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Susan Vessels

1973
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 4 32 - - 36
Losses - 4 27 - - 31
Win ratio - 50.0% 54.2% - - 53.7%
Pool victories - 3 27 - - 30
Pool losses - 3 19 - - 22
Pool win ratio - 50.0% 58.7% - - 57.7%
DE victories - 1 5 - - 6
DE losses - 1 8 - - 9
DE win ratio - 50.0% 38.5% - - 40.0%

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† - 1 9 - - 10
Easy wins % - 25.0% 28.1% - - 27.8%
Close wins‡ - 2 8 - - 10
Close wins % - 50.0% 25.0% - - 27.8%
Close losses‡ - - 6 - - 6
Close losses % - 0.0% 22.2% - - 19.4%
Big losses† - 3 8 - - 11
Big losses % - 75.0% 29.6% - - 35.5%

† 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.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 1 - - 1
Victories % - 0.0% 3.1% - - 2.8%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses % - 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%
Total - - 1 - - 1
Total % - 0.0% 1.7% - - 1.5%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - 1 8 - - 9
Tournaments - 1 7 - - 8

Competition history

9 competitions, 67 bouts

Blue Box Open (Open, Youth, Y8)

Senior Mixed Épée C1, SNR November 16, 2024

Place 14 of 20 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating D24

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 EVERT Todd 5 - C24 3 Royal Arts Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 IGNATIK Piotr 19 - U 13 Royal Arts Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 RAMANATHAN Suriyaa Valliapan 14 - U 18 The Ohio State University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 WANG Elliott 10 - E24 6 Columbus International Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 CHAN Matthew 2 - B24 1 - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 VERWORN Jonathan 17 - U 17 Royal Arts Fencing Academy - - - -
T32
V 15:4 ADAMS Christopher 15 - U 19 Royal Arts Fencing Academy - - - -
T16
D 6:15 WOJCIECHOWSKI Matthew N. 1 - A24 3 Royal Arts Fencing Academy - - - -

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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 LORENTSON Dawn M. 9 16 A23 18 Riverside Fencing Club / Shoreline Fencers Club 2397 2604 103.0 63%
Pool
D 2:5 GANSER Yuliya 6 6 A24 9 Medeo Fencing Club 2632 2501 61.5 42%
Pool
V 5:4 CAREY Michele S. 20 35 C23 16 Bozeman Fencing Association, LLC 2233 2439 51.1 63%
Pool
V 5:2 BILLINGS Saylor 37 33 U 46 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 1281 2490 5.6 97%
Pool
V 5:3 ONTIVEROS Sara D. 45 - U 48 Olympia Fencing Center 1431 2496 8.3 95%
Pool
V 5:2 FELSENHELD Donna B. 34 - E22 37 Nova Fencing Club 1732 2504 16.4 89%
T64
V 10:2 ONTIVEROS Sara D. 45 - U 48 Olympia Fencing Center 1781 2468 66.3 81%
T32
V 10:9 PROKOP Jeannine A. 5 5 A23 20 Nova Fencing Club 2715 2534 191.9 40%
T16
D 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 KRISHNA Rithika 27 - E24 24 ASER International Fencing Academy 1382 2846 4.9 99%
Pool
V 5:2 FONS Amandine 43 - U 40 Savage Fencing Club 558 2851 0.7 > 99%
Pool
V 5:0 ALLEN Sarah 38 - U 52 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 1049 2851 2.1 99%
Pool
V 5:1 ENGEL Katie 42 - U 49 DC Fencers Club 1389 2854 5.0 98%
Pool
D 1:5 JAKEL Sophia N. 6 - A23 9 DC Fencers Club 3178 2859 67.0 32%
Pool
D 3:5 ILYAS Ayah 11 - B24 3 Elite Fencing Academy (va) / Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 2074 2792 187.9 86%
T64
V 15:7 FELSENHELD Donna B. 32 - E22 48 Nova Fencing Club 2174 2378 183.9 60%
T32
D 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 HUGHES Michael 4 - B23 3 DC Fencers Club - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 KREMPASKY John 9 - C20 13 Nova Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 4:3 MOLINA Rommel 16 - U 14 Nova Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 KONG Qingjun 15 - U 17 Penta Olympic Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 HITCHCOCK David 3 - A24 3 Cardinal Fencing Academy - - - -
T16
D 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 EXUM Monica M. 1 1 A24 6 Salle Auriol Seattle 2930 2774 148.6 41%
Pool
V 5:3 BRISK Angelica A. 12 19 B22 3 Olympia Fencing Center 2240 2625 91.3 71%
Pool
V 5:3 TOLLEY Toby 13 38 B22 3 The Phoenix Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 2287 2716 74.1 73%
Pool
V 5:4 FISCHER Marit 27 - E23 30 Spokane Fencers Unlimited 1970 2790 33.0 88%
Pool
V 5:3 KUNJAN Christiane 37 - U 24 Traverse City Fencing Club 1784 2823 19.1 93%
Pool
V 5:0 BECK Sara 36 48 U 37 Portland Fencing Center 1265 2843 3.4 99%
T32
V 10:5 NOLLNER Jennifer R. 23 29 E23 32 Wasatch Fencing / Schoolhouse Fencing 1612 2417 130.4 83%
T16
D 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 ZALEWSKI David 16 - C23 21 Virginia Tech Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 MILLER Luke 46 - U 17 College of William & Mary Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 KEIM Spencer 51 - U 45 Liberty University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 WALLACE James 17 - C23 27 Fencing Club Asheville - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 HAYES Zackery 33 - E23 53 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 WOODLEY Colin 1 - A23 1 Virginia Tech Fencing Club / Penta Olympic Fencing Club - - - -
T64
D 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 MCKNIGHT Andrew 39 - U 38 Liberty University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 LUNDEN Espen 14 - U 28 Virginia Tech Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 DIX Philip-Alexander 23 - U 34 Virginia Tech Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 SOUTHWORTH Connor 34 - U 19 James Madison University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 HAN Sam 2 - D23 6 Apex Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 VERGARA Jace Riley 26 - U 11 Greensboro Fencing Academy - - - -
T32
D 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 SCHMID Carola K. 11 12 B23 24 Salle Auriol Seattle 2448 2571 447.0 55%
Pool
V 5:4 BECK Sara 36 - U 27 Portland Fencing Center 1249 3018 21.3 98%
Pool
V 5:3 WOLF Lisa A. 14 12 B21 14 Riverside Fencing Club 2326 3040 146.7 80%
Pool
D 2:5 SCHULTZ Michelle M. 2 2 B23 11 Hooked On Fencing 2529 3186 488.5 79%
Pool
V 5:3 BOWEN Victoria M. 24 27 D22 31 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1990 2698 75.9 83%
T32
V 10:2 BLASKO Judit 29 19 U 26 1597 2500 226.6 80%
T16
D 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 ZHANG Michael 16 - E23 13 Hooked on Fencing - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 LANDIS Eli 24 - U 23 Hooked on Fencing - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 MICKO Fritz K. 1 - A23 2 Hooked on Fencing - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 TURZILLO Mary A. 21 - U 25 789 2500 71.3 95%
Pool
D 2:5 LASIYCHUK Nikita 9 - D23 7 Hooked on Fencing - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 KANAR Ian 6 - B23 5 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy / Naples Fencing Academy - - - -
T32
D 10:15 BONILHA-VAN'T HOF Rafael 13 - E23 14 - - - -