Sahand Shaghaghi

2004

Win/Loss Statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Victories 20 7 - - - 27
Losses 39 29 - - - 68
Win Ratio 33.9% 19.4% - - - 28.4%
Pool Victories 17 7 - - - 24
Pool Losses 33 23 - - - 56
Pool Win Ratio 34.0% 23.3% - - - 30.0%
DE Victories 3 - - - - 3
DE Losses 6 6 - - - 12
DE Win Ratio 33.3% 0.0% - - - 20.0%

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

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Easy wins† 6 1 - - - 7
Easy wins as % of wins 30.0% 14.3% - - - 25.9%
Close wins‡ 4 3 - - - 7
Close wins as % of all wins 20.0% 42.9% - - - 25.9%
Close losses‡ 5 4 - - - 9
Close losses as % of all losses 12.8% 13.8% - - - 13.2%
Big losses† 16 12 - - - 28
Big losses as % of all losses 41.0% 41.4% - - - 41.2%

† 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

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Events 9 6 - - - 15
Tournaments 5 4 - - - 9

Competition History

16th Annual Yellow Jacket Open

Div III Mixed Saber (D1, DV3), February 28, 2026
Place 29 of 48, Seed 45, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 GORDON Ezekiel 13 E25 12 Nellya Fencers / North Atlanta High School Fencing Team (Saber & Foil) 1235 1151 26.7 45%
Pool D 1:5 HUGHES Eric 42 U 28 1552 1124 14.9 25%
Pool V 5:2 CHEE Joshua 28 U 30 705 1110 14.5 72%
Pool D 2:5 MO Jason 31 U 19 Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Fencing Club 1417 1124 17.8 32%
Pool D 2:5 SHIH Christina 2 D25 8 Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Fencing Club
Pool V 5:1 FREEDMAN Alexander 15 E25 16 University Of Florida Fencing Club 1439 1106 39.6 29%
T64 V 15:6 VIHODET Irina 29 U 36 Foothills Fencing Academy / Clemson University Fencing Club
T32 D 4:15 BRISENO Ethan 10 E25 1 Nellya Fencers 2085 768 12.9 3%

16th Annual Yellow Jacket Open

Senior Mixed Saber (B2, SNR), February 28, 2026
Place 41 of 62, Seed 44, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 BOUNDS Andrew 22 E26 38 Florida Fencing Academy / Invictus Fencing 1605 1123 15.5 22%
Pool D 1:5 XU Luke 4 B25 1 Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Fencing Club / Fencing Academy Of Denver 2632 1108 0.8 1%
Pool V 5:3 SHAIKH Waqas 53 U 50 Nellya Fencers 2011 1107 43.1 15%
Pool D 2:5 MARTIN Evangeline 15 D26 10 Athens Fencing Club
Pool V 5:4 PAYNE Rashaad 60 U 57 981 1150 21.5 59%
Pool D 4:5 VU Mark 33 E25 24 Bergen Fencing Club 1452 1172 20.5 32%
T64 D 3:15 HU Harry 30 E25 15 Nellya Fencers 2124 780 12.5 3%

(Changed to Feb 14-15) SIFA Championships 2026 (College only)

Men's Foil (None), February 1, 2026
Place 10 of 18, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, UTK
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 SHELLY Emery 8 U 5 UVA
Pool D 0:5 MO Jason 1 C25 1 GT
Pool V 5:1 SCOTT Ford 12 U 12 CLEM
Pool V 5:3 FLEITAS Owen 7 U 18 W&M
Pool V 5:3 JACKSON Daniel 18 U 14 UA

(Changed to Feb 14-15) SIFA Championships 2026 (College only)

Men's Saber (None), January 31, 2026
Place 26 of 31, Seed 21, Not ranked, Rating U, UTK
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 DADIO Daniel 10 U 10 W&M
Pool D 2:5 CASEY Michael 28 U 23 UVA
Pool D 3:5 HADAWAY Maxwell 11 U 15 GT
Pool D 2:5 PENG Bryan 1 A23 2 EMORY
Pool D 1:5 SCOTT Ford 18 U 11 CLEM
Pool V 5:2 CISNEROS JUVIER Mauricio 20 U 27 FIU

2025 Szathmary Smackdown II

Div III Mixed Foil (D1, DV3), October 19, 2025
Place 14 of 21, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 SEATON Jake 7 U 11 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 1438 1390 155.4 48%
Pool V 5:4 DIAMOND Gavin 21 U 18 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 848 1235 88.0 69%
Pool V 5:3 LUNSFORD Hayden 20 U 21 Appalachian State University Fencing Club 772 1323 61.5 76%
Pool D 0:5 HINDS David E. 1 D25 1 Virginia Tech Fencing Club 2360 1384 24.4 8%
Pool D 3:5 TOMASI Samantha 6 E22 10 Smokey Mountain Fencing
Pool D 1:5 FISHER Edward 12 U 6 Virginia Tech Fencing Club 1174 1360 145.2 61%
T32 V 15:7 COOPER Beth 8 U 19 Smokey Mountain Fencing
T16 D 8:15 MYERS Cooper 15 U 3 Smokey Mountain Fencing 1554 2079 616.5 70%

2025 Szathmary Smackdown II

Senior Mixed Saber (D1, SNR), October 18, 2025
Place 8 of 22, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:0 WILLIAMS Aidan 20 U 21 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 1592 1034 40.1 26%
Pool V 5:2 SIMPSON Tobias 10 U 11 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 1736 1074 57.3 17%
Pool D 3:5 SPELL Kayla 2 E25 9 All-American Fencing Academy
Pool D 3:5 GUIRGUES Alexander 14 U 5 University of Alabama 1950 1131 8.1 11%
Pool V 5:2 CRICHLOW Isabella 7 U 16 Smokey Mountain Fencing
T16 V 15:14 SPELL Kayla 2 E25 9 All-American Fencing Academy
T8 D 7:15 SZATHMARY Michael J. 1 C25 1 Smokey Mountain Fencing 2643 783 2.6 < 1%

2nd Annual Crimson Classic

Mixed Foil (E1), October 12, 2025
Place 10 of 15, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 SIMPSON Tobias 3 U 5 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 2500 1495 88.7 19%
Pool D 1:5 MCCONNELL Aidan 4 U 7 University of Alabama 1135 1407 308.3 62%
Pool D 4:5 BEARTHES Skylar 10 U 6 University of Alabama
Pool V 5:4 FULLER Patrick 13 U 12 University of Alabama 1463 1098 292.0 32%

The Virginia Tech Open

Div III Mixed Saber (D1, DV3), September 28, 2025
Place 22 of 28, Seed 26, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 CLICK Joe 22 U 23 James Madison University Fencing Club 718 1112 62.5 72%
Pool D 3:5 CRESSWELL Lochlann 13 U 13 Virginia Tech Fencing Club 1594 1050 18.0 22%
Pool D 2:5 KNOWLES Patrick 12 U 20 Virginia Tech Fencing Club 1406 1032 23.2 29%
Pool D 1:5 RACHAPROLU Divyagnyaan Siddartha 20 U 10 George Mason University Fencing Club 1378 1009 23.1 28%
Pool V 5:0 ALLEN Asa 4 E25 8 Richmond Fencing Club 1404 986 61.6 25%
Pool D 3:5 XIE Eric 5 E25 9 University of Virginia Fencing Club 1665 1047 13.3 16%
T32 D 7:15 PIENKOWSKI Jakub 19 U 7 Allegro Fencing Center 1854 815 32.6 8%

The Virginia Tech Open

Senior Mixed Saber (C2, SNR), September 27, 2025
Place 21 of 27, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 RACHAPROLU Divyagnyaan Siddartha 12 U 12 George Mason University Fencing Club 1288 1184 43.3 44%
Pool D 2:5 LIN Felix 1 C25 3 Miracle Fencing Club 2095 1141 8.0 6%
Pool V 5:3 ZHOU Deborah 17 U 23 Virginia Tech Fencing Club
Pool V 5:2 ZHANG Yujie 23 U 26 University of Virginia Fencing Club
Pool D 1:5 SEMP Brannon A. 8 D24 6 University of Virginia Fencing Club / Blue Ridge Fencing Center 2108 1133 7.5 6%
Pool D 0:5 ELIAN David 9 E25 11 Virginia Tech Fencing Club 1864 1126 13.2 12%
T32 D 2:15 XIE Eric 10 E25 8 University of Virginia Fencing Club 1789 859 43.5 11%

15th Annual Yellow Jacket Open

Div III Mixed Saber (D1, DV3), March 8, 2025
Place 25 of 38, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 3:5 EDWARDS Farren 8 E25 7 Premier Fencing Alliance 1615 1203 39.1 26%
Pool D 4:5 VU Mark 6 E25 16 Bergen Fencing Club 1313 1164 54.9 41%
Pool V 5:4 WATKINS James 32 U 30 University of Georgia Fencing Club 962 1109 50.4 59%
Pool D 4:5 MACKEY Ibrahim 21 U 14 Georgia Tech University Yellow Jacket Fencing Club 1140 1160 58.4 51%
Pool V 5:4 LINDSAY Devin 30 U 24 Edge of America Fencing 1558 1101 82.9 25%
T32 D 4:15 WOMACK Theodore 15 E24 3 Athens Fencing Club 1846 907 47.8 11%

15th Annual Yellow Jacket Open

Senior Mixed Saber (B2, SNR), March 8, 2025
Place 41 of 48, Seed 39, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 FARAHMAND Shaya 34 U 38 Georgia Tech University Yellow Jacket Fencing Club 1204 1391 85.5 61%
Pool D 3:5 VU Mark 18 E25 23 Bergen Fencing Club 1326 1477 117.9 59%
Pool D 2:5 HAYES David 12 D24 13 Florida Fencing Academy 1841 1359 43.2 24%
Pool D 1:5 BURGESS Beckham 3 C25 1 Athens Fencing Club 1972 1316 29.2 16%
Pool D 1:5 LINDSAY Mirah 26 E24 34 Premier Fencing Alliance
Pool D 2:5 RIETZ Cairan 41 U 18 1194 1287 83.1 56%
T64 D 4:15 WATKINS James 29 U 24 University of Georgia Fencing Club 1225 1091 184.4 43%

Halloween Open: Day of the Dead 12th Anniversary

Mixed Foil (D1), November 2, 2024
Place 23 of 24, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 3:5 COMBS Kyler 16 U 11 American Fencing Academy of Dayton 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool D 0:5 BEDWORTH Paige 6 E24 5 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Pool D 2:5 KABARITI Karim 3 D24 2 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 1709 2079 584.0 65%
Pool D 2:5 HOFFMAN Savannah 14 U 18 Eastern Kentucky University Fencing Club
Pool D 2:5 CELEDONIO Cydny 11 U 15 Eastern Kentucky University Fencing Club
T32 D 6:15 COMBS Kyler 16 U 11 American Fencing Academy of Dayton 2500 2500 420.5 50%

Halloween Open: Day of the Dead 12th Anniversary

Mixed Saber (D1), November 2, 2024
Place 10 of 15, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:3 WHITIS Arlo 6 U 11 1693 1296 191.9 30%
Pool D 0:5 BURLESON Aidan J. 1 D23 1 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 2337 1488 33.6 11%
Pool D 3:5 MOHAMMED Sadiq 13 U 6 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 1896 1454 62.9 28%
Pool V 5:0 PURSLEY Krystle 15 U 14 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc.
T16 D 6:15 KAUFFMAN Davian 12 U 7 989 1480 389.3 71%

2024 Szathmary Smackdown I

Mixed Saber (E1), October 5, 2024
Place 14 of 15, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 3:5 MOHAMMED Sadiq 12 U 3 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 3199 1591 21.0 5%
Pool D 4:5 VINCENT Phillip D. 6 U 2 2651 1570 43.4 10%
Pool D 2:5 ODBADRAKH Batu 1 D24 1 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 2541 1527 40.9 9%
Pool D 1:5 SMITH ` Tyler M. 14 U 3 Liberty University Fencing Club 1423 1486 190.1 53%
T16 D 2:15 VINCENT Phillip D. 6 U 2 2410 1610 129.8 21%

The Virginia Tech Open

Div III Mixed Saber (D1, DV3), September 29, 2024
Place 21 of 31, Seed 28, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:2 LESTYAN Cat 10 U 19 Virginia Tech Fencing Club
Pool D 2:5 LEE Angela 20 U 18 Fencing Club At NC State
Pool D 1:5 SEMP Brannon A. 1 D24 3 University of Virginia Fencing Club / Virginia Tech Fencing Club 2130 2500 704.7 64%
Pool D 4:5 HERMES Henry 29 U 9 College of William & Mary Fencing Club 2333 1795 182.7 29%
Pool D 2:5 LIN Hao 13 U 22 George Mason University Fencing Club 1843 1613 206.1 40%
Pool V 5:3 CARNEAL Robert 22 U 30 Liberty University Fencing Club 1270 1406 184.8 56%
T32 D 3:15 LAUDO Joseph 25 U 2 James Madison University Fencing Club 1709 2500 889.7 78%