Juliana Gomez defends UAAP fencing gold

Juliana Gomez of the University of the Philippines ruled anew in the women’s epee individual event of UAAP fencing after defeating De La Salle University’s  Cyrra Vergara, 15-14, in come-from-behind fashion in the finals on Friday at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion.

Gomez also got the gold medal for the said event in Season 85.

“I feel like I just hit a bull’s eye because the target was the gold, but I was able to add to what Nana Carbonell did during the first day,” Gomez said while referring to her teammate’s win in foil individual.

“It was honestly such a great feeling that we have a good chance of winning the overall for the women’s,” she added.

At the end of Day 2 of the Season 86 fencing tourney, UP topped the women’s standings with two golds and two bronzes, followed by University of the East with a gold, a silver, and a bronze, and University of Santo Tomas with a silver and a bronze.

In the men’s division, UE led with a gold and two silvers, followed by De La Salle University (1-0-2), and UST (1-0-1). UE also finished Day 2 on top of the standings in the boys (2-3-0) and girls division (3-2-1).

—JKC, GMA Integrated News