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Freshmen Shine at Western Invitational

Tanishka Padhye leads Cardinal fencers with 17 individual bout victories

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Cardinal opened team competition this weekend, with the ninth-ranked women’s team going 6-3 and the 11th-ranked men’s team going 4-3.

Freshman Tanishka Padhye led all Cardinal fencers with 17 individual bout wins. The seven-person freshman class of Grace Ker (13-5), Ruoxi Sun (13-4), Julian Goor (7-3), Robert Wang (13-8), Carson Bosita (12-7), Kushal Patel (4-17) and Padhye (17-9) combined to pick up 79 victories across the two-day competition.

Bosita made a strong introduction, going 3-0 against No. 5 Ohio State.

Sophomore Ishani Sood was perfect on day one of the competition, going 9-0 in women’s foil competition.

The Cardinal men opened day two with a strong 18-9 win over 15th-ranked UC San Diego. The saber squad won 7-2, and the foil trio of Renzo Fukuda, Sanjay Kasi and Benjamin Shih went a perfect 9-0 to lead the way.

The Card is back in action in 2026, heading to the Schiller Duals at Northwestern on January 31.

Team Results

Women (6-3)

W | No. 9 Stanford 23, Incarnate Word 4

L | No. 2 Columbia 19, No. 9 Stanford 8

W | No. 9 Stanford 23, Denison 4

L | No. 6 Ohio State 14, No. 9 Stanford 13

W | No. 9 Stanford 22, Brandeis 5

W | No. 9 Stanford 18, Air Force 9

W | No. 9 Stanford 15, UCSD 12

W | No. 9 Stanford 15, Tufts 12

L | No. 5 Northwestern 14, No. 9 Stanford 13

Men (4-3)

W | No. 11 Stanford 20, Incarnate Word 7

L | No. 1 Columbia 24, No. 11 Stanford 3

L | No. 5 Ohio State 14, No. 11 Stanford 13

W | No. 11 Stanford 14, Brandeis 13

W | No. 11 Stanford 17, Air Force 10

W | No. 11 Stanford 18, No. 15 UCSD 9

L | Air Force 15, No. 11 Stanford 12

Individual Results

Women

Foil (7-2)

Arianna Cao – 14-5

Ruoxi Sun – 13-4

Ellen Wang – 11-5

Ishani Sood – 10-2

Crystal Qian – 7-4

 

Saber (7-2)

Sophia Chin – 16-8

Grace Ker – 13-5

Erika Yong – 8-4

Shining Xi – 8-5

Cindy Shum – 7-4

 

Epee (3-6)

Tanishka Padhye – 17-9

Meghana Paturu – 12-8

Joelle Warden – 2-24

Ishani Sood – 1-2

Men

Foil (5-2)

Sanjay Kasi – 15-6

Benjamin Shih – 12-5

Renzo Fukuda – 8-6

Julian Goor – 7-3

 

Saber (4-3)

Robert Wang – 13-8

Carson Bosita – 12-7

Steven Yang – 7-8

Edward Han – 4-4

 

Epee (1-6)

Orion Singha – 7-14

Connor Jeong – 6-15

Kushal Patel – 4-17