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Matthew Cooper

1982

Houston Sword Sports / Bayou City Fencing Academy

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 4 4 - - - 8
Losses 2 3 - - - 5
Win Ratio 66.7% 57.1% - - - 61.5%
Pool Victories 3 4 - - - 7
Pool Losses 1 2 - - - 3
Pool Win Ratio 75.0% 66.7% - - - 70.0%
DE Victories 1 - - - - 1
DE Losses 1 1 - - - 2
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 0.0% - - - 33.3%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† - 3 - - - 3
Easy wins as % of wins 0.0% 75.0% - - - 37.5%
Close wins‡ 1 - - - - 1
Close wins as % of all wins 25.0% 0.0% - - - 12.5%
Close losses‡ - - - - - -
Close losses as % of all losses 0.0% 0.0% - - - 0.0%
Big losses† 2 - - - - 2
Big losses as % of all losses 100.0% 0.0% - - - 40.0%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 1 1 - - - 2
Tournaments 1 1 - - - 2

Competition History

Houston Sword Sports Brash Invitational

Senior Mixed Foil (U, SNR), February 10, 2024
Place 3, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports / Bayou City Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 PARISI Nolan W. 7 U 8 Houston Sword Sports 1607 2330 54.1 84%
Pool W 5:3 SKOPIK Jr August 4 E23 6 Fort Bend Fencing Academy / Alliance Fencing Academy 1607 2384 43.5 87%
Pool L 1:5 WOODALL Ian L. 2 E24 2 Round Rock Fencing Club, LLC 1903 2428 218.0 78%
Pool W 5:3 PEVOTO Matthew 6 U 10 Houston Sword Sports 1106 2210 19.2 92%
T8 W 15:10 POOLE James M. 5 E23 5 Galveston Fencing Club / Rogue Fencers Guild 1807 2079 342.1 61%
T4 L 5:15 ACUNA Gabriel G. 1 B23 1 Houston Sword Sports 2841 2422 209.4 31%

Fete de Lune

Veteran Mixed Foil (E1, VET), August 13, 2022
Place 10, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports / Bayou City Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 PEUGNET Forrest 7 U 17 Houston Sword Sports 1126 2500 125.8 90%
Pool W 5:1 SUMMERS Christopher 12 U 19 Round Rock Fencing Club / Alliance Fencing Academy 2500 2626 332.0 54%
Pool L 3:5 LESNIAK Chuck 17 U 8 Unattached 1611 2958 764.8 90%
Pool L 2:5 TOWSTER Robert 14 U 3 Bayou City Fencing Academy 1796 2193 407.0 69%
Pool W 5:3 VAN DER WEGE Gary M. 20 U 3 VANDERWEGE Academie D'Armes 3239 1786 461.3 5%
Pool W 5:0 EXNICIOS Richard M. 1 E22 13 New Orleans Fencers Club / Tulane University Fencing Club 1700 2247 82.7 77%
T16 L 6:10 LESNIAK Chuck 17 U 8 Unattached 2500 2500 420.5 50%