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2016-17 Women's Fencing

Hali Nelson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Brookline, Mass.
  • High School Brookline
  • Position Foil
  • Major Visual and Environmental Studies
  • House Affiliation Adams

Biography

Senior (2016-17):
Registered a 43-39 overall record for the season ... Administered a 22nd-place finish at the NCAA Championships ... Recorded a fourth place finish at the NCAA Regional Tournament, tallying a 16-7 overall record and a plus-24 touch differential ... Tallied a 3-2 record at the Beanpot Tournament with a plus-nine touch differential ... Earned six wins at the Ivy League Championships ... Went 3-1 against NYU and Tufts, adding three to her overall touch differential … Tallied four wins at the St. John’s Invitational ... Earned one victory against Wellesley on Dec. 7, adding two points to her overall touch differential ... Tallied a 5-4 mark at the Tradition Tournament, including a +13 touch difference. 

Junior (2015-16):
Administered a 20th-place finish in the Penn State Open (Nov. 7-8) ... Held a 3-0 record against Wellesley in the foil competition (Dec. 3) ... Posted a 7-2 record in the Tradition Tournament at Sacred Heart (Dec. 6) ... Finished with a 4-5 mark at the Ivy League Championships where Harvard earned a share of the title (Feb. 6-7) ... Went 5-2 at the Beanpot where Harvard captured the title (Feb. 10) ... Finished eighth at the NCAA Northeast Regionals with a 11-12 record.

Sophomore (2014-15):
Holds a 61-37 overall record with a +96 touch differential ... Went 3-0 against Tufts with a plus-13 indicator (Dec. 5) ... Posted a 13-2 record at the Tradition Tournament at Sacred Heart ... Went 6-6 at the St. John''s Invitational ... Went 6-7 at the Ivy League Round Robins ... Led Harvard''s foil squad with a 7-2 mark at the Beanpot ... Turned in a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Northeast Regional with a 17-6 record ... Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 16th with a 9-14 record and -9 indicator.

Freshman (2013-14):
In her first collegiate match, went 3-0 against Tufts (Dec. 5) ... Finished 13-2 at the Tradition Tournament (Dec. 8)  ... Competed at the St. John''s Invitational (Jan. 26) ... Posted a 6-12 record at Ivy League Round-Robins (Feb. 8-9) ... Went 9-0 to help Harvard claim its seventh straight Beanpot title (Feb. 12) ... Finished 13th at the NCAA Northeast regional with a 7-5 mark and plus-8 indicator (March 9).

International
(2013-14):
Finished 10th in the Junior women''s foil at the November NAC (Nov. 8-11) ... Placed 45th in the Junior women''s foil and competed in the Division I women''s foil at the January NAC (Jan. 17-20).

Before Harvard:
Placed seventh at the Division IA Nationals in women’s foil in 2012 ... Recipient of the Society of Women Engineers honor award in 2013 ... Member of National Honor Society. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14First-Year

    Foil
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Foil
  • 2015-16Junior

    Foil
  • 2016-17Senior

    Foil