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Benjamin LaFosse

2011
Ligonier Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 5 12 4 - - 21
Losses 9 16 4 - - 29
Win ratio 35.7% 42.9% 50.0% - - 42.0%
Pool victories 3 10 3 - - 16
Pool losses 7 12 3 - - 22
Pool win ratio 30.0% 45.5% 50.0% - - 42.1%
DE victories 2 2 1 - - 5
DE losses 2 4 1 - - 7
DE win ratio 50.0% 33.3% 50.0% - - 41.7%

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 7 2 - - 13
Easy wins % 80.0% 58.3% 50.0% - - 61.9%
Close wins‡ - 1 - - - 1
Close wins % 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% - - 4.8%
Close losses‡ 5 2 2 - - 9
Close losses % 55.6% 12.5% 50.0% - - 31.0%
Big losses† 4 9 1 - - 14
Big losses % 44.4% 56.2% 25.0% - - 48.3%

† 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 - - - - - -
Victories % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%
Losses - 1 - - - 1
Losses % 0.0% 6.2% 0.0% - - 3.4%
Total - 1 - - - 1
Total % 0.0% 3.6% 0.0% - - 2.0%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 2 4 1 - - 7
Tournaments 2 4 1 - - 7

Competition history

7 competitions, 50 bouts

Murphy's Irish City Open 10

Senior Mixed Épée A2, SNR March 21, 2026

Place 21 of 25 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating D25 Ligonier Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 POLAKOVSKY Jacqueline 21 - E23 25 Ligonier Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 SI Anderson 20 - E25 17 Tiger Fencing Club 1443 1604 49.1 60%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHANG James 7 - C26 6 Hooked On Fencing 1947 1554 21.3 26%
Pool
D 0:5 LASIYCHUK Nikita 2 - A24 3 Hooked On Fencing 2254 1533 10.7 12%
Pool
D 4:5 KANIA Robert 16 - E25 14 1581 1522 33.5 46%
T32
D 13:15 FRIEDMAN Andres 11 - D25 11 Corsair Fencing School 1695 2183 168.5 77%

IUP Crimson Cup Open Foil and Epee

Senior Mixed Épée B2, SNR November 22, 2025

Place 8 of 26 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Ligonier Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 ORRIS Duwayne 18 - U 24 Ligonier Fencing Club 2500 1661 49.6 21%
Pool
V 5:1 RICHARDS Daniel 20 - U 22 Bethel Park Fencing Club 742 1711 9.0 91%
Pool
D 0:5 SI Anderson 11 - E25 17 Tiger Fencing Club 1449 1720 62.8 67%
Pool
D 4:5 FRIEDMAN Andres 6 - D25 7 Corsair Fencing School 1545 1657 49.4 57%
Pool
D 1:5 MASON Alexander T. 3 - B25 3 Two Ravens Fencing School 2763 1607 3.8 3%
T32
V 15:6 ORRIS Isabella 23 - U 19 Ligonier Fencing Club - - - -
T16
V 15:7 LAFOSSE Xavier 7 - D25 9 Ligonier Fencing Club 2990 2029 269.5 10%
T8
D 12:15 GANZY Ethan 10 - E25 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2248 2298 115.2 53%

IUP Spring Sword Showdown

Senior Mixed Épée C1, SNR April 12, 2025

Place 13 of 16 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating U Ligonier Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 YODER Neil 8 - E23 6 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club 1942 1717 44.0 37%
Pool
V 5:3 OPFERMAN Michael J. 5 - D23 10 Bethel Park Fencing Club 2230 1673 99.8 20%
Pool
D 3:5 ANDERSON Evan 13 - U 11 Ligonier Fencing Club 1182 1772 89.7 81%
Pool
D 1:5 KENYON Benjamin 2 - B23 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2210 1683 21.8 20%
T16
D 5:15 KENYON Benjamin 2 - B23 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2437 2134 104.7 34%

Tiger D-Under 2025 Men's & Women's Foil Epee

Div III Men's Épée D1, DV3 March 29, 2025

Place 5 of 24 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating U Ligonier Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 NEUBERGER Owen 23 - U 16 Peters Township Fencing Club 2500 1486 113.6 17%
Pool
V 5:1 FRIEDMAN Andres 1 - D25 12 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1483 1599 79.5 57%
Pool
V 5:3 FRIEDMAN Benjamin 12 - U 15 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1034 1679 31.2 81%
Pool
V 5:1 LI YukKwan 7 - U 17 Tiger Fencing Club 1333 1710 43.3 69%
Pool
D 1:5 LARIMER Josh 13 - U 2 Tiger Fencing Club 2887 1753 13.5 10%
Pool
D 1:3 VANCE Wyatt 24 - U 6 Tiger Fencing Club 1477 1740 94.2 65%
Pool
V 5:1 WEYANDT Tyler 20 - U 13 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club 1351 1646 41.9 66%
Pool
V 5:3 ZHU Jared 6 - U 20 Tiger Fencing Club 1167 1688 29.0 78%
T16
V 15:11 HILL Sebastian 10 - U 11 Tiger Fencing Club 2921 2187 250.1 24%
T8
D 8:15 WALTERS Tomas 9 - U 1 Tiger Fencing Club 1628 2437 303.3 83%

Murphy's Irish City Open 9 and Unrated Foil

Senior Mixed Épée B1, SNR March 23, 2025

Place 14 of 18 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Ligonier Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 ZHANG James 4 - C25 6 Hooked On Fencing 1970 1633 78.5 31%
Pool
D 1:5 LAFOSSE Xavier 11 - E24 5 Ligonier Fencing Club 3158 1554 7.5 3%
Pool
V 5:4 POLAKOVSKY Jacqueline 12 - E23 16 Ligonier Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 RAKOTOZAFY Adrian 7 - D23 8 Tiger Fencing Club 2081 1547 49.8 22%
Pool
D 3:5 BEATTY Brendon 3 - B22 3 Corsair Fencing School 2740 1497 11.2 4%
T16
D 1:15 KENYON Jacob 1 - A23 1 Ligonier Fencing Club 3121 2260 72.9 13%

IUP Crimson Cornucopia

Div II Mixed Épée E1, DV2 November 9, 2024

Place 8 of 18 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Ligonier Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 ANDERSON Alyssa 13 - U 14 Ligonier Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 BENNETT Shay 7 - U 18 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 SI Anderson 15 - U 6 Tiger Fencing Club 1118 2059 430.8 90%
Pool
V 5:1 GONZALEZ Aidan 12 - U 12 Penn State University Fencing Club 1118 1628 74.0 75%
Pool
D 1:5 TARCHICHI Robby 1 - E24 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2186 1702 69.3 25%
T16
V 15:5 LAFOSSE Augustin 17 - U 9 Ligonier Fencing Club 2148 2143 262.8 50%
T8
D 8:15 LAFOSSE Xavier 9 - U 1 Ligonier Fencing Club 2770 2406 146.0 37%

Murphy's Irish City Open 8

Y-14 Mixed Épée U, Y14 March 23, 2024

Place 3 of 7 Seed 4 Not ranked Rating U Ligonier Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 LAFOSSE Augustin 2 - U 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
V 5:1 ANDERSON Evan 5 - U 5 Ligonier Fencing Club 2921 2079 573.3 24%
Pool
V 5:2 RZASA Thomas 6 - U 7 Ligonier Fencing Club 1901 2653 141.9 76%
Pool
D 4:5 FRIEDMAN Andres 7 - U 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1586 2795 615.0 91%
Pool
V 5:3 YANG Victoria 3 - U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 TARCHICHI Robby 1 - E24 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2681 2180 120.7 27%
T8
V 15:7 ANDERSON Evan 5 - U 5 Ligonier Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T4
D 4:15 TARCHICHI Robby 1 - E24 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1719 2921 777.6 87%