Matthew Menechella

1996

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 2 9 - - 11
Losses - 5 26 - - 31
Win Ratio - 28.6% 25.7% - - 26.2%
Pool Victories - 1 5 - - 6
Pool Losses - 4 20 - - 24
Pool Win Ratio - 20.0% 20.0% - - 20.0%
DE Victories - 1 4 - - 5
DE Losses - 1 6 - - 7
DE Win Ratio - 50.0% 40.0% - - 41.7%

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† - 2 2 - - 4
Easy wins as % of wins - 100.0% 22.2% - - 36.4%
Close wins‡ - - 1 - - 1
Close wins as % of all wins - 0.0% 11.1% - - 9.1%
Close losses‡ - 1 2 - - 3
Close losses as % of all losses - 20.0% 7.7% - - 9.7%
Big losses† - 2 16 - - 18
Big losses as % of all losses - 40.0% 61.5% - - 58.1%

† 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

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events - 1 6 - - 7
Tournaments - 1 5 - - 6

Competition History

The Big Blue Annual 3 Weapon & Youth Tournament

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), August 27, 2023
Place 15 of 20, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating U, Forge Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 KAPLAN Abe 8 U 7 Greensboro Fencing Academy 1662 1050 17.8 17%
Pool L 0:5 SMOLICH Marat 2 D23 1 Research Triangle Fencing 1914 1033 9.3 8%
Pool L 4:5 FIDDLER Liam 13 U 13 Greensboro Fencing Academy / Page High School Fencers Club 2083 1023 8.4 10%
Pool L 2:5 KAUNITZ Emmanuel 5 E23 8 Forge Fencing Teams 2371 1015 2.3 2%
Pool W 5:1 PETERS Ezra 17 U 19 Boone Fencers Club 1125 1012 49.4 43%
T32 W 15:6 GREENE Max 10 U 18 Boone Fencers Club 2093 1786 137.0 33%
T16 L 1:15 CAFFAREY Luke 9 U 2 Research Triangle Fencing 2245 1923 59.1 32%

APEX OPEN - Foil & Epee

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), May 7, 2023
Place 9 of 10, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, Forge Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 SHMUKLER Maria 2 D23 2 Apex Fencing Academy
Pool L 0:5 TSAI Caleb 6 E23 3 Apex Fencing Academy 1954 1070 10.0 8%
Pool L 1:5 SLOUGH Sean 3 D22 5 Apex Fencing Academy 1967 1060 9.3 7%
Pool W 5:2 HARRIS Lynn 10 U 10 Forge Fencing Teams / Cape Fear Fencing Association
T16 L 1:15 MILES Greyson Miles 5 E23 8 Edge of America Fencing 1251 2021 235.0 86%

APEX OPEN - Foil & Epee

Senior Men's Foil (E1, SNR), May 6, 2023
Place 8 of 9, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, Forge Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 SMOLICH Marat 1 D23 5 Research Triangle Fencing 1998 1294 26.2 14%
Pool W 5:0 O'DEA Ryan 8 U 7 Cape Fear Fencing Association 1263 1268 76.1 50%
Pool L 2:5 PRUT Anton 6 U 2 Apex Fencing Academy 1506 1344 56.7 40%
Pool L 1:5 BOCKSNICK Jack 4 E23 6 Edge of America Fencing 1188 1287 72.7 56%
Pool L 1:5 MILES Greyson Miles 3 E23 3 Edge of America Fencing 1463 1214 42.7 35%
Pool L 1:5 PHILLIPS Oliver 5 U 9 Apex Fencing Academy 944 1172 72.9 64%
Pool L 3:5 CLICK Tristan 9 U 3 Apex Fencing Academy 1740 1099 18.7 16%
Pool L 1:5 SLOUGH Sean 2 D22 1 Apex Fencing Academy 1965 1080 10.3 8%
T16 W 15:11 PHILLIPS Oliver 5 U 9 Apex Fencing Academy 1563 2083 79.3 76%
T8 L 3:15 SLOUGH Sean 2 D22 1 Apex Fencing Academy 2167 2162 141.0 50%

Apex Novice Cup - Youth & Senior Foil/Epee

Senior Men's Foil (U, SNR), February 25, 2023
Place 14 of 21, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Forge Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
T32 W 15:5 TARAJANO Jose 16 U 19 Research Triangle Fencing 2500 1923 174.9 30%
T16 L 2:15 HUTH Jacob 5 B22 5 Jovanovic Fencing / Apex Fencing Academy 3426 2098 15.1 3%

Forge Fencing Priority on NC:D3 Foil/Epee/Saber

Div III Mixed Foil (D1, DV3), January 22, 2023
Place 18 of 22, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Forge Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 TSAI Caleb 3 E22 3 Apex Fencing Academy 1906 1556 71.9 30%
Pool L 0:5 BLONDEL Leo O. 13 U 2 Forge Fencing Teams 2174 1484 36.7 18%
Pool L 3:5 KARNAVAS William 10 U 11 Forge Fencing Teams 1636 1447 74.9 39%
Pool L 4:5 KAPLAN Abe 6 U 15 Greensboro Fencing Academy 1457 1372 78.5 45%
T32 L 13:15 KAPLAN Abe 6 U 15 Greensboro Fencing Academy 1894 2188 265.1 64%

Apex Novice Cup - Youth & Senior Foil/Epee

Senior Men's Foil (U, SNR), January 21, 2023
Place 7 of 12, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Forge Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 HAMRICK Alex 10 U 10 Research Triangle Fencing 1025 1814 77.6 84%
Pool L 2:5 MILLER Luke 5 U 8 Crusader Fencing 1782 1892 203.8 55%
Pool W 5:2 NOLAN Tyler 7 U 6 Apex Fencing Academy 1162 1688 83.7 77%
Pool L 2:5 TSAI Caleb 2 E22 1 Apex Fencing Academy 1891 1772 130.2 43%
Pool L 1:5 TSAI Steven 3 U 3 Apex Fencing Academy 1943 1642 85.9 33%
T16 W 15:11 HAMRICK Alex 10 U 10 Research Triangle Fencing 1538 2562 100.9 85%
T8 L 4:15 CAFFAREY Luke 11 U 2 Research Triangle Fencing 2059 2662 474.1 76%

Black Friday Foil & Epee' @ Forge Fencing

Senior Mixed Foil (E1, SNR), November 25, 2022
Place 7 of 10, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Forge Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 JOHNSON Dylan 9 U 9 Forge Fencing 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool L 3:5 QIAN Zhiyan 1 C21 3 North Carolina Fencing Development Program
Pool L 1:5 KAUNITZ Emmanuel 4 E21 3 Forge Fencing Teams 2567 2921 537.4 64%
Pool L 2:5 KARNAVAS William 8 U 6 Forge Fencing Teams 1541 2383 568.8 83%
T16 W 15:12 CONE James 7 U 10 University Of North Carolina - Greensboro / Delta H Fencers 2022 2500 340.1 67%
T8 L 3:15 NICHOLSON II Michael A. 2 C21 1 Forge Fencing / North Carolina Fencing Development Program 3211 2840 278.6 36%