PALO ALTO, Calif. – UC San Diego men's and women's teams competed at the second inaugural MPSF Conference Championships all day Sunday. Vedran Markota took the men's epee title after going undefeated.
 
ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE
Competing in foil, Kyra Wu earned the bronze medal. Seeded number two, Wu fell to the silver medalist from Air Force.
 
In epee, Tean Brooks and Renee Zuhars both finished on the podium. Seeded as the fourth and first seeds, Brooks and Zuhars faced one another in competition for the opening round. Zuhars later fell to the gold medalist and took silver. Brooks took the bronze medal.
 
ON THE MEN'S SIDE
In foil, Larry Song and Jacob Levy represented the Tritons. Levy was seeded number three with Song seeded number two. The teammates faced one another in the first round. Song advanced after a close bout with Levy, 15-12. He then took the silver medal after falling to the gold medalist.
 
Shawn Kim and Jerry Pan also faced one another in the first round of competition as the two and three seed. Pan edged out Kim in a 15-10 victory. He later fell to the gold medalist 15-11. Kim earned the bronze medal and Pan took silver.
 
Seeded first and fourth, Vedran Markota and Isaac Ive faced one another in the first round. Markota took the bout 15-11. Ive took the bronze medal and Markota went on to win the epee title.
 
UP NEXT
The Triton squads return to the strips tomorrow to compete at the MPSF Conference Championships hosted by Stanford with action sent to begin at 9:00 am. Live results are available on ucsdtritons.com.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.