michigan
Kuzinak defeated Hancher 15-1 in semifinals and Sims 15-3 in final; Sims defeated Zhao 15-14 in semifinals; Hanchar won third-place bout 15-11.