Dagmara Wozniak and Sada Jacobson earned hardware for 2nd and 3rd place in Budapest

Dagmara Wozniak nurtured a single victory in the first day seeding round into a silver medal at the Budapest Women’s Sabre World Cup. Sada Jacobson earned a 3rd place finish and Rebecca Ward lost to winner Aleksandra Socha (Poland) to take 5th.

Wozniak, the 4th ranked fencer for the United States, fought her way through two fencers in single elimination competition after a disappointing 1-5 performance in the seeding pool for the right to fence against the world’s #1 ranked Xue Tan on day 2.

Dagmara did not look like the #64 seed on day 2 as she dispatched Tan 15-13. She followed with more victories until matching up with Sada Jacobson in the round of 4. Wozniak won the bout to face the winner of the other side of the bracket – Socha.

Socha took out Rebecca Ward in the round of 8 and then Nechaeva of Russia to get to a finals showdown with Wozniak. Socha started the match strong, going up 4-0 but Wozniak pulled back to take the lead 8-7 at the break. Facing 2 match points, Wozniak evened the score at 14-14 before losing to Socha on a close call to end the match 15-14.

Mariel Zagunis just missed the top 16 as she, along with teammates Caroline Vloka and Caitlin Thompson went out in the round of 32.

The next world cup event for the women is in Madrid, Spain and will be one of 4 remaining events to determine the US Olympic Team.

Top 8 plus US Placements:

1 SOCHA Aleksandra POL
2 WOZNIAK Dagmara USA
3 NETCHAEVA Elena RUS
3 JACOBSON Sada USA
5 WARD Rebecca USA
6 VELIKAIA Sophia RUS
7 JOZWIAK Bogna POL
8 CHOW Tsz Ki HKG

17 ZAGUNIS Mariel USA

26 VLOKA Caroline USA
27 THOMPSON Caitlin USA

38 BARATTA Emma USA

89 SCHNEIDER Daria USA

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Coupe du Monde

Tableau de 64

1	TAN Xue	CHN
			WOZNIAK Dagmara
64	WOZNIAK Dagmara	USA	15/13
				WOZNIAK Dagmara
33	BAO Yingying	CHN		15/14
			BAO Yingying
32	KANEKO Sakura	JPN	15/13
					WOZNIAK Dagmara
17	BUJDOSO Alexandra	GER			15/10
			BUJDOSO Alexandra
48	BISCHOF Sophia	GER	15/5
				BUJDOSO Alexandra
49	HAENTZSCH Doreen	GER		15/6
			VERGNE Carole
16	VERGNE Carole	FRA	15/5
						WOZNIAK Dagmara
9	BIANCO Ilaria	ITA				15/13
			BIANCO Ilaria
56	KEDZIORA Katarzyna	POL	15/7
				BIANCO Ilaria
41	HUANG Haiyang	CHN		15/7
			HUANG Haiyang
24	BOND-WILLIAMS Louise	GBR	15/12
					JOZWIAK Bogna
25	PELEI Andreea	ROU			15/12
			PELEI Andreea
40	FRIEDL Laura	AUT	15/11
				JOZWIAK Bogna
57	YU Qunli	HKG		15/5
			JOZWIAK Bogna
8	JOZWIAK Bogna	POL	15/3
							WOZNIAK Dagmara
5	VELIKAIA Sophia	RUS					15/11
			VELIKAIA Sophia
60	VOUGIOUKA Vassiliki	GRE	15/7
				VELIKAIA Sophia
37	VLOKA Caroline	USA		15/10
			VLOKA Caroline
28	HUTCHISON Joanna	GBR	15/10
					VELIKAIA Sophia
21	TSCHOMAKOV Margrita	GER			15/6
			TSCHOMAKOV Margrita
44	MUNTEANU Elena	ROU	15/13
				GONZALEZ POZO Maylin
53	GONZALEZ POZO Maylin	CUB		15/12
			GONZALEZ POZO Maylin
12	TOUYA Anne-Lise	FRA	15/12
						JACOBSON Sada
13	NAGY Orsolya	HUN				15/13
			NAGY Orsolya
52	DEMONSANT Marion	FRA	15/10
				NAGY Orsolya
45	KHOMROVA Olena	UKR		15/12
			VARGA Dora
20	VARGA Dora	HUN	15/9
					JACOBSON Sada
29	NAKAYAMA Seira	JPN			15/8
			KORMILITSYNA Svetlana
36	KORMILITSYNA Svetlana	RUS	15/7
				JACOBSON Sada
61	ELEFANTE Roberta	ITA		15/10
			JACOBSON Sada
4	JACOBSON Sada	USA	15/6
								SOCHA Aleksandra
3	ZAGUNIS Mariel	USA						15/14
			ZAGUNIS Mariel
62	DI TRANSO Irene	ITA	15/8
				KOZLOVA Nina
35	KOZLOVA Nina	UKR		15/14
			KOZLOVA Nina
30	DIATCHENKO Ekaterina	RUS	15/11
					CHOW Tsz Ki
19	PETO Reka	HUN			15/13
			ZHU Min
46	ZHU Min	CHN	15/11
				CHOW Tsz Ki
51	KOVALEVA Viktoriya	RUS		15/13
			CHOW Tsz Ki
14	CHOW Tsz Ki	HKG	15/9
						NETCHAEVA Elena
11	ZHAO Yuanyuan	CHN				15/11
			ZHAO Yuanyuan
54	BENKO Reka	HUN	15/11
				ZHAO Yuanyuan
43	BULICA Mihaela	ROU		15/14
			BULICA Mihaela
22	OSTOJSKA Matylda	POL	15/14
					NETCHAEVA Elena
27	ZHOVNIR Olga	UKR			par abandon
			THOMPSON Caitlin
38	THOMPSON Caitlin	USA	15/12
				NETCHAEVA Elena
59	GHEORGHITOAIA Catalina	ROU		15/13
			NETCHAEVA Elena
6	NETCHAEVA Elena	RUS	15/10
							SOCHA Aleksandra
7	FEDORKINA Ekaterina	RUS					15/10
			FEDORKINA Ekaterina
58	POSTIGLIONE Mariangela	ITA	15/11
				FEDORKINA Ekaterina
39	ZERFASS Amelie	GER		15/9
			KRAVCHUK Iryna
26	KRAVCHUK Iryna	UKR	15/8
					SOCHA Aleksandra
23	BARATTA Emma	USA			15/9
			KOZACZUK Malgorzata
42	KOZACZUK Malgorzata	POL	15/9
				SOCHA Aleksandra
55	WIND Marion	FRA		15/4
			SOCHA Aleksandra
10	SOCHA Aleksandra	POL	15/8
						SOCHA Aleksandra
15	PERRUS Leonore	FRA				15/12
			PERRUS Leonore
50	KHARLAN Olga	UKR	15/10
				PERRUS Leonore
47	VECCHI Irene	ITA		15/14
			VECCHI Irene
18	ARGIOLAS Cecile	FRA	15/14
					WARD Rebecca
31	LUCCHINO Alessandra	ITA			15/8
			LUCCHINO Alessandra
34	WIECKOWSKA Irena	POL	15/14
				WARD Rebecca
63	VARHELYI Kata	HUN		15/11
			WARD Rebecca
2	WARD Rebecca	USA	15/12