Susan Vessels

1973

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 32 - - - 32
Losses - 27 - - - 27
Win Ratio - 54.2% - - - 54.2%
Pool Victories - 27 - - - 27
Pool Losses - 19 - - - 19
Pool Win Ratio - 58.7% - - - 58.7%
DE Victories - 5 - - - 5
DE Losses - 8 - - - 8
DE Win Ratio - 38.5% - - - 38.5%

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† - 9 - - - 9
Easy wins as % of wins - 28.1% - - - 28.1%
Close wins‡ - 8 - - - 8
Close wins as % of all wins - 25.0% - - - 25.0%
Close losses‡ - 6 - - - 6
Close losses as % of all losses - 22.2% - - - 22.2%
Big losses† - 8 - - - 8
Big losses as % of all losses - 29.6% - - - 29.6%

† 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.

Bouts with Time Expired

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 1 - - - 1
Victories as % of all victories - 3.1% - - - 3.1%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses as % of all losses - 0.0% - - - 0.0%
Total - 1 - - - 1
Total as % of all bouts - 1.7% - - - 1.7%

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events - 8 - - - 8
Tournaments - 7 - - - 7

Competition History

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-50 Women's Épée (A2, V50), July 1, 2024
Place 14 of 49, Seed 24, Rank 14, Rating D24
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 LORENTSON Dawn M. 9 16 A23 18 Riverside Fencing Club / Shoreline Fencers Club 2407 2604 101.9 62%
Pool L 2:5 GANSER Yuliya 6 6 A24 9 Medeo Fencing Club 2616 2502 63.0 43%
Pool W 5:4 CAREY Michele S. 20 35 C23 16 Bozeman Fencing Association, LLC 2233 2439 51.1 63%
Pool W 5:2 BILLINGS Saylor 37 33 U 46 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 1281 2490 5.6 97%
Pool W 5:3 ONTIVEROS Sara D. 45 U 48 Olympia Fencing Center 1432 2495 8.3 95%
Pool W 5:2 FELSENHELD Donna B. 34 E22 37 Nova Fencing Club 1732 2504 16.4 89%
T64 W 10:2 ONTIVEROS Sara D. 45 U 48 Olympia Fencing Center 1779 2468 66.2 81%
T32 W 10:9 PROKOP Jeannine A. 5 5 A23 20 Nova Fencing Club 2715 2534 191.9 40%
T16 L 8:10 TOLLEY Toby 7 7 B24 3 The Phoenix Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 2962 2726 95.9 37%

Amazon Open XXI

Senior Women's Épée (A2, SNR), June 2, 2024
Place 19 of 54, Seed 22, Not ranked, Rating D24
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 KRISHNA Rithika 27 E24 24 ASER International Fencing Academy 1382 2846 4.9 99%
Pool W 5:2 FONS Amandine 43 U 40 Savage Fencing Club 558 2851 0.7 > 99%
Pool W 5:0 ALLEN Sarah 38 U 52 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 1049 2851 2.1 99%
Pool W 5:1 ENGEL Katie 42 U 49 DC Fencers Club 1388 2854 5.0 98%
Pool L 1:5 JAKEL Sophia N. 6 A23 9 DC Fencers Club 3178 2859 67.0 32%
Pool L 3:5 ILYAS Ayah 11 B24 3 Elite Fencing Academy (va) / Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 2074 2792 187.9 86%
T64 W 15:7 FELSENHELD Donna B. 32 E22 48 Nova Fencing Club 2174 2378 183.9 60%
T32 L 9:15 YANG Alisa 3 A24 1 Guanyi Fencing Academy 3129 2562 93.8 22%

Top of The Hill Vet Open Epee & Saber

Veteran Mixed Épée (A1, VET), May 18, 2024
Place 11 of 18, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating D24
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 HUGHES Michael 4 B23 3 DC Fencers Club
Pool L 4:5 KREMPASKY John 9 C20 13 Nova Fencing Club
Pool W 4:3 MOLINA Rommel 16 U 14 Nova Fencing Club
Pool W 5:2 KONG Qingjun 15 U 17 Penta Olympic Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 HITCHCOCK David 3 A24 3 Cardinal Fencing Academy
T16 L 6:10 SWICK Kerry 11 D24 6 DC Fencers Club

Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NAC

Vet-50 Women's Épée (A2, V50), April 27, 2024
Place 9 of 37, Seed 25, Rank 35, Rating E22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 EXUM Monica M. 1 1 A24 6 Salle Auriol Seattle 2930 2774 148.6 41%
Pool W 5:3 BRISK Angelica A. 12 19 B22 3 Olympia Fencing Center 2240 2625 91.3 71%
Pool W 5:3 TOLLEY Toby 13 38 B22 3 The Phoenix Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 2287 2716 74.1 73%
Pool W 5:4 FISCHER Marit 27 E23 30 Spokane Fencers Unlimited 1970 2790 33.0 88%
Pool W 5:3 KUNJAN Christiane 37 U 24 Traverse City Fencing Club 1784 2823 19.1 93%
Pool W 5:0 BECK Sara 36 48 U 37 Portland Fencing Center 1266 2843 3.4 99%
T32 W 10:5 NOLLNER Jennifer R. 23 29 E23 32 Wasatch Fencing / Schoolhouse Fencing 1612 2417 130.4 83%
T16 L 2:10 TOLLEY Toby 13 38 B22 3 The Phoenix Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 3008 2548 169.9 29%

The Virginia Tech Open

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), February 4, 2024
Place 36 of 56, Seed 35, Not ranked, Rating E22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 ZALEWSKI David 16 C23 21 Virginia Tech Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 MILLER Luke 46 U 17 College of William & Mary Fencing Club
Pool W 5:2 KEIM Spencer 51 U 45 Liberty University Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 WALLACE James 17 C23 27 Fencing Club Asheville
Pool W 5:2 HAYES Zackery 33 E23 53 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 WOODLEY Colin 1 A23 1 Virginia Tech Fencing Club / Penta Olympic Fencing Club
T64 L 14:15 WEIKEL Joel 43 U 29 Greensboro Fencing Academy

The Virginia Tech Open

Div III Mixed Épée (C2, DV3), February 3, 2024
Place 24 of 40, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating E22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 MCKNIGHT Andrew 39 U 38 Liberty University Fencing Club
Pool L 4:5 LUNDEN Espen 14 U 28 Virginia Tech Fencing Club
Pool W 5:3 DIX Philip-Alexander 23 U 34 Virginia Tech Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 SOUTHWORTH Connor 34 U 19 James Madison University Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 HAN Sam 2 D23 6 Apex Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:2 VERGARA Jace Riley 26 U 11 Greensboro Fencing Academy
T32 L 8:15 WATSON Raymond 1 D24 10 Richmond Fencing Club

January NAC

Vet-50 Women's Épée (A2, V50), January 5, 2024
Place 13 of 36, Seed 27, Not ranked, Rating E22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 SCHMID Carola K. 11 12 B23 24 Salle Auriol Seattle 2448 2571 447.0 55%
Pool W 5:4 BECK Sara 36 U 27 Portland Fencing Center 1250 3018 21.3 98%
Pool W 5:3 WOLF Lisa A. 14 12 B21 14 Riverside Fencing Club 2326 3040 146.7 80%
Pool L 2:5 SCHULTZ Michelle M. 2 2 B23 11 Hooked On Fencing 2529 3186 488.5 79%
Pool W 5:3 BOWEN Victoria M. 24 27 D22 31 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1990 2698 75.9 83%
T32 W 10:2 BLASKO Judit 29 19 U 26 1597 2500 226.6 80%
T16 L 3:10 CHANG Heidi 15 10 C23 5 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 3103 2727 309.5 35%

HoF Mixed Epee Open

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), November 18, 2023
Place 19 of 25, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating E22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 ZHANG Michael 16 E23 13 Hooked on Fencing
Pool W 5:4 LANDIS Eli 24 U 23 Hooked on Fencing
Pool L 2:5 MICKO Fritz K. 1 A23 2 Hooked on Fencing
Pool W 5:1 TURZILLO Mary A. 21 U 25 789 2500 71.3 95%
Pool L 2:5 LASIYCHUK Nikita 9 D23 7 Hooked on Fencing
Pool L 4:5 KANAR Ian 6 B23 5 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy / Naples Fencing Academy
T32 L 10:15 BONILHA-VAN'T HOF Rafael 13 E23 14