11/04/2012 Irish Earn Pair Of Runner-Up Finishes at Penn State Garret OpenTwo Notre Dame fencers take silver at 41st annual competition 01/29/2012 Irish Men's Fencing Finishes Off Weekend Sweep At Notre Dame DualsEleven of 12 victories saw team record 20-plus points 01/20/2012 Notre Dame Winter Sports Preview: FencingDefendng national champion Fighting Irish reload their roster in search of their second consecutive NCAA title. 01/20/2012 Notre Dame Winter Sports Preview: FencingDefendng national champion Fighting Irish reload their roster in search of their second consecutive NCAA title. 01/29/2012 1/29 Men's Fencing at Notre Dame DualsNotre Dame Men's Fencing at the Notre Dame Duals on January 29th. AS A FRESHMAN: Participated in all five regular season dual events for the epee team, producing a 37-13 record ... earned a monogram ... compiled a 10-2 record at the Air Force Duals ... defeated Kian Ameli (finished ninth at the NCAA Championships) from Stanford 5-4 ... blanked members of UC San Diego (3-0), Swarthmore College (2-0) and Florida (3-0) at the Air Force competition ... fashioned a 3-3 record at the St. John's Duals, taking down Michael Raynis from No. 6 Harvard 5-1 ... defeated Nicholas Vomero (finished fifth at the NCAA Championships) and Marat Israelian (finished 11th at the NCAA Championships) from No. 3 St. John's ... posted a 4-5 effort at the NYU Dual, which included a 2-1 match record over No. 9 Columbia ... ranked second on the epee squad with a 15-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals ... claimed five bouts by four touches or more at the home duals ... finished 6-2 at the Northwestern Duals, sweeping Tae Je Lee (5-4), Sidney Buchbinder (5-2) and Jonathan Bayliss (5-1) from Cal Tech... finished 18th out of 77 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships ... 5-1 pool play record, while logging a +13 indicator (26-13) at the conference tournament. PREP & PERSONAL: Competed in fencing and golf while being home schooled in Ligonier, Pa. ... earned varsity letters in golf sophomore through senior year, while fencing for the club team Hooked on Fencing ... earned six national medals in competitive fencing events ... took third place in the Sanity Claus Epee Open Tournament ... placed 13th (out of 218 fencers) at the U-20 North American Cup event in Austin, Texas in November, 2011 ... earned strongest finish on the North American Cup circuit with his third-place result in the U-19 division in July of 2011 ... won the Iron Knight tournament put on by the Hooked on Fencing club ... helped junior epee team capture second place at the Junior Olympics in February of 2011 ... born in Johnstown, Pa. ... son of Timothy Purdy and Letitia Berkey ... ennrolled in the College of Science, with an intent to major in pre-med. Purdy's Career Record
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