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Samantha Herdman

1965
Five Rings Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - 3 3
Losses - - - 21 16 37
Win ratio - - - 0.0% 15.8% 7.5%
Pool victories - - - - 3 3
Pool losses - - - 18 13 31
Pool win ratio - - - 0.0% 18.8% 8.8%
DE victories - - - - - -
DE losses - - - 3 3 6
DE win ratio - - - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - - - - - -
Easy wins % - - - - 0.0% 0.0%
Close wins‡ - - - - 1 1
Close wins % - - - - 33.3% 33.3%
Close losses‡ - - - 4 - 4
Close losses % - - - 19.0% 0.0% 10.8%
Big losses† - - - 8 6 14
Big losses % - - - 38.1% 37.5% 37.8%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - - 3 3 6
Tournaments - - - 2 3 5

Competition history

6 competitions, 40 bouts

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Veteran Women's Épée A2/B3, VET April 24, 2023

Place 69 of 70 Seed 66 Not ranked Rating U Five Rings Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 SMITH Dorothy 26 - C23 52 Fencing Academy Of Denver / South Denver Fencing Academy 1720 1548 31.1 39%
Pool
D 4:5 BRISK Angelica A. 15 - B22 28 Olympia Fencing Center 2263 1517 10.3 11%
Pool
D 3:5 GERRISH Joanne 56 - E22 49 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Connecticut) 1690 1507 28.5 39%
Pool
D 3:5 CHANG Heidi 33 - C22 20 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2746 1478 2.3 2%
Pool
D 3:5 CROCKET Anne R. 46 - D23 3 3118 1476 0.7 1%
Pool
D 2:5 KOCAB Elizabeth (Liz) R. 6 - A19 26 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2934 1475 1.2 1%
T128
D 5:10 REAM Jann L. 49 - D22 60 Iowa City Fencing Center 1756 1352 142.0 31%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Vet-50 Women's Épée A2, V50 April 23, 2023

Place 31 of 32 Seed 31 Rank 43 Rating U Five Rings Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 NOLLNER Jennifer R. 30 36 U 25 Wasatch Fencing / Schoolhouse Fencing 1796 1651 38.5 41%
Pool
D 4:5 BRISK Angelica A. 10 13 B22 14 Olympia Fencing Center 2254 1612 15.4 15%
Pool
D 1:5 TOTEMEIER Ann M. 1 1 A21 3 Northern Colorado Fencers / Denver Fencing Center 2871 1597 2.8 2%
Pool
D 3:5 SCHMID Carola K. 11 15 B22 20 Salle Auriol Seattle 2456 1594 9.0 8%
Pool
D 1:5 INAMDAR Nina S. 22 27 C19 17 Riverside Fencing Club 2106 1585 18.6 20%
Pool
D 1:5 ROWLAND May 19 13 C21 18 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / TigerZ Fencing Academy 2079 1567 18.2 20%
T32
D 6:10 SHICK Klaudia 5 7 C23 9 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2387 1422 70.1 11%

January NAC

Vet-50 Women's Épée B2, V50 January 7, 2023

Place 32 of 32 Seed 32 Not ranked Rating U Five Rings Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 KUNJAN Christiane 29 - U 26 Traverse City Fencing Club 1538 1850 75.9 67%
Pool
D 2:5 WOUNDY Melissa A. 19 25 D19 14 Rogue Fencing Academy / Silver City Fencing Club 1927 1774 46.5 40%
Pool
D 1:5 PROKOP Jeannine A. 9 17 B19 13 Nova Fencing Club 2366 1728 19.0 16%
Pool
D 1:5 ZAFFT Sharrie A. 2 2 A22 6 Marx Fencing Academy 2752 1709 6.9 5%
Pool
D 1:5 ROWLAND May 12 12 C21 24 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / TigerZ Fencing Academy 2021 1702 32.2 31%
Pool
D 4:5 SHICK Klaudia 23 9 E20 10 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2265 1669 18.6 17%
T32
D 2:10 GANSER Yuliya 3 3 B22 5 Medeo Fencing Club 3010 1442 20.1 2%

October NAC

Div II Women's Épée B3, DV2 October 21, 2019

Place 91 of 91 Seed 68 Not ranked Rating U Five Rings Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 SON Katherine (Injee) 64 - E19 62 Battle Born Fencing Club 2483 2051 45.5 25%
Pool
D 1:5 KOWALSKY Rachel A. 15 - C19 47 New York Fencing Academy 2898 2005 16.6 8%
Pool
D 2:5 DESAI Meera P. 42 - D19 7 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2590 1989 29.9 18%
Pool
D 3:5 MOK Chloe R. 90 - U 69 Medeo Fencing Club 2015 1959 66.9 47%
Pool
D 1:5 MILEWSKI Nicole 12 - C19 6 Cape Fear Fencing Association 2623 1892 19.7 13%
Pool
D 1:5 MAYER Ingrid V. 38 - C16 13 Alamo Fencing Academy 2529 1872 22.2 16%
T128
D 7:15 BELSLEY Devon K. 22 - C19 27 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 3045 1463 21.0 2%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Women's Épée B2, V50 June 30, 2019

Place 38 of 44 Seed 39 Rank 50 Rating U Five Rings Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 BOWEN Victoria M. 18 43 C18 12 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2420 2082 229.1 33%
Pool
D 2:5 TADLOCK Christine M. 11 10 C19 35 Fencing Institute Of Texas 2287 2311 148.1 51%
Pool
V 5:4 BRISK Angelica A. 4 5 A18 23 Olympia Fencing Center 2363 2163 150.8 39%
Pool
D 1:5 CHAYKINA Natalie V. 32 58 E15 22 Indianapolis Fencing Club 1904 2314 145.3 71%
Pool
D 3:5 MAUL Judy L. 25 26 E18 27 Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club 1962 2168 117.6 62%
T64
D 7:10 SIENDA Angela J. 29 35 E19 28 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1569 1895 431.4 63%

December NAC

Vet-50 Women's Épée B2, V50 December 15, 2018

Place 36 of 38 Seed 35 Rank 65 Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 POULIQUEN Karine S. 22 38 D18 30 Gryphon Fencing 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 3:5 WEISS Renee 29 62 E15 19 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1877 2079 422.0 57%
Pool
V 5:2 GLOVER Cynthia E. 11 20 C18 25 Rain City Fencing Center 2620 1657 693.1 13%
Pool
D 2:5 ZAFFT Sharrie A. 3 6 B18 2 Marx Fencing Academy 3249 2351 69.9 14%
Pool
D 3:5 GIFFORD Sally 15 42 C15 18 DC Fencers Club 2308 2281 198.9 49%
T64
D 7:10 COOPER Tina M. 23 58 D18 29 IMasters Academy / DC Fencers Club 2267 2500 605.5 59%