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2025-26 MIT Women's Fencing Roster

Frank Poulin

Zandra Feland

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Los Gatos, Calif.
  • High School The Nueva School
  • Weapon Epee
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Top Finishes: 
  • The Big One Invitational: First Place (Nov. 4, 2023) 
  • NCAA Northeast Regional Championship: 17th Place (March 12, 2023) 
Accolades: 
  • 2022-23 USFCA Division III Epee All-America First Team 
  • 2023-24 USFCA Division III Epee All-America Second Team 
  • 2023-24 USFCA Division III Northeast Region All-Region Team 
  • 2023-24 NFC Epee All-Star First Team 
  • 2x USFCA All-Academic Team (2022-23, 2024-25)  
  • 2x NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24, 2024-25) 
2024-25: [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS] 
  • Overall Record: 42-33 
  • NFC Record: 12-10 
  • Finished seventh at The Big One Invitational (11/2) 
  • Ranked 34th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/9) 
2023-24 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
  • Overall Record: 32-9
  • NFC Record: 18-5
  • Finished first at The Big One Invitational (11/4)
  • Finished 21st at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/10)

2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]

  • Overall Record: 53-35 
  • NFC Record: 25-10 
  • Finished 17th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/12) 
  • Finished 10th at The Big One Invitational (11/5) 
  • Went 10-6 in Group A at the New England Championship (2/25) 

Before MIT: 

  • Graduated from The Nueva School 
  • Earned a varsity letter for track and field, soccer, and basketball 
  • Also participated in Nordic skiing, biathlon, and field hockey 
  • President's Volunteer Service Award  

Personal: 

  • Research: Vortical Flow Lab, Media Lab, Aerospace Computational Design Laboratory 
  • MIT Motorsports 
  • MIT Sigma Kappa 
  • Resident Peer Mentor 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “My favorite sports memory is placing fifth at Summer Nationals and earning my A-22 rating.” 

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 

  • "Fencing at the Duke tournament with the women's epee team."

Club: 

  • Academy of Fencing Masters 
  • Regional Gold Patch Winner 2020 Cadet Women's Epee, Regional Silver Patch Winner 2020 Junior Women's Epee 
  • USA Fencing 2021 All-Academic Team 
  • USA Fencing A-22 Rating, USA Fencing Epee referee level 8, USA Fencing Foil referee level 8, USA Fencing Saber referee level 9 
  • Team Captain for eighth place Senior Women’s Epee Team at 2022 Summer Nationals 
  • Team Captain of Senior Women’s Epee Team at Junior Olympics 
  • Fifth place in Div 1A at 2022 Summer Nationals (Earned A22 rating) 
  • 15th place in Cadet Women's Epee at 2021 May NAC 
  • First place in Junior Women's Epee at TFC Spring Fest RJCC 
  • Second Place in Junior Women's Epee at Fortune Fencing RJCC 
  • Third Place in Cadet Women's Epee at Fortune Fencing 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Epee
    5'6"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Epee
    5'6"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Epee
    5'6"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Epee
    5'6"