LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (10/2/2017) -- Three Titans opened the University of Detroit Mercy men's fencing season on Saturday at the 2017 Remenyik Open, held in Libertyville, Ill. over the weekend.

Junior foilist Algird Szumlas placed fifth out of 61 competitors in the Senior Men's Foil competition. Szumlas, one of the top-ranked foilists in the event, was seeded No. 1 after a perfect 6-0 record in pool play in which he had a +23 indicator (30 touches scores, 7 touches received).

After a first-round bye, Szumlas earned a 15-8 victory in the round of 32 before edging Kenneth Chui 10-9 in the next round. Szumlas fell in the quarterfinals to eighth-seeded Hans Kaiser by a 15-9 margin. On the day overall, Szumlas went 8-1 to open the 2017-18 season.

Sophomore Wiley Dressell improved upon his seeding to finish 12th out of 47 fencers in the Senior Men's Sabre event on Saturday. Dressell went 4-2 in the sabre during pool play (+6 indicator) to earn the No. 17 seed heading into direct elimination bouts. 

After securing a bye in the first round, Dressell topped No. 16 seed James Henderson 15-14 before falling to top-seeded Filip Dolegiewicz in the round of 16. He finished the day with a record of 5-3.

Junior Joshua Sexton placed 45th in the sabre for the Titans.

Former Titan Yaroslav Ivanov placed sixth in the foil, going 6-0 in pool play and winning three-straight direct elimination bouts before dropping a quarterfinal bout.
 

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— Titan Fencing (@UDM_Fencing) September 30, 2017