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Matt Blanco

2002
University of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 16 20 4 - - 40
Losses 7 13 9 - - 29
Win ratio 69.6% 60.6% 30.8% - - 58.0%
Pool victories 12 16 3 - - 31
Pool losses 4 10 7 - - 21
Pool win ratio 75.0% 61.5% 30.0% - - 59.6%
DE victories 4 4 1 - - 9
DE losses 3 3 2 - - 8
DE win ratio 57.1% 57.1% 33.3% - - 52.9%

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† 4 8 1 - - 13
Easy wins % 25.0% 40.0% 25.0% - - 32.5%
Close wins‡ 3 2 1 - - 6
Close wins % 18.8% 10.0% 25.0% - - 15.0%
Close losses‡ - 4 1 - - 5
Close losses % 0.0% 30.8% 11.1% - - 17.2%
Big losses† 3 2 6 - - 11
Big losses % 42.9% 15.4% 66.7% - - 37.9%

† 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 4 2 - - 9
Tournaments 3 4 2 - - 9

Competition history

9 competitions, 69 bouts

USACFC 2026 Championship

Athos Saber C2 April 11, 2026

Place 21 of 145 Seed 36 Not ranked Rating E25 University of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Bridgeport Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 TYLER Weston 145 - U 101 Drexel University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 PARK Jiyoo 77 - U 141 Boston University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 LEE Brian Missing ID 120 - U 78 Stony Brook University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 RAJABI Muhammadali 91 - U 37 United States Military Academy Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 GERSCH Joan 49 - U 113 Binghamton University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 COLLINS Andrew M. Missing ID 7 - C24 3 Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Fencing Club - - - -
T128
V 15:10 RUBIATO Lawrence 104 - U 104 Penn State University Fencing Club - - - -
T64
V 15:14 WAGNER Calvin 38 - E24 48 Rutgers University Fencing Club - - - -
T32
D 7:15 XU Luke 1 - B26 11 Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Fencing Club / Fencing Academy of Denver - - - -

2026 Linkmeyer Invitational

Senior Mixed Saber C2, SNR February 21, 2026

Place 17 of 32 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating E25 University of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Bridgeport Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 DESOUZA Hansel S. 16 - U 31 University of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club 2500 1817 28.4 25%
Pool
V 5:3 CHEN Zhengming 6 - D26 12 Eagle Blade Fencers Club 1566 1846 19.9 68%
Pool
D 0:5 LIN Ethan 20 - U 8 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 1347 1865 50.9 80%
Pool
D 1:5 JOUFFLINEAU Yohann 5 - D26 3 West Coast Fencing Academy 1694 1814 32.3 58%
Pool
V 5:3 WALBERT Charlotte B. 32 - U 25 University Of Calif/Santa Barbara (UCSB) - - - -
T32
D 11:15 YANG Jake 19 - U 16 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1398 2104 172.8 86%

San Diego Senior Cup #1

Senior Mixed Saber E1, SNR October 26, 2025

Place 2 of 13 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating E25 University of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Bridgeport Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 MINDIRGASOVA Valentina 2 - E25 5 Spartak - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 GOMES John F. 8 - U 7 Spartak 1517 1819 21.8 69%
Pool
V 5:3 MCLAY Robert 10 - U 6 Forte Fencing Club 1387 1841 15.5 73%
Pool
V 5:2 RIGG Brian 6 - U 12 Spartak 1119 1856 8.9 88%
Pool
D 3:5 BROWN Jeremy 5 - U 3 Spartak 1489 1865 48.1 73%
T8
V 15:14 CHANDLER Scott 11 - U 8 Spartak 758 2203 7.2 98%
T4
V 15:10 PETRICK Cody 13 - U 3 Laguna Fencing Center 1581 2210 41.9 80%
T2
D 9:15 BROWN Andrew 1 - E25 1 Spartak 1886 2252 148.3 71%

UCLA Okawa Open 2025

Senior Mixed Saber E1, SNR April 26, 2025

Place 1 of 7 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating U University Of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Bridgeport Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 KNIGHT Alex 2 - U 5 1705 1693 35.8 49%
Pool
V 5:0 SUZUKI HAN ALISA 3 - U 6 South Bay Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 WANG Conrad 6 - U 2 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 3092 1729 68.3 6%
Pool
V 5:1 AN Yang 5 - U 7 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 793 1798 6.5 92%
Pool
V 5:3 KIM Ryan 1 - E21 3 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 1894 1804 40.5 44%
Pool
D 4:5 KUMAR mahatwa 4 - U 3 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 1933 1845 25.6 45%
T4
V 15:12 KIM Ryan 1 - E21 3 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 2115 1829 188.6 34%
T2
V 15:8 WANG Conrad 6 - U 2 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 3168 2017 185.5 11%

United State Collegiate Club Championships 2025

Senior Men's Saber B2/C3, SNR April 5, 2025

Place 78 of 150 Seed 149 Not ranked Rating U University of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Bridgeport Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 BUEKER Samuel P. 29 - D22 16 Cornell University Collegiate Fencing Club 2719 1695 6.7 5%
Pool
V 5:1 VILLEGAS Aidan 119 - U 86 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. 1382 1688 30.0 68%
Pool
V 5:2 RACHAPROLU DIVYAGNYAAN Siddartha 59 - U 118 George Mason University Fencing Club 1369 1718 26.7 71%
Pool
D 3:5 WANG Bryan 16 - D25 33 Georgia Tech University Yellow Jacket Fencing Club / Olympic Fencers Club 2084 1745 26.1 30%
Pool
D 3:5 LEE Brian 73 - U 78 Stony Brook University Fencing Club 1657 1719 37.9 53%
Pool
V 5:3 BAWA Aryan 104 - U 146 Dartmouth College 956 1681 12.4 84%
T128
D 8:15 FRANK Taylor J. 63 - U 53 University of California Davis 1582 2014 185.0 69%

Bridgeport Fencer's Club Tournament for kids & adults

Senior Mixed Saber E1, SNR February 16, 2025

Place 3 of 9 Seed 4 Not ranked Rating U University Of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Bridgeport Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 REESE Tyler 6 - U 9 University Of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club 2500 1581 87.9 19%
Pool
V 5:3 TSENG Kyle H. 5 - U 7 LAIFC / Orange County Fencing Center 1346 1669 45.0 67%
Pool
D 2:5 GARDNER David 2 - E24 1 Avant Garde Fencers Club 1876 1713 58.5 40%
Pool
V 5:4 MARQUEZ Jeremy 1 - C24 3 Front Range Fencing Club / Fencing Academy Of Denver 2246 1655 122.9 18%
Pool
D 2:5 TALLARICO Leonardo 3 - U 2 LA International Fencing / St. Paul The Apostle 1766 1778 59.7 51%
Pool
V 5:3 CHAU Billy 9 - U 6 Sabre Escrime of Pasadena 1483 1718 39.4 64%
Pool
V 5:2 TENG Lucas 7 - U 5 Los Angeles International Fencing Club / Walter Reed Middle School 1313 1758 27.5 76%
Pool
D 2:5 SEGURA Jed 8 - U 8 Avant Garde Fencers Club 1169 1785 90.1 82%
T8
V 15:11 TENG Lucas 7 - U 5 Los Angeles International Fencing Club / Walter Reed Middle School 1740 2087 155.5 67%
T4
D 7:15 TALLARICO Leonardo 3 - U 2 LA International Fencing / St. Paul The Apostle 2024 2243 229.2 61%

2025 Linkmeyer Invitational

Senior Mixed Saber D1, SNR February 1, 2025

Place 11 of 28 Seed 24 Not ranked Rating U University Of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Bridgeport Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 WONG Austin 27 - U 19 University Of Calif/Santa Barbara (UCSB) 635 1767 18.0 94%
Pool
D 4:5 JOUFFLINEAU Yohann 17 - U 15 West Coast Fencing Academy 1549 1785 148.9 64%
Pool
V 5:1 IIZUKA Sawako 9 - E21 23 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) / West Coast Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 MARQUEZ Jeremy 1 - C24 3 Front Range Fencing Club / Fencing Academy Of Denver 2235 1636 40.2 18%
Pool
V 5:2 HILLYER Nathan 16 - U 27 Sabre Escrime of Pasadena 1216 1595 49.8 68%
Pool
D 4:5 KIM Ryan 8 - E21 6 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 1871 1645 64.7 36%
T32
V 15:5 BHAVSAR Vanmayi 19 - U 22 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona - - - -
T16
D 13:15 KIM Ryan 8 - E21 6 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 2105 2575 488.0 71%

2024 Linkmeyer Invitational

Senior Mixed Saber D1, SNR February 3, 2024

Place 7 of 18 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U University Of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Bridgeport Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 TRAUTENBERG Lauren 10 - U 17 - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 WEINBERG Harry 15 - U 9 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 1834 1513 134.7 33%
Pool
V 5:1 BERRY Sophia 16 - U 15 - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 GILSHTEYN Jacob 4 - E24 3 La International Fencing / Southern California Fencing Academy (socalfa) 2064 1378 63.3 17%
Pool
V 5:4 GINIS Nathan 3 - D23 6 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 2713 1315 451.6 2%
T16
V 15:10 IMSANDE Dylan 8 - U 10 2500 2318 387.8 44%
T8
D 13:15 HO Ian 1 - A23 1 University Of Calif/Santa Barbara (UCSB) 3644 2706 130.6 17%

BladeRunner ROC / RJC

Div I-A Men's Saber A3, D1A September 17, 2023

Place 64 of 82 Seed 76 Not ranked Rating U University of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Bridgeport Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 AURAY Phileas 47 - C22 8 University Of California San Diego NCAA 3127 2500 307.1 27%
Pool
D 1:5 STONE Esmond A. 26 - B22 32 Cardinal Fencing Club 2571 2193 288.0 34%
Pool
D 0:5 ROBERTS Sam 2 64 A22 50 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2930 1905 82.3 11%
Pool
D 3:5 VELTZ Tyler J. 70 - E23 37 Spartak 1948 1823 246.8 44%
Pool
D 1:5 BYON Adrian 23 - B23 6 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 2455 1576 62.7 12%
T64
D 4:15 MUSGRAVE Walter N. 35 - C23 11 San Diego Fencing Center 3600 2500 182.0 16%