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2024-25 Men's Fencing Roster

Matthew Linsky

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown New York, N.Y.
  • High School High School for Math, Science, and Engineering
  • Position Sabre

Biography

Junior Year (2024-25)

Placed 14th in men’s saber with an 11-11 record at NCAA Fencing Championships … Placed 13th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships with a 7-4 record … Finished the Ivy League Championships with a 4-5 record … Ended the Duke/NYU Meet with a 4-2 record … Ended the St. John’s Invitational with 6-4 record … Went 2-1 to start the year at the Beanpot ... Ended the season with a record of 33-27.

Sophomore Year (2023-24)

USFCA All-America Honorable Mention … Finished in ninth place at the NCAA Fencing Championships with a 13-10 record … Qualified for the NCAA Fencing Championships after finishing in second place at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships … Posted a 5-4 record at the Ivy League Fencing Championships … Ended the season with a 30-28 record … Contributed to the Crimson’s march to the 2024 NCAA National Championship.

First-Year (2022-23)

Earned five wins in the Ivy Championships... Posted a record of 24-17 on the season.

Before Harvard

Competed for Manhattan Fencing Center… Captured gold in cadet men’s saber at the Riposta Cup Cadet Saber World Cup… Finished in first place in cadet at the North American Cup in June 2021… Posted a top-8 finish, while also earning a team gold, at Cadet World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria… Pocketed a junior team gold at the Junior Olympics in 2021… Earned a team bronze at the July NAC 2021… Logged a top-16 effort in Division I at October NAC 2021… Was a three-time first-team All-American and All-Academic honoree (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)… Worked for a student-led non-profit tutoring organization… Served as a lead rescuer for Leftover Rescue Cuisine, logging more than 300 hours… Volunteer for Key Club… Ballroom danced for 11 years… Other interests include soccer, basketball, traveling and video games.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First-Year

    Sabre
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sabre
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sabre