Samuel Lillard

1963

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 11 6 12 36 65
Losses - 10 7 11 28 56
Win Ratio - 52.4% 46.2% 52.2% 56.2% 53.7%
Pool Victories - 10 6 10 28 54
Pool Losses - 7 5 8 19 39
Pool Win Ratio - 58.8% 54.5% 55.6% 59.6% 58.1%
DE Victories - 1 - 2 8 11
DE Losses - 3 2 3 9 17
DE Win Ratio - 25.0% 0.0% 40.0% 47.1% 39.3%

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

Scores

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Easy wins† - 4 3 5 16 28
Easy wins as % of wins - 36.4% 50.0% 41.7% 44.4% 43.1%
Close wins‡ - 4 1 1 10 16
Close wins as % of all wins - 36.4% 16.7% 8.3% 27.8% 24.6%
Close losses‡ - 2 2 1 7 12
Close losses as % of all losses - 20.0% 28.6% 9.1% 25.0% 21.4%
Big losses† - 5 2 5 9 21
Big losses as % of all losses - 50.0% 28.6% 45.5% 32.1% 37.5%

† 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

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events - 3 2 3 9 17
Tournaments - 2 1 3 7 13

Competition History

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A2, V60), July 3, 2024
Place 11 of 32, Seed 19, Rank 33, Rating D22, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 KIZIK Val 11 B23 5 IndySabre 3201 2415 34.9 10%
Pool W 5:0 CRETEN joachim 10 19 B22 23 Oregon Fencing Alliance 1953 2450 7.3 79%
Pool W 5:0 ELDER John 21 D23 24 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1920 2457 6.7 81%
Pool L 2:5 MATT Chris 1 2 A24 1 Capital Fencing Academy 3227 2463 4.0 10%
Pool W 5:2 DONNELLON James G. 31 U 25 Renaissance Fencing Club 1317 2459 1.5 97%
Pool W 5:3 LESCH Randall (R.J.) J. 30 U 30 Carlisle Fencing Club 1167 2461 1.0 98%
T32 W 10:2 SAFAI Tejav 29 46 U 28 Royal Fencing Academy 1368 2214 12.4 88%
T16 L 3:10 BADGER Carlton (Carl) M. 16 C22 6 Forge Fencing Teams 2956 2226 14.3 13%

Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), April 27, 2024
Place 39 of 47, Seed 35, Not ranked, Rating D22, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 7 B24 3 Globus Fencing Academy 2497 2463 16.9 48%
Pool L 1:5 MALNATI Donald H. 25 C23 26 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2827 2446 9.7 27%
Pool L 3:5 BACON Michael F. 8 B24 3 Manhattan Fencing Center 2864 2437 8.8 24%
Pool W 5:4 SUTHERLAND Jr. Richard L. 36 E24 16 Miracle Fencing Club / New Orleans Fencers Club 1876 2428 6.9 82%
Pool L 4:5 ZOLLER Matthew 21 C23 15 Fencing Academy Of Denver 2290 2435 20.2 59%
T64 L 4:10 GUEBLE Jeffrey R. 15 B21 28 Infinity Fencing Alliance / Washington Fencing Academy 2842 2233 19.4 17%

Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A2, V60), April 26, 2024
Place 17 of 31, Seed 21, Not ranked, Rating D22, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 MIGHELL Jason 22 22 E21 20 Denver Fencing Center / Mile High Fencing Club 2103 2443 11.4 71%
Pool W 5:4 KEEFER Philip E. 11 B21 22 Capital Fencing Academy 2453 2455 18.6 50%
Pool W 5:0 TREANOR Donald K. 29 37 U 28 Fencing Center Of Chicago / RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1507 2473 2.8 94%
Pool L 1:5 LUNDBORG Mark R. 1 1 A24 2 Washington Fencing Academy 3288 2476 4.2 9%
Pool L 2:5 LEAR Donald W. 12 9 C24 10 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2448 2472 18.7 52%
Pool W 5:4 HENDRICKS Ron 30 U 27 Wasatch Fencing 2089 2453 10.1 72%
T32 L 9:10 DAHL Chris 19 11 D23 16 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2128 2300 66.7 61%

January NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A2, V60), January 9, 2023
Place 18 of 36, Seed 17, Rank 20, Rating D22, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 SRERE Mark A. 5 5 C22 6 Capital Fencing Academy 2502 2469 19.8 48%
Pool W 5:4 BLAIR III Ray H. 29 17 U 28 Naples Fencing Academy / Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 1998 2450 10.0 77%
Pool W 5:3 HICHA Paul R. 20 D21 12 Arizona State University Fencing Club 2260 2460 15.1 63%
Pool L 4:5 CRETEN joachim 9 16 B22 19 PDX Fencing 1849 2475 37.6 85%
Pool W 5:1 ELDER John 28 E19 31 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1783 2437 6.3 86%
T32 L 2:10 LEAR Donald W. 21 13 D19 15 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2636 2338 37.4 33%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), January 8, 2023
Place 34 of 56, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating D22, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 GILLESPIE Jeremy W. 54 U 56 1041 2534 0.8 99%
Pool L 2:5 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 7 B22 22 Globus Fencing Academy 2333 2535 30.4 63%
Pool L 1:5 SU Ji 39 E19 39 Miracle Fencing Club 1663 2505 51.8 91%
Pool L 3:5 KRASNICH Mike 26 D21 24 2150 2453 30.0 68%
Pool W 5:1 WAXLER Aaron M. 42 U 7 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2269 2423 16.5 59%
Pool W 5:3 CHU Kevin 10 B21 11 Manhattan Fencing Center 2746 2439 30.2 31%
T64 L 8:10 BAKER Keith L. 19 C20 16 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2457 2395 57.1 46%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), July 5, 2022
Place 18 of 27, Seed 13, Rank 28, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 5 5 B22 12 Fencing Institute Of Texas 2329 2583 34.4 66%
Pool W 5:1 MEHTA Nalin J. 19 16 E19 16 Denver Fencing Center 1663 2549 4.7 93%
Pool W 5:1 BUHAY Renato 26 U 25 Fencing Academy Of Denver 639 2554 0.2 > 99%
Pool L 1:5 DOLEGIEWICZ Mariusz 12 20 C22 6 Midwest Fencing Club 2928 2554 13.8 28%
Pool L 1:5 BACON Michael F. 4 4 B22 6 Manhattan Fencing Center 3334 2540 5.8 10%
T32 L 5:10 RICHARDSON Troy A. 18 27 E21 15 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) / Salle Couturier 2156 2487 92.5 69%

Arnold Fencing Classic ROC (Div1A, Div 2, Vet), RJCC, and RYC

Veteran Men's Saber (E1, VET), March 13, 2022
Place 3 of 9, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 SINGER Eric 5 U 6 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1074 2610 1.2 98%
Pool W 5:2 BLAKE Jason 4 U 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1455 2611 3.6 94%
Pool W 5:4 ASHBY Rob 6 U 9 Salle Green LLC 1203 2615 1.2 99%
Pool L 3:5 LUKIBANOV Oleg 3 D22 1 Renaissance Fencing Club 2667 2616 23.8 47%
Pool L 2:5 STREB Joseph S. 1 C21 2 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2943 2592 15.4 29%
Pool W 5:1 HOORNSTRA David S. 9 U 7 Ann Arbor Dueling Society 1352 2577 2.7 95%
Pool W 5:1 TREANOR Donald K. 7 U 5 Bermuda Fencing Club 1517 2580 3.1 95%
Pool W 5:3 SEMOS David Andrew 8 U 8 Bermuda Fencing Club 743 2583 0.4 > 99%
T8 W 10:7 SINGER Eric 5 U 6 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2079 2485 34.2 66%
T4 L 6:10 STREB Joseph S. 1 C21 2 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 3049 2519 32.0 22%

March NAC

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), March 4, 2022
Place 14 of 25, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 MIGHELL Jason 5 5 E21 16 Denver Fencing Center 2393 2631 21.5 65%
Pool L 3:5 PENTON Robert 12 C19 15 Triple Threat Fencing Academy 3056 2653 15.8 26%
Pool L 3:5 VIDOVSZKY Tamas J. 4 4 A22 5 Premier Fencing Academy LLC / Peninsula Fencing Academy 3557 2637 5.3 8%
Pool L 0:5 ZIPPER Michael E. 14 12 D22 7 Manhattan Fencing Center / Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 2545 2631 31.4 56%
Pool W 5:2 CHEN Lester 21 24 U 21 Laguna Fencing Center 2004 2600 10.4 82%
T32 W 10:6 STATEN Joseph 23 U 20 Salle Auriol Seattle 1536 2485 16.9 90%
T16 L 9:10 VIDOVSZKY Tamas J. 4 4 A22 5 Premier Fencing Academy LLC / Peninsula Fencing Academy 3380 2502 17.3 10%

Arnold Fencing Classic 2020

Veteran Men's Saber (E1, VET), March 8, 2020
Place 3 of 10, Seed 2, Rank 36, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 ACKER Alan 3 58 U 5 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 907 2640 0.5 > 99%
Pool L 2:5 CHECKEYE Daniel J. 6 U 2 West Shore Fencers Club 2753 2641 18.5 45%
Pool W 5:1 GREEN Robert 10 U 9 Indysabre 1646 2622 6.1 90%
Pool W 5:1 RAMIREZ Joselito 7 U 8 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1386 2628 2.6 97%
T8 W 10:7 TREANOR Donald K. 8 U 7 2440 2451 63.4 50%
T4 L 9:10 CHECKEYE Daniel J. 6 U 2 West Shore Fencers Club 3176 2515 29.3 23%

December NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), December 9, 2019
Place 19 of 45, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 THORNTON Ronald J. 2 A19 10 Capital Fencing Academy 3497 2590 6.7 8%
Pool W 5:1 THORNTON Michael (Mike) G. 45 U 39 Peninsula Fencing Academy 1172 2583 1.8 98%
Pool W 5:1 JAKUBEK Zygmunt J. 31 E18 23 2639 2585 35.1 47%
Pool W 5:2 DANIELL Steven J. 42 U 43 Cutting Edge Fencing Club 1544 2620 3.9 96%
Pool W 5:0 MIGHELL Jason 27 E19 29 Denver Fencing Center / Mile High Fencing Club 2394 2624 23.2 64%
Pool L 4:5 HERRERA Richard K. 13 B16 17 PDX Fencing 3505 2647 6.9 9%
T32 L 6:10 DASHNAW Stephen 10 B19 8 Lilov Fencing Academy 3445 2468 16.5 7%

December NAC

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), December 8, 2019
Place 17 of 28, Seed 11, Rank 17, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 MATT Chris 3 3 A19 6 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 3322 2505 88.1 10%
Pool L 4:5 HECK Steven D. 6 6 C19 19 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2927 2593 23.3 30%
Pool W 5:1 MARTINEZ Mario D. 14 18 D17 18 Cardinal Fencing Club 2232 2569 22.7 70%
Pool W 5:4 MEHTA Nalin J. 19 29 E19 25 Denver Fencing Center 1628 2592 5.9 94%
Pool W 5:1 GOMES John F. 22 U 23 Spartak 1729 2598 8.3 89%
Pool L 3:5 KASSIMOV FARKHAD 27 U 11 Integrity Fencing Studio 3065 2606 16.6 27%
T32 L 5:10 FIALKOWSKI Steven P. 26 U 16 United Fencers of Oakland 1482 2642 173.8 91%

Crescent City Open ROC & RJCC

Veteran Men's Saber (E1, VET), October 26, 2019
Place 3 of 14, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 DAWSON Todd 10 U 9 Athens Fencing Club 2418 2549 52.2 57%
Pool W 5:2 ROACH Hal 14 U 14 Knights Of Siena (sc) 1782 2496 15.7 79%
Pool W 5:3 HAYWARD Donald 11 U 6 Cutting Edge Fencing Club 1374 2512 5.1 96%
Pool L 2:5 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 6 E19 2 Cutting Edge Fencing Club 2308 2517 60.0 63%
Pool W 5:1 KATH Philip (Doc) D. 3 C17 7 Knights Of Siena (sc) 2034 2457 23.1 74%
Pool W 5:2 ALVAREZ Anthony R. 7 E19 5 Carlisle Fencing Club 2152 2480 24.3 67%
T16 W 10:2 KEARNEY John 13 U 13 Cutting Edge Fencing Club 1572 2728 22.5 90%
T8 W 10:8 BLAIR III Ray H. 8 E17 8 Naples Fencing Academy / Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2081 2751 44.7 80%
T4 L 8:10 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 6 E19 2 Cutting Edge Fencing Club 2479 2795 153.8 68%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), June 30, 2019
Place 27 of 42, Seed 8, Rank 8, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 LUNDBORG Mark R. 5 5 B18 1 Washington Fencing Academy 3164 2713 35.2 25%
Pool W 5:1 PREUD'HOMME Xavier A. 38 49 U 40 Mid-South Fencers' Club 1642 2678 11.2 93%
Pool L 2:5 FAINGOLD Vladimir 29 43 E17 17 Corsair Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2499 2689 70.7 61%
Pool L 4:5 ZIPPER Michael E. 20 20 D19 19 Manhattan Fencing Center / Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 2485 2619 69.2 58%
Pool W 5:2 BUKOWSKI Todd 32 E19 31 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation / National Capital Fencers Club 2157 2549 30.9 72%
Pool L 1:5 NEVEROVICH Vitaly V. 17 22 C18 14 Renaissance Fencing Club 2925 2580 31.7 30%
T64 W 10:3 PINCUS Gary J. 30 50 E18 38 Knights Of Siena (SC) 1849 2738 39.5 83%
T32 L 3:10 THORNTON Ronald J. 9 9 A19 9 Capital Fencing Academy 3457 2778 49.4 19%

Arnold Fencing Classic

Veteran Men's Saber (U, VET), March 3, 2019
Place 2 of 5, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing & Fitness
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 RAMIREZ Joselito 4 U 3 Columbus Fencing & Fitness 2500 2665 46.0 56%
Pool L 1:5 MIRONOVAS Mikhail (Misha) 1 A18 1 Columbus Fencing & Fitness 3617 2711 18.8 11%
Pool W 5:1 WORTHINGTON David 5 U 5 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 3031 2692 80.7 34%
Pool L 3:5 BROWN Richard 3 D17 3 Kaprica United Fencing Academy 2907 2773 59.2 42%
T4 W 10:4 BROWN Richard 3 D17 3 Kaprica United Fencing Academy 2579 2711 131.4 56%
T2 L 7:10 MIRONOVAS Mikhail (Misha) 1 A18 1 Columbus Fencing & Fitness 3087 2843 104.6 38%

Capitol Clash SYC & RCC with Non-Regional Veteran and Y8

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), February 2, 2019
Place 15 of 38, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 DASHNAW Stephen 3 B18 3 Lilov Fencing Academy 3264 2789 58.7 25%
Pool L 3:5 NEMAZIE David A. 26 E15 17 Salisbury Fencing Club 2513 2731 125.9 62%
Pool W 5:4 GLASSER Jerome 15 C15 32 Capital Fencing Academy 1376 2605 11.5 95%
Pool W 5:4 HUANG Erich 32 U 33 Mid-South Fencers' Club 1608 2616 17.1 92%
Pool W 5:1 HONE Marc 20 E18 14 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 1952 2633 31.3 83%
T32 W 10:8 DAHL Chris 17 D18 18 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2552 2775 183.0 61%
T16 L 6:10 THORNTON Ronald J. 1 A18 1 Capital Fencing Academy 2511 2958 246.3 69%

December NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), December 15, 2018
Place 19 of 43, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 CAROTHERS Michael B. 40 U 32 Kansas City Fencing Center 2254 2801 82.6 75%
Pool W 5:2 ROSENTHAL Paul E. 26 D18 24 Sheridan Fencing Academy 2165 2884 57.9 82%
Pool W 5:2 MCLAUGHLIN Joseph R. 35 E17 29 Mid-South Fencers' Club / Cape Fear Fencing Association 1881 2941 30.0 90%
Pool L 3:5 DASHNAW Stephen 12 B17 3 Lilov Fencing Academy 2986 2971 126.7 49%
Pool L 4:5 THORNTON Ronald J. 3 A18 18 Capital Fencing Academy 3397 2845 55.4 24%
T32 L 3:10 GUEBLE Jeffrey R. 28 D17 15 Washington Fencing Academy / Infinity Fencing Alliance 3261 2967 192.2 38%

December NAC

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), December 14, 2018
Place 8 of 31, Seed 13, Rank 13, Rating C18, Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 BECKER William L. 3 3 A16 1 2497 2500 483.3 50%
Pool W 5:4 POND III George E. 23 28 E18 29 2317 2017 383.1 40%
Pool W 5:4 KIZIK Val 8 12 A15 6 IndySabre 2658 2400 343.4 40%
Pool W 5:2 EL-SHERBINY Hosam E. 31 U 21 3032 2743 313.5 37%
Pool L 3:5 ZIPPER Michael E. 18 35 D17 20 Manhattan Fencing Center / Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 2755 3057 255.7 64%
T32 W 10:8 EL-SHERBINY Hosam E. 31 U 21 2079 2500 331.8 63%
T16 W 10:8 BACON Michael F. 11 11 B17 10 Manhattan Fencing Center 2984 2832 397.6 45%
T8 L 5:10 BECKER William L. 3 3 A16 1 3449 3229 262.5 41%