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Brandeis University

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Brandeis University Women's Fencing

Team
Women
Division / system
III
Weapons
Foil · Épée · Sabre
Source checked
2026-10-22

Program classification checked against an official source.

Coaching staff

Elif Soyer Sachs

Head Coach

Sachs became Brandeis head coach in October 2022. Under her leadership Maggie Shealy won the 2024 NCAA sabre title; she previously coached at Tufts and Wellesley.

Source checked: 2026-10-25
Matthew Zich

Assistant Coach - Sabre · Sabre

Zich became a full-time Brandeis assistant in 2025. The sabre coach helped Maggie Shealy win the 2024 NCAA championship and received consecutive national assistant-coach honors.

Source checked: 2026-10-25
Tudor Popescu

Assistant Coach - Foil · Foil

Popescu joined Brandeis as a foil assistant in October 2022. He earned mathematics degrees from Carnegie Mellon and Brandeis and won Romanian youth national silver.

Source checked: 2026-10-25
Frédéric Fenoul

Assistant Coach - Epee · Épée

Fenoul coached Belgium's elite épée program from 2017. His pupil Neisser Loyola won world bronze in 2022; Fenoul later coached in Germany and at Leo Fencing.

Source checked: 2026-10-25
varsity · verified

Brandeis University Men's Fencing

Team
Men
Division / system
III
Weapons
Foil · Épée · Sabre
Source checked
2026-10-22

Program classification checked against an official source.

Coaching staff

Elif Soyer Sachs

Head Coach

Sachs became Brandeis head coach in October 2022. Under her leadership Maggie Shealy won the 2024 NCAA sabre title; she previously coached at Tufts and Wellesley.

Source checked: 2026-10-25
Matthew Zich

Assistant Coach - Sabre · Sabre

Zich became a full-time Brandeis assistant in 2025. The sabre coach helped Maggie Shealy win the 2024 NCAA championship and received consecutive national assistant-coach honors.

Source checked: 2026-10-25
Tudor Popescu

Assistant Coach - Foil · Foil

Popescu joined Brandeis as a foil assistant in October 2022. He earned mathematics degrees from Carnegie Mellon and Brandeis and won Romanian youth national silver.

Source checked: 2026-10-25
Frédéric Fenoul

Assistant Coach - Epee · Épée

Fenoul coached Belgium's elite épée program from 2017. His pupil Neisser Loyola won world bronze in 2022; Fenoul later coached in Germany and at Leo Fencing.

Source checked: 2026-10-25

Admissions & cost snapshot

College Raptor · data labelled 2023–2024 · reviewed 25 October 2026

Overall acceptance rate
45.41%
Reported SAT range
1,350 – 1,500
Average net price (USD)
US$43,550
Reported median starting salary (USD)
US$52,967
Reported fencing revenue (USD)
US$250,199

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Facilities & fencing equipment

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