March 3, 2008

FAIRFIELD, CT - Sophomore Krista Bacci (Creskill, NJ) of the women's fencing team has been named the Enterprise Rent-A-Car/Sacred Heart Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending March 2.

Bacci, the team captain, had a magical run through the NCAA Regional Qualifier in sabre and earned a spot in the National Championships in two weeks in Columbus, OH.

Seeded 15th going into the tournament, Bacci knew that she would have to finish no worse than sixth in order to have a chance at selection to NCAA Nationals, since nine sbaer fencers were to be selected from the highly competitve Northeast region that includes teams such as former NCAA Champions St. John's, Columbia, Harvard and NYU.

Bacci was one of the dominant fencers from the start of the day, placing second after the first round, fifth after the second round and sixth in the all important third round to get to the 11-women final. In the final she went 7-3, beating United States Olympian and 1st team All-American Emily Jacobsen from Columbia and other former All-Americans such as Randy Alevi from Brown and Alexa Weingarten from Harvard.

After her stunning performance, Bacci was the sevent of the nine qualifiers from the region.