Stockton University Athletics

Fencing has been a staple club sport of Stockton's Athletic department for decades. Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting and. The three disciplines of modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre; each discipline uses a different kind of blade, which shares the same name, and employs its own rules. Most competitive fencers specialize in one discipline.  Fencing is a well-rounded sport that develops quickness, flexibility, coordination and cardiovascular conditioning.

Fencing instruction is provided in epee, foil and saber. Technique and foot work are taught in this exciting sport.
Club President - Connor Sparks - sparksc1@go.stockton.edu
 

Our head coach, Agota Balot, is a former Hungarian Junior Team Champion with more than 50 years of fencing and personal training experience. Born in Budapest, Hungary, she is multilingual, trained in management, and is a certified personal trainer and former marathon runner. She has met fencers from all over the world and has been fortunate to have opportunities to bout with champions and fencing legends. The daughter of Magda Nyari, five-time World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist, she has spent her entire life fencing. She started the Academy in 1999 and trained hundreds of fencers in all three weapons. Her fencers reached numerous national finals and reached the top of the podium in foil and epee. Her students, Alexx Sowuleski finished 8th at the 2003 National Championship Youth-14 epee event; Nicole Vaiani was Youth-12 National Foil Champion in 2010; Sally Higgins finished 2nd in Veteran-70 epee in 2014. Agota had been the head coach of the Ranney School’s varsity fencing team for ten years. The team and their individual fencers reached top of the podium at NJSIAA and NJISAA championship events. Besides managing the club and coaching, Agota actively fencing nationally and internationally. At the Veteran World Fencing Championships in Livorno 2018 and in Cairo 2019, she earned bronze medals in the epee event. 

Head Coach: Agota Balot