Abigail Zahalsky

2007

Upper St. Clair Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 26 41 - - - 67
Losses 37 38 - - - 75
Win Ratio 41.3% 51.9% - - - 47.2%
Pool Victories 19 29 - - - 48
Pool Losses 30 27 - - - 57
Pool Win Ratio 38.8% 51.8% - - - 45.7%
DE Victories 7 12 - - - 19
DE Losses 7 11 - - - 18
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 52.2% - - - 51.4%

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† 11 17 - - - 28
Easy wins as % of wins 42.3% 41.5% - - - 41.8%
Close wins‡ 10 11 - - - 21
Close wins as % of all wins 38.5% 26.8% - - - 31.3%
Close losses‡ 2 6 - - - 8
Close losses as % of all losses 5.4% 15.8% - - - 10.7%
Big losses† 22 14 - - - 36
Big losses as % of all losses 59.5% 36.8% - - - 48.0%

† 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 9 11 - - - 20
Tournaments 6 8 - - - 14

Competition History

Junior Olympics

Cadet Women's Foil (A4, CDT), February 18, 2024
Place 239, Seed 195, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 NIRGUDE Esha 227 U 169 Northwest Fencing Center 1454 1875 28.5 76%
Pool L 0:5 CALISE Ella 17 23 A23 6 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 2779 1847 2.8 6%
Pool L 0:5 SUN Emily 54 75 C23 26 Team Touche Fencing Center 2429 1844 6.5 17%
Pool L 0:5 HARROLD Sophia 158 E23 185 Worcester Fencing Club 1601 1837 22.4 65%
Pool L 0:5 MCFARLANE Asha 122 D23 104 American Institute Of Fencing 1754 1815 18.2 54%
Pool L 0:5 JOO Natalie 87 C24 78 Top Fencing Club 2072 1797 11.0 33%

Junior Olympics

Junior Women's Foil (A4, JNR), February 16, 2024
Place 243, Seed 234, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 GRIFFIN Emma G. 18 31 A23 33 Space City Fencing Academy 3192 1942 1.2 2%
Pool L 2:5 URDANETA LARGURA Sylvia 163 D23 180 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1784 1940 23.0 60%
Pool L 0:5 HOVAGHIMIAN Fira 199 E23 190 Golden State Fencing Academy 1758 1917 22.7 60%
Pool L 0:5 MEI Sarah 90 B24 61 OnTarget Fencing Club / Invicta Sports 2561 1895 5.8 14%
Pool L 1:5 SHA Yi Ling 127 C23 71 Moe Fencing Club LLC / Gold Fencing Club 2426 1889 7.5 19%
Pool L 1:5 LI Eleanor 55 93 B23 115 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 2491 1881 6.4 16%

Womens Unrated and E-Under Foil.

E & Under Women's Foil (E1, E), December 10, 2023
Place 2, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 FORNEY Cadence 2 U 6 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1054 1928 4.2 91%
Pool W 5:4 RODRIGUEZ Andrea 6 U 3 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1182 1933 5.5 88%
Pool L 1:5 HOKAJ Nadine 4 U 1 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 1960 1938 19.0 49%
Pool W 5:2 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Carolina 3 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club 1651 1919 12.9 66%
Pool W 5:3 BONNEAU Rachael 1 U 5 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing Club 1496 1932 9.7 76%
T4 W 15:13 RODRIGUEZ Andrea 6 U 3 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2148 2402 34.5 63%
T2 L 9:15 HOKAJ Nadine 4 U 1 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 2135 2436 68.8 67%

Womens Unrated and E-Under Foil.

Unrated Women's Foil (E1, U), December 10, 2023
Place 3, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 FORNEY Cadence 6 U 6 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 877 1875 3.8 92%
Pool W 5:4 RODRIGUEZ Andrea 7 U 7 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1496 1879 11.8 71%
Pool W 5:1 RODRIGUEZ Adriana 4 U 8 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1174 1891 6.7 85%
Pool L 3:5 ERSOZ Yasemin 5 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1993 1898 18.9 44%
Pool W 5:4 HOKAJ Nadine 2 U 2 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 2006 1879 24.4 42%
Pool W 5:4 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Carolina 1 U 5 Corsair Fencing Club 1659 1903 14.2 65%
Pool W 5:1 BONNEAU Rachael 8 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing Club 1522 1917 11.0 73%
T8 W 15:8 RODRIGUEZ Andrea 7 U 7 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2162 2453 34.5 63%
T4 L 11:15 HOKAJ Nadine 2 U 2 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 2015 2488 86.1 75%

"Fall Foilage" Unrated Foil, and D and Under Foil.

Unrated Women's Foil (E1, U), November 19, 2023
Place 2, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 ERSOZ Yasemin 5 U 5 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1966 1971 24.0 50%
Pool W 5:2 FORNEY Cadence 8 U 8 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1017 1947 4.9 90%
Pool L 4:5 RODRIGUEZ Andrea 9 U 3 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1197 1952 34.7 83%
Pool L 2:5 BONNEAU Rachael 4 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing Club 1202 1917 42.0 86%
T16 W 15:0 RODRIGUEZ Adriana 3 U 10 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2500 2320 50.6 43%
T8 W 15:12 ERSOZ Yasemin 5 U 5 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2144 2371 49.0 63%
T4 W 15:5 RODRIGUEZ Andrea 9 U 3 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2722 2420 54.7 38%
T2 L 7:15 WEISS Olivia 10 U 1 3173 2475 21.3 22%

PFC Fall Fiesta

Unrated Mixed Foil (E1, U), November 12, 2023
Place 8, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 FORNEY Cadence 10 U 12 1480 1960 10.7 72%
Pool L 0:5 SHAW Spencer 6 U 3 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc.
Pool W 5:4 MAIOLI Daniel 7 U 9 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 1:5 GELLAD Luke 11 U 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 1:5 BINET Nicolas 3 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
T16 W 15:7 MAIOLI Daniel 7 U 9 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
T8 L 5:15 BINET Nicolas 3 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club

"Corsair Nightmare" D @ Under.

Div III Women's Foil (E1, DV3), October 15, 2023
Place 5, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 READ Sarah 2 E22 1 Corsair Fencing Club 1994 2081 30.4 55%
Pool L 2:5 SHINN-CUNNINGHAM Barbara 6 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club / Carnegie Mellon University FC 1758 2050 35.4 67%
Pool L 3:5 POLLETTA Julie 1 E23 2 Corsair Fencing Club 2003 2015 26.3 51%
Pool L 4:5 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Carolina 5 U 6 Corsair Fencing Club 1346 1989 40.0 82%
Pool W 5:4 ECHNAT Izzy 4 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club 1481 1949 11.9 77%
T8 L 11:15 ECHNAT Izzy 4 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club 1772 2458 137.3 83%

"Corsair Nightmare" D @ Under.

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), October 15, 2023
Place 7, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 POLLETTA Julie 2 E23 5 Corsair Fencing Club 1979 2091 33.6 57%
Pool W 5:1 SHINN-CUNNINGHAM Barbara 8 U 8 Corsair Fencing Club / Carnegie Mellon University FC 1953 2057 23.4 56%
Pool L 1:5 RIALE Toren 3 U 2 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 HERTZEL Lucas 7 U 1 Bethel Park Fencing Club
T16 W 15:11 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Carolina 10 U 10 Corsair Fencing Club 2500 2403 55.1 46%
T8 L 8:15 GAVARRETE Moises 4 U 3 Carnegie Mellon University FC

Fight Strong! Fencing for the Cause

Unrated Mixed Foil (E1, U), October 1, 2023
Place 9, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 FORNEY Cadence 8 U 15 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2500 2041 25.2 33%
Pool W 5:4 TARCHICHI Robby 12 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Pool W 5:2 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Carolina 2 U 13 Corsair Fencing Club 2500 2066 24.5 34%
Pool L 2:5 LI RunLin 6 U 1 Steel City Fencers Club
Pool L 3:5 GAVARRETE Moises 14 U 3 Carnegie Mellon University FC
Pool W 5:4 DRIVER Holden 3 U 11 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 RIALE Toren 1 U 7 Corsair Fencing Club
T16 L 3:15 NOSIK Gabriel 11 U 8 Corsair Fencing Club

End of school year celebration " E" MF+WF +Y14mix

E & Under Women's Foil (E1, E), June 4, 2023
Place 2, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 LYON Claire 1 E23 1 Corsair Fencing Club 1295 2221 89.6 93%
Pool L 4:5 HOKAJ Nadine 6 U 3 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2114 2131 35.3 51%
Pool W 5:3 MUSSELMAN Wynn 5 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2032 2096 29.4 54%
Pool L 2:5 CALE Amy 3 U 5 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1716 2125 48.0 73%
Pool L 3:5 ERSOZ Yasemin 2 U 3 Pine Richland Fencing Club 1965 2077 35.9 57%
T8 W 15:11 CALE Amy 3 U 5 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2068 2516 53.6 71%
T4 W 15:13 ERSOZ Yasemin 2 U 3 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2170 2570 56.7 71%
T2 L 8:15 LYON Claire 1 E23 1 Corsair Fencing Club 1502 2626 223.9 94%

Lil Yinzers Youth Cadet & Junior Tournament

Cadet Mixed Foil (E1, CDT), May 21, 2023
Place 3, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 VERBOSKY Kuon 4 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Fabian 3 U 7 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 WHITMAN Sophia 7 U 6 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1318 2273 8.7 90%
Pool L 1:5 HANLON Lucy 1 E23 1 Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association / Nittany Fencing Academy 1468 2282 91.9 90%
Pool W 5:3 ERSOZ Yasemin 2 U 5 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2020 2190 30.7 61%
Pool W 5:3 SNYDER Simian 5 U 2 Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association
T8 W 15:5 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Fabian 3 U 7 Corsair Fencing Club
T4 L 13:15 SNYDER Simian 5 U 2 Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association

Lil Yinzers Youth Cadet & Junior Tournament

Junior Mixed Foil (C2, JNR), May 21, 2023
Place 32, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 HREHOCIK Matthew 8 E23 26 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 RIALE Toren 33 U 21 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 WALSH Grace 32 U 16 Unattached / Carnegie Mellon University FC 1672 2426 88.8 86%
Pool L 1:5 WEI Angela 3 D23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club / Star Fencing 2044 2337 64.1 68%
Pool L 2:5 LI RunLin 18 U 10 Steel City Fencers Club
Pool L 2:5 SELJAN Matt 12 E23 9 Cyranos Place
T64 W 15:8 BURKARDT Victor 29 U 33 Steel City Fencers Club
T32 L 0:15 MCCORD Clark 1 C22 5 Pittsburgh Fencers Club

PFC Spring Fest-Open Mixed Foil + "E" WF+Y14 mixed

E & Under Women's Foil (E1, E), April 30, 2023
Place 2, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 YOON Lyla 6 U 7 Pine Richland Fencing Club 1510 2386 11.6 90%
Pool W 5:2 SENTHILKUMAR Adithi 3 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1641 2398 15.5 80%
Pool W 5:4 LEE Suhyun 7 U 5 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1579 2413 12.7 87%
T8 W 15:14 HOKAJ Nadine 8 U 8 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2116 2389 87.9 63%
T4 W 15:9 MUSSELMAN Wynn 1 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2411 2477 93.4 53%
T2 L 12:15 NADIPALLI Nia 4 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 3071 2570 54.0 27%

Irish City Open 7

Senior Women's Foil (E1, SNR), March 18, 2023
Place 5, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 SHINN-CUNNINGHAM Barbara 5 U 3 1555 2497 14.5 90%
Pool L 4:5 HOKAJ Nadine 3 U 6 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2231 2511 84.5 66%
Pool W 5:4 ERSOZ Yasemin 6 U 2 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2168 2427 41.7 65%
Pool W 5:1 CALE Amy 4 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1662 2468 15.4 87%
Pool L 1:5 POLLETTA Julie 1 E21 1 Corsair Fencing Club 1932 2484 97.7 80%
T8 L 11:15 ERSOZ Yasemin 6 U 2 Pine Richland Fencing Club 1880 2652 262.7 83%

Irish City Open 7

E & Under Mixed Foil (D1, E), March 18, 2023
Place 10, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 ERSOZ Yasemin 12 U 18 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2426 2426 79.1 50%
Pool W 5:0 HOKAJ Nadine 25 U 14 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2114 2505 42.4 71%
Pool L 2:5 HEGDE Riya 3 E23 8 Western Reserve Academy 2751 2547 50.5 39%
Pool L 1:5 LEE Ethan 6 E22 3 OnTarget Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 FISHER William 21 U 27 Corsair Fencing Club / Steel City Fencers Club
Pool W 5:4 GILLESPIE Emmett 14 U 23 Fox Chapel High School Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing Club
T32 W 15:12 GILLESPIE Emmett 14 U 23 Fox Chapel High School Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing Club
T16 L 5:15 WANG David 13 U 7 Corsair Fencing Club

PFC "C" and under Mixed Foil and Unrated WF

Unrated Women's Foil (E1, U), February 11, 2023
Place 2, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 HOKAJ Nadine 2 U 3 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 1894 2951 254.0 91%
Pool W 5:2 YOON Lyla 4 U 5 Pine Richland Fencing Club 1538 2698 16.0 94%
Pool L 2:5 ERSOZ Yasemin 5 U 3 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2235 2714 162.5 75%
Pool W 5:0 GAO Yuxuan 3 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1265 2551 11.6 94%
Pool L 2:5 KWON Juyoung 1 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2118 2563 136.9 74%
T8 W 15:7 YOON Lyla 4 U 5 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2079 2688 99.2 72%
T4 W 15:7 ERSOZ Yasemin 5 U 3 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2246 2788 102.1 73%
T2 L 10:15 KWON Juyoung 1 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2443 2890 238.3 70%

PFC Winter Unrated Foil

Unrated Women's Foil (E1, U), February 5, 2023
Place 2, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 FINGER Elena 7 U 11 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2500 2935 100.0 65%
Pool W 5:4 SHAW Dutchabong 1 U 6 Royal Fencing Academy 1681 3035 21.2 96%
Pool W 5:1 CALE Amy 4 U 9 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2646 3057 99.6 67%
Pool W 5:0 SHAO Jennifer 5 U 7 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2483 3156 66.4 78%
Pool L 3:5 THERIAULT Deborah A. 8 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2572 3222 271.0 81%
T8 W 15:8 WHITMAN Sophia 3 U 8 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2921 2168 551.7 26%
T4 W 15:11 ERSOZ Yasemin 2 U 3 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2423 2720 231.0 62%
T2 L 12:15 THERIAULT Deborah A. 8 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 3000 2951 262.5 48%

PFC Winter Foil Festivities

E & Under Women's Foil (E1, E), December 4, 2022
Place 5, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 MAHESH Sehar 11 U 3 Western Reserve Academy 2500 2921 247.3 63%
Pool W 5:0 ERSOZ Yasemin 5 U 10 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2147 3168 117.4 85%
Pool L 4:5 THERIAULT Deborah A. 1 U 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2605 3285 495.7 77%
Pool W 5:3 KWON Juyoung 9 U 9 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1699 2790 58.2 89%
Pool W 5:1 MUSSELMAN Wynn 8 U 7 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2097 2848 87.4 80%
T8 L 8:15 MAHESH Sehar 11 U 3 Western Reserve Academy 2921 2500 331.8 37%

PFC Winter Foil Festivities

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), December 4, 2022
Place 17, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 NOWAK Patrick 3 U 3 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 APANASEWICZ Ethan 16 U 1 Western Reserve Academy
Pool L 2:5 RAJU Dharshan 9 U 5 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 1:5 SUN Henry 4 U 7 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 3:5 MAIOLI Daniel 15 U 16 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
T32 L 7:15 MAIOLI Daniel 15 U 16 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club

IUP Spooktacular Div III Foil and Epee

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), October 29, 2022
Place 6, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating U, Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 POWELL Sean 5 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Pool W 5:2 GUNDERSEN Liam 4 U 12 Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Pool W 5:4 OPFERMAN Benjamin 11 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Pool L 3:5 ALLEN Scott 8 U 7 Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Pool W 5:4 ERSOZ Yasemin 12 U 9 Pine Richland Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T16 W 15:3 CASSIDY Patrick 6 U 11 Indiana University of Pennsylvania
T8 L 6:15 YODER Neil 9 U 3 Indiana University of Pennsylvania