The best results for the US on Friday came in Legnano, Italy where the women’s epee event is occurring. Four of the nine US athletes who competed on Friday advanced to the table of 64. Katharine Holmes advanced directly from pool play after going 6-0 in her group while Kelley Hurley, Katarzyna Trzopek, and Catherine Nixon all advanced from the preliminary knockout rounds by winning a match. Charlene Liu lost 15-13 to Ida Finizio of Italy and Amanda Sirico lost to Francesca Boscarelli of Italy 15-9.

In Paris only two of the 12 Americans advanced to the table of 64. Those two, Jason Pryor and Alexander Tsinis, both had to advance from the preliminary knockout rounds. Pryor even advanced after going just 2-3 in pool play. Being eliminated in round two of the knockout rounds were Gabriel Canaux 15-11 to Matteo Tagliariol of Italy, Benjamin Freiman 15-13 to Maxime Brinck-Croteau of Canada, Alen Hadzic 15-11 to Alexandre Bouzaid of Senegal, and Curtis McDowald 15-12 to Quentin Lucani of France.

Over in Tauberbischofsheim only Jessie Laffey advanced from preliminaries after winning a match against Germany’s Sophia Werner of Germany 15-9. Stefani Deschner and Madison Zeiss both advanced from pool play but lost to German opposition. Deschner 15-12 to Pia Ueltgesforth and Zeiss 14-10 to Kim Kirschen.

Saturday’s table of 64 will feature five Americans in Legnano, two in Paris, and four in Tauberbischofsheim.

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