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Yasemin Ersoz

2007

Pittsburgh Fencers Club / Pine-Richland Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 20 31 - - - 51
Losses 23 52 - - - 75
Win Ratio 46.5% 37.3% - - - 40.5%
Pool Victories 16 27 - - - 43
Pool Losses 18 39 - - - 57
Pool Win Ratio 47.1% 40.9% - - - 43.0%
DE Victories 4 4 - - - 8
DE Losses 5 13 - - - 18
DE Win Ratio 44.4% 23.5% - - - 30.8%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† 11 8 - - - 19
Easy wins as % of wins 55.0% 25.8% - - - 37.3%
Close wins‡ 5 8 - - - 13
Close wins as % of all wins 25.0% 25.8% - - - 25.5%
Close losses‡ 3 8 - - - 11
Close losses as % of all losses 13.0% 15.4% - - - 14.7%
Big losses† 12 24 - - - 36
Big losses as % of all losses 52.2% 46.2% - - - 48.0%

† 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.

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 6 13 - - - 19
Tournaments 4 8 - - - 12

Competition History

Womens Unrated and E-Under Foil.

Unrated Women's Foil (E1, U), December 10, 2023
Place 1, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Carolina 1 U 5 Corsair Fencing Club 1783 1989 25.9 62%
Pool W 5:2 BONNEAU Rachael 8 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing Club 1309 1963 7.2 84%
Pool W 5:4 HOKAJ Nadine 2 U 2 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 2034 1971 22.4 46%
Pool W 5:3 ZAHALSKY Ezra 3 U 3 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1898 1993 18.0 56%
Pool W 5:0 RODRIGUEZ Adriana 4 U 8 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1001 2011 3.2 93%
Pool W 5:0 RODRIGUEZ Andrea 7 U 7 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1335 2014 6.5 85%
Pool W 5:0 FORNEY Cadence 6 U 6 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1071 2021 3.5 93%
T8 W 15:5 RODRIGUEZ Adriana 4 U 8 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1897 2079 50.9 58%
T4 W 15:9 BONNEAU Rachael 8 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing Club 1920 2130 53.5 61%
T2 W 15:6 HOKAJ Nadine 2 U 2 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 2192 2183 69.9 49%

"Fall Foilage" Unrated Foil, and D and Under Foil.

Div III Mixed Foil (D1, DV3), November 19, 2023
Place 9, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 LI RunLin 2 E23 3 Steel City Fencers Club / Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 POLLETTA Julie 5 E23 5 Corsair Fencing Club 2063 1999 20.6 46%
Pool W 5:1 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Fabian 7 U 10 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 ROSS Benjamin 8 U 14 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 WHITMAN Sophia 11 U 16 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1516 1979 10.6 76%
T16 L 6:15 MISHRA Roshan 6 U 8 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club

"Fall Foilage" Unrated Foil, and D and Under Foil.

Unrated Women's Foil (E1, U), November 19, 2023
Place 5, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 RODRIGUEZ Andrea 9 U 3 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2500 1945 20.7 29%
Pool W 5:1 ZAHALSKY Ezra 1 U 2 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1971 1966 23.5 50%
Pool W 5:4 BONNEAU Rachael 4 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing Club 1231 1989 6.3 87%
Pool W 5:1 FORNEY Cadence 8 U 8 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 971 1996 3.8 92%
T8 L 12:15 ZAHALSKY Ezra 1 U 2 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2371 2144 64.9 37%

PFC Fall Fiesta

Unrated Mixed Foil (E1, U), November 12, 2023
Place 11, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating U, Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 BEAVEN Alexander 5 U 5 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 CARELLI Nathaniel 9 U 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 1:5 GAVARRETE Moises 12 U 6
Pool L 2:5 ZEFF Owen 1 U 7 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club / Tiger Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 TARCHICHI Robby 4 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
T16 L 3:15 GELLAD Luke 11 U 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club

PFC Fall Fiesta

Div III Mixed Foil (D1, DV3), November 12, 2023
Place 14, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 BASKIN Lukáš 4 E23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers Club / Winchester Thurston Fencing
Pool L 4:5 GELLAD Luke 8 U 11 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 0:5 KAPLAN Maxwell 1 D23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 4:5 SHAW Spencer 12 U 8 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc.
Pool L 3:5 MAIOLI Daniel 9 U 13 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 3:5 ZEFF Owen 14 U 9 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club / Tiger Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 POWELL Sean 5 E23 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
T16 L 1:15 BINET Nicolas 11 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club

PFC Season Kickoff

E & Under Women's Foil (E1, E), September 17, 2023
Place 3, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, Pittsburgh Fencers Club / Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 YU Vera 4 U 3 Sallemazoo 2500 1996 22.9 31%
Pool W 5:1 LIU Yijia 6 U 5 Western Reserve Academy / Sallemazoo 1531 2019 11.5 72%
Pool L 2:5 HANLON Lucy 1 E23 1 Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association / Nittany Fencing Academy 1630 2031 41.2 74%
Pool W 5:0 MUSSELMAN Wynn 3 U 7 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1596 1989 13.8 73%
Pool L 0:5 NADIPALLI Nia 2 E23 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2202 2003 18.0 38%
Pool L 3:5 LEE Suhyun 5 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1409 1985 40.3 81%
T8 W 15:12 LEE Suhyun 5 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1730 2111 49.7 66%
T4 L 4:15 NADIPALLI Nia 2 E23 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 3230 2161 16.8 8%

End of school year celebration " E" MF+WF +Y14mix

E & Under Women's Foil (E1, E), June 4, 2023
Place 3, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 CALE Amy 3 U 5 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1798 1931 25.1 58%
Pool L 4:5 LYON Claire 1 E23 1 Corsair Fencing Club 1354 1956 58.0 83%
Pool W 5:4 HOKAJ Nadine 6 U 3 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2156 1898 39.1 34%
Pool W 5:1 MUSSELMAN Wynn 5 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1953 1937 27.4 49%
Pool W 5:3 ZAHALSKY Ezra 4 U 2 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2077 1965 31.4 43%
T4 L 13:15 ZAHALSKY Ezra 4 U 2 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2570 2170 59.4 29%

Lil Yinzers Youth Cadet & Junior Tournament

Cadet Mixed Foil (E1, CDT), May 21, 2023
Place 5, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 HANLON Lucy 1 E23 1 Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association / Nittany Fencing Academy 1419 2092 71.9 86%
Pool W 5:1 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Fabian 3 U 7 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 4:5 SNYDER Simian 5 U 2 Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association
Pool W 5:3 VERBOSKY Kuon 4 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 ZAHALSKY Ezra 6 U 3 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2190 2020 27.0 39%
Pool L 2:5 WHITMAN Sophia 7 U 6 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1155 1993 61.9 88%
T8 L 13:15 VERBOSKY Kuon 4 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club

Lil Yinzers Youth Cadet & Junior Tournament

Junior Mixed Foil (C2, JNR), May 21, 2023
Place 27, Seed 24, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 KENNEDY Christo 4 D23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Pool W 5:3 RAINONE Gianna 34 U 30 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1161 2084 7.6 91%
Pool L 2:5 GRADY Evan 27 U 19 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Fabian 19 U 24 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 BROWN Alex 14 E22 17 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 STANOEV Sava 7 E23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
T32 L 3:15 COPELAND Nigel 2 D23 3 Cyranos Place

PFC Spring Fest-Open Mixed Foil + "E" WF+Y14 mixed

E & Under Women's Foil (E1, E), April 30, 2023
Place 3, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 MUSSELMAN Wynn 1 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2016 2009 36.1 50%
Pool L 2:5 NADIPALLI Nia 4 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2129 2045 32.7 45%
Pool W 5:3 SHAO Jennifer 5 U 9 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1952 2012 30.7 53%
Pool W 5:3 HOKAJ Nadine 8 U 8 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2124 2043 41.6 45%
T8 W 15:2 SENTHILKUMAR Adithi 3 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2500 2109 97.7 36%
T4 L 6:15 NADIPALLI Nia 4 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2965 2207 36.3 18%

PFC Spring Fest-Open Mixed Foil + "E" WF+Y14 mixed

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), April 30, 2023
Place 17, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 MAIOLI Daniel 15 U 15 Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Pool L 1:5 HREHOCIK Matthew 6 E23 7 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 HEGDE Riya 7 E23 8 Western Reserve Academy 2689 2024 15.1 16%
Pool L 2:5 KENNEDY Christo 1 D23 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 0:5 RAJU Dharshan 14 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
T32 L 5:15 NADIPALLI Nia 16 U 16 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2671 2165 56.0 29%

Irish City Open 7

Senior Women's Foil (E1, SNR), March 18, 2023
Place 2, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 POLLETTA Julie 1 E21 1 Corsair Fencing Club 1771 2370 108.2 82%
Pool L 3:5 SHINN-CUNNINGHAM Barbara 5 U 3 1516 2262 93.3 85%
Pool L 4:5 ZAHALSKY Ezra 2 U 5 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2427 2168 35.0 35%
Pool L 1:5 HOKAJ Nadine 3 U 6 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2218 2133 42.3 45%
Pool L 2:5 CALE Amy 4 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1629 2091 67.5 75%
T8 W 15:11 ZAHALSKY Ezra 2 U 5 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2652 1880 312.0 17%
T4 W 15:14 SHINN-CUNNINGHAM Barbara 5 U 3 2168 2192 106.2 51%
T2 L 11:15 POLLETTA Julie 1 E21 1 Corsair Fencing Club 2309 2298 132.8 49%

Irish City Open 7

E & Under Mixed Foil (D1, E), March 18, 2023
Place 18, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 ZAHALSKY Ezra 19 U 10 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2426 2426 67.0 50%
Pool W 5:2 GILLESPIE Emmett 14 U 23 Fox Chapel High School Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 HOKAJ Nadine 25 U 14 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2058 2359 41.9 67%
Pool L 0:5 HEGDE Riya 3 E23 8 Western Reserve Academy 2852 2401 31.3 26%
Pool L 2:5 LEE Ethan 6 E22 3 OnTarget Fencing Club
Pool W 5:3 FISHER William 21 U 27 Corsair Fencing Club / Steel City Fencers Club
T32 L 11:15 HOKAJ Nadine 25 U 14 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1670 2123 243.5 68%

PFC "C" and under Mixed Foil and Unrated WF

Unrated Women's Foil (E1, U), February 11, 2023
Place 3, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 YOON Lyla 4 U 5 Pine Richland Fencing Club 1607 2113 47.2 75%
Pool W 5:4 KWON Juyoung 1 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2036 2161 74.9 57%
Pool W 5:2 ZAHALSKY Abigail 6 U 2 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2714 2235 125.5 25%
Pool W 5:3 HOKAJ Nadine 2 U 3 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 2150 2361 54.9 62%
Pool W 5:2 GAO Yuxuan 3 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1233 2416 10.3 93%
T4 L 7:15 ZAHALSKY Abigail 6 U 2 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2788 2246 123.2 27%

PFC "C" and under Mixed Foil and Unrated WF

Div II Mixed Foil (D1, DV2), February 11, 2023
Place 17, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 GAVARRETE Moises 14 U 14 Carnegie Mellon University FC
Pool W 5:4 TARR Samuel 9 U 13 Winchester Thurston Fencing
Pool L 1:5 KAPLAN Max 5 E23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 0:5 BURGOS Jacob 2 D22 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 1:5 RAJU Dharshan 18 U 8 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
T32 L 8:15 LANG Garrett 19 U 16 Bethel Park Fencing Club

PFC Winter Unrated Foil

Unrated Women's Foil (E1, U), February 5, 2023
Place 3, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 WHITMAN Sophia 3 U 8 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2500 1958 129.3 31%
Pool W 5:2 HOKAJ Nadine 6 U 5 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 2721 2088 139.3 26%
Pool W 5:1 LEE Suhyun 9 U 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1719 2227 56.2 73%
Pool L 2:5 KWON Juyoung 11 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1742 2283 169.7 77%
T8 W 15:10 SHAW Dutchabong 1 U 6 Royal Fencing Academy 2368 1943 480.6 33%
T4 L 11:15 ZAHALSKY Abigail 10 U 2 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2720 2423 177.0 38%

PFC Winter Foil Festivities

E & Under Women's Foil (E1, E), December 4, 2022
Place 10, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 MAHESH Sehar 11 U 3 Western Reserve Academy 2168 2343 196.4 57%
Pool L 0:5 ZAHALSKY Abigail 4 U 5 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 3168 2147 54.3 15%
Pool L 2:5 THERIAULT Deborah A. 1 U 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2856 2093 69.4 18%
Pool L 3:5 MUSSELMAN Wynn 8 U 7 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1800 2023 177.2 60%
Pool W 5:4 KWON Juyoung 9 U 9 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1655 1846 112.1 59%
T16 L 7:15 MUSSELMAN Wynn 8 U 7 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2500 2223 280.1 41%

PFC Winter Foil Festivities

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), December 4, 2022
Place 13, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 HEGDE Riya 18 U 6 Western Reserve Academy 1851 2079 460.3 59%
Pool L 4:5 GRADY Evan 17 U 9 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 KWON Juyoung 12 U 15 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2079 1619 347.0 34%
Pool W 5:1 YOON Lyla 1 U 14 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2921 1966 377.3 19%
Pool L 1:5 WASSUM Bryar 6 U 12 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
T16 L 5:15 HEGDE Riya 18 U 6 Western Reserve Academy 3168 2500 277.1 29%

IUP Spooktacular Div III Foil and Epee

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), October 29, 2022
Place 9, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Pine Richland Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 OPFERMAN Benjamin 11 U 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Pool L 3:5 ALLEN Scott 8 U 7 Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Pool W 5:1 GUNDERSEN Liam 4 U 12 Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Pool W 5:4 POWELL Sean 5 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Pool L 4:5 ZAHALSKY Abigail 1 U 6 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T16 L 7:15 RAJU Dharshan 3 U 8 Pittsburgh Fencers Club