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Mercedes DeMoss

1998
Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 4 27 8 39
Losses - - 10 38 37 85
Win ratio - - 28.6% 41.5% 17.8% 31.5%
Pool victories - - 4 20 7 31
Pool losses - - 8 30 30 68
Pool win ratio - - 33.3% 40.0% 18.9% 31.3%
DE victories - - - 7 1 8
DE losses - - 2 8 7 17
DE win ratio - - 0.0% 46.7% 12.5% 32.0%

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 8 2 11
Easy wins % - - 25.0% 29.6% 25.0% 28.2%
Close wins‡ - - 2 10 1 13
Close wins % - - 50.0% 37.0% 12.5% 33.3%
Close losses‡ - - 2 6 1 9
Close losses % - - 20.0% 15.8% 2.7% 10.6%
Big losses† - - 3 15 23 41
Big losses % - - 30.0% 39.5% 62.2% 48.2%

† 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 - - 2 9 7 18
Tournaments - - 2 7 6 15

Competition history

18 competitions, 124 bouts

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Women's Foil C3, DV3 July 6, 2024

Place 95 of 173 Seed 114 Not ranked Rating E23 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ. / Renard Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 NIRGUDE Esha 95 - E24 117 Northwest Fencing Center 1474 1416 20.0 46%
Pool
V 5:0 CLARK Lillian 166 - U 132 New Jersey Fencing Alliance 1114 1436 10.9 69%
Pool
D 2:5 DESAI Esha 10 - D24 25 Precision Athletics Fencing Club 1812 1447 10.3 27%
Pool
D 3:5 CABALU Alaina 62 - E24 61 Denison University Fencing NCAA / Gryphon Fencing 1633 1437 13.4 37%
Pool
V 5:3 BUI Aubrie 147 - U 127 South Coast Fencing Center 761 1423 5.6 86%
Pool
D 0:5 LAO Sophia 43 - D23 11 Moe Fencing Club LLC 1755 1429 10.6 30%
T128
D 12:15 HUANG Sophie 79 - E24 44 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) / Shoreline Fencers Club 1772 1742 94.1 48%

Daugherty Challenge ROC/RJCC/RYC

Div I-A Women's Foil E1, D1A November 4, 2023

Place 13 of 14 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating E23 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 KANG Marian 12 - U 2 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1434 1455 21.1 51%
Pool
D 3:5 BLAKEY Heaven 14 - U 3 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1682 1434 14.1 34%
Pool
D 1:5 HAN Katherine 3 - D23 1 Renaissance Fencing Club 1927 1420 8.7 20%
Pool
D 2:5 ISHANOVA Sofia 2 - D23 11 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1622 1411 14.4 36%
Pool
D 1:5 LI Grace 7 - E22 3 1914 1397 8.3 20%
Pool
V 5:4 SWOPE Farren 13 - U 7 Fencing Center Of Chicago 1705 1389 27.4 30%
T16
D 11:15 BLAKEY Heaven 14 - U 3 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1796 1861 119.7 54%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div II Women's Foil B3, DV2 July 7, 2023

Place 153 of 160 Seed 111 Not ranked Rating E23 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 BABER Eshaal 63 - D22 113 Orlando Fencing Academy 1644 1536 19.6 43%
Pool
D 2:5 YANIV Liya 129 - E22 32 Fencers Club Inc. 1699 1517 17.1 38%
Pool
D 1:5 SHA Yi Ling 15 - C23 7 Moe Fencing Club LLC / Gold Fencing Club 2203 1499 6.4 12%
Pool
D 0:5 KAPOOR Saanvi 82 - E23 74 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 1910 1493 11.3 25%
Pool
D 2:5 STONE Colleen R. 157 - U 117 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1392 1482 23.4 56%
Pool
D 2:5 ZHANG Eunice 35 - C22 19 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 2416 1458 3.2 6%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Women's Foil C3, DV3 July 5, 2023

Place 94 of 156 Seed 85 Not ranked Rating E23 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 TIKHONOVA Vasilisa 146 - U 86 Bay Area Fencing Club 1521 1510 25.7 49%
Pool
V 5:3 VANMOORSEL Faye 54 - E23 100 Roaring Fork Fencers Club 1564 1485 28.1 45%
Pool
V 5:4 POWLEDGE Cora 100 - E22 106 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 1464 1513 23.1 53%
Pool
D 2:5 LENK Sophie 8 - D23 16 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 1996 1536 11.7 23%
Pool
D 4:5 LIN Ju-An Adrianne 39 - D22 35 Birmingham Fencing Club / Auburn Fencing Club 2135 1524 8.5 16%
Pool
V 5:2 ZHAO Aimee 131 - U 131 Renaissance Fencing Club 1425 1516 20.6 56%
T128
D 9:15 BABER Eshaal 40 - D22 47 Orlando Fencing Academy 1886 2007 146.1 57%

June Friday Night Fencing

Senior Women's Épée E1, SNR June 9, 2023

Place 3 of 9 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 HANCE Dominique 5 - U 2 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
V 5:4 MACNEIL Sydney 4 - U 5 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2500 2079 424.5 37%
Pool
V 5:1 BESEL Natalie 7 - U 6 Indianapolis Fencing Club 1564 2504 122.1 84%
Pool
V 5:4 STOCK Olivia 1 - E22 1 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2198 2626 199.6 69%
Pool
V 5:0 WELLS Aenea 2 - U 7 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2213 2826 117.1 75%
Pool
V 5:2 ATWELL Madelyn 8 - U 8 Indianapolis Fencing Club 1532 2943 27.7 95%
Pool
V 5:2 DAWES Isabel 9 - U 3 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2147 2970 71.3 85%
Pool
V 5:2 HUBBARD Kelsi 6 - U 9 Indianapolis Fencing Club 1317 3042 10.3 98%
T8
V 15:4 WELLS Aenea 2 - U 7 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T4
D 13:15 STOCK Olivia 1 - E22 1 Indianapolis Fencing Club 1746 2921 846.1 88%

IFC 2023 Summer Classic

Senior Mixed Foil C1, SNR May 20, 2023

Place 14 of 20 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating E23 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 BERNWANGER Phillip 19 - U 16 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. / Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 PRIJATEL John R. 15 - U 12 Xavier University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 KOZINSKI Allison E. 12 - U 10 Indianapolis Fencing Club 1905 1525 14.8 28%
Pool
D 3:5 DENMAN Matthew L. 1 - B20 7 American Fencing Academy of Dayton - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 BAKKE Alexander 16 - U 8 Michigan State University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 GOSMEYER Matthew E. 7 - E22 3 Indianapolis Fencing Club - - - -
T32
V 15:3 BAILEY Lauren 14 - U 19 Fencing Club At Indiana University / Indianapolis Fencing Club 2500 1873 134.2 28%
T16
D 10:15 GERACI Paul A. 5 - D19 5 Indianapolis Fencing Club - - - -

2023 Andrew Cory Stauble Memorial Open

Senior Mixed Foil E1, SNR March 25, 2023

Place 3 of 10 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating E23 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 HUMPHREY Anna 6 - U 9 2500 1495 30.4 16%
Pool
D 2:5 YOHANNES Eliab 8 - U 6 Williamson County Fencing Club / Murfreesboro fencing club - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 BIESIADA Jan 2 - D22 2 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 ACKLEY Elijah 9 - U 10 Indianapolis Fencing Club - - - -
T8
V 15:14 OWENS Josiah 10 - U 5 Escrime Du Lac - - - -
T4
D 9:15 SMITH Erick 1 - C22 1 - - - -

IFC 2023 Winter Classic

Senior Mixed Foil C2, SNR January 21, 2023

Place 8 of 25 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 CLAYPOOL Conner 6 - D22 2 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 JAMES John 19 - U 23 Miami University Fencing Ohio - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 CORNETT Sawyer R. 3 - C22 1 Eastern Kentucky University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 SIDARAS John 21 - U 25 American Fencing Academy of Dayton - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 KOZINSKI Allison E. 11 - U 11 Indianapolis Fencing Club 3298 1496 1.0 2%
T32
V 15:4 DENIHAN John 17 - U 20 Miami University Fencing Ohio - - - -
T16
V 15:14 DENMAN Matthew L. 1 - B20 9 American Fencing Academy of Dayton - - - -
T8
D 4:15 CLAYPOOL Conner 6 - D22 2 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. - - - -

Daugherty Challenge ROC/RJCC/RYC Foil and Epee only

Div II Women's Foil E1, DV2 November 5, 2022

Place 7 of 10 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 VELAZQUEZ Rosa T. 1 - E19 2 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2041 1554 14.0 22%
Pool
V 5:1 ESSENBERG Lauren 8 - U 10 Heartland Fencing Academy 1446 1540 19.8 54%
Pool
D 4:5 ZHAO Aimee 5 - U 3 Renaissance Fencing Club 1417 1560 34.5 59%
Pool
D 4:5 EUH Jayme 4 - U 5 Culver Military Academy 1468 1525 29.5 54%
T16
V 15:7 ESSENBERG Lauren 8 - U 10 Heartland Fencing Academy 2500 1778 175.9 25%
T8
D 14:15 HOANG Anh 9 - U 1 The fencers academy 2445 1954 80.8 24%

Daugherty Challenge ROC/RJCC/RYC Foil and Epee only

Div I-A Women's Foil E1, D1A November 5, 2022

Place 3 of 9 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 ZOLDAN Gweniveve A. 4 - U 6 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1731 1690 36.9 47%
Pool
D 3:5 EUH Jayme 5 - U 3 Culver Military Academy 1372 1653 49.9 67%
Pool
D 3:5 ZHAO Aimee 8 - U 7 Renaissance Fencing Club 1441 1603 43.1 60%
Pool
D 0:5 HOANG Anh 7 - U 2 The fencers academy 1997 1560 17.3 24%
Pool
D 1:5 VELAZQUEZ Rosa T. 2 - E19 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1983 1543 16.7 24%
Pool
V 5:3 MARTIN Carolyn 6 - U 9 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 897 1526 11.5 82%
Pool
V 5:4 KAISER Katherine 9 - U 8 The fencers academy 1303 1538 22.5 65%
Pool
D 0:5 HOANG Mai 1 - C22 1 The fencers academy 2428 1560 6.1 8%
T8
V 15:13 VELAZQUEZ Rosa T. 2 - E19 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1684 1624 226.8 47%
T4
D 4:15 HOANG Mai 1 - C22 1 The fencers academy 2550 1850 72.4 17%

IFC 2022 Fall Classic

Senior Mixed Foil D1, SNR October 22, 2022

Place 12 of 16 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U River City Fencing / Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 BERNWANGER Phillip 16 - U 11 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ. / Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 GOSMEYER Matthew 7 - E19 3 Indianapolis Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 AGUILAR Nicolas 13 - U 3 Cincinnati Fencing Club / Miami University Fencing Club - - - -
T16
D 7:15 AGUILAR Nicolas 13 - U 3 Cincinnati Fencing Club / Miami University Fencing Club - - - -

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Div II Women's Foil B3, DV2 July 9, 2022

Place 85 of 126 Seed 110 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 SHELARE Mehal 119 - U 112 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 1539 1646 39.6 56%
Pool
D 3:5 WILBERT Gwendolyn (Gwen) A. 71 - D18 50 Moe Fencing Club LLC 2178 1685 21.2 22%
Pool
V 5:4 PARK Leah 43 - D22 82 Fencing Center Of Chicago 2002 1664 64.6 29%
Pool
D 2:5 MI Aileen 5 - C22 3 Rochester Fencing Club 2696 1729 6.6 6%
Pool
D 1:5 LENZ Zoe N. 81 - E22 44 Fencers Club Inc. 1891 1722 32.3 39%
T128
D 2:15 ZHANG Eunice 52 - D22 46 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 2653 1691 67.8 11%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Div III Women's Foil C3, DV3 July 7, 2022

Place 91 of 122 Seed 118 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 KO Claire 46 - E22 10 Elite International Fencers Club 2037 1677 40.4 29%
Pool
D 1:5 SULTER Aurelie 10 - D22 49 Austin Fencers Club 1965 1637 39.8 30%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHOU Catherine 27 - D22 33 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 2177 1597 24.0 18%
Pool
V 5:3 KUNDU TRISHA 100 - U 64 Fencing Institute Of Texas 1574 1573 56.8 50%
Pool
V 5:2 KAPOOR Saanvi 63 - E22 109 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 1601 1630 50.2 52%
Pool
D 1:5 VELAZQUEZ Rosa T. 82 - E19 75 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1941 1680 34.4 34%
T128
D 3:15 CASTANEDA Keira 60 - E22 8 Rain City Fencing Center / Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2437 1850 159.0 24%

IFC 2022 Spring Classic

Senior Mixed Foil C1, SNR May 7, 2022

Place 14 of 15 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 GOSMEYER Matthew 11 - E19 9 Indianapolis Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 SMITH Erick 2 - C22 5 River City Fencing / Indianapolis Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 PARK Leah 5 - D22 7 Glenbrook South High School Fencing Team / Fencing Center Of Chicago 2002 1727 49.7 33%
Pool
D 2:5 ROBINSON Matthew 8 - E22 8 Recplex - - - -
T16
D 8:15 LEYLAND John 7 - D19 6 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago - - - -

Purdue Spring Open

Mixed Foil C1 April 2, 2022

Place 21 of 22 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 BERNWANGER Phillip 17 - U 15 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. / Ann Arbor Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 FISHER Austin D. 3 - C19 11 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 SON Eric 6 - D18 3 - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 GOSMEYER Matthew E. 11 - E19 17 - - - -
T32
D 8:15 COOK Aaron N. 5 - D18 3 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club - - - -

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

Div I-A Women's Foil A2, D1A March 13, 2022

Place 39 of 41 Seed 41 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 NEWHARD Zelia "Zizi" 5 - A21 10 Renaissance Fencing Club 2974 2142 33.0 11%
Pool
D 4:5 LEE Fiona E. 32 - E21 22 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2195 2109 105.2 45%
Pool
D 0:5 DE LA CRUZ Eden 8 - B22 9 Orange County Fencing Center 2741 2004 32.0 13%
Pool
D 0:5 SKOURLETOS Maria 20 - D22 20 Fencing Center Of Chicago 2077 1972 84.8 44%
Pool
D 2:5 OWEN Ashley 17 - C20 23 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2282 1887 49.7 27%
Pool
D 1:5 HSIEH Sabrina 29 - E22 36 AIC Fencing Club 1560 1837 109.9 67%
T64
D 6:15 LEE Ariana 18 - C19 26 Salle Mauro Fencing Academy 2689 2042 191.6 23%

IFC 2022 Winter Classic

Mixed Foil B2 February 26, 2022

Place 31 of 34 Seed 30 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 CHAN Matthew 10 - C20 8 Salle Du Lion Fencing Center / Profencing - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 ZHAO Jason L. 1 - A21 3 Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Claire 21 - E21 19 Indianapolis Fencing Club / River City Fencing 2117 2323 181.1 61%
Pool
D 3:5 POPOLOW Alexander 24 - U 20 Washington University in St. Louis / Millburn High School - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 DENIHAN John 33 - U 30 Miami University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 BROWN-GRIMM Carl Missing ID 11 - C19 13 Escrime Du Lac - - - -
T64
V 15:10 BERNWANGER Phillip 31 - U 34 Purdue Fencing Club / Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy - - - -
T32
D 5:15 FORTUNE Alex 8 - C21 1 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy - - - -

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Div III Women's Foil C3, DV3 July 5, 2019

Place 93 of 157 Seed 157 Not ranked Rating U Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 CHO Inga 19 - D19 24 Renaissance Fencing Club 2880 2500 378.5 36%
Pool
V 5:3 BHAN Zala 120 - U 106 Worldwide Fencing Academy 1963 2122 353.1 57%
Pool
D 1:5 KOROL Neta 28 - D19 3 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2620 2475 261.1 43%
Pool
V 5:1 ROMERO Sophia 65 - E19 128 Miami Lakes Fencing Club 2136 2214 209.5 54%
Pool
V 5:1 GAO Esther S. 110 - E18 154 Salle Mauro Fencing Academy 1500 2423 48.3 89%
Pool
D 3:5 NARANG Maya 74 - E19 25 Fencers Club Inc. 2615 2471 148.3 42%
T128
D 4:15 SCHATZ Kristina J. 4 - C19 8 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 2696 2500 458.1 42%