In the first major Ivy home meet of the season, the men's and women's fencing teams faced off against the Quakers for the first time since last year's two upsetting losses. After a weak performance last week to Columbia, both squads were anxious to combat their other major Ivy competitor.
The outing did not go as planned for the men, though, as they lost, 14-13. The women won, but only with a narrow 14-13 victory.
Interestingly, the men's and women's team performed nearly in a parallel manner. Both teams were led by their strong epee squads and had their fair share losses in the foil.
The men's epee squad pulled through with a win of 6-3. The sabres won 7-2. The weakest link, though, was the 0-9 loss by the foils.
Epee squad leader and defending NCAA epee champion, sophomore Soren Thompson came away with 3 wins and senior captain Matt Fitzgerald won two of his three bouts.
"We didn't have our full starting squad since Brandon Lafving dislocated his knee at Columbia. So [junior] Bill Beaver stepped up and won his final bout decidedly and nearly won his other two," Thompson said.
As for sabre, junior squad captain Mike Brosterman led with three wins. Both junior Eddie Chou and sophomore Josh Younger won two bouts respectively, finishing with scores of 2-1.
In foil, the team had some tough luck, walking away with a disappointing 9-0 loss.
"We weren't going in expecting a sweep or anything," sophomore squad leader Jonathan Jew-Lim said. "Penn has a pretty strong foil team. I think both Penn and Columbia are probably the strongest in the Ivies."
The women's team had a happier ending to an equally competitive day.
The Tigers start ed strong, winning 11 of their first 18 matches. The last nine did not go as smootly, though, and the women lost six of the first eight.
With the score tied at 13, it was up to the final match between senior epee squad leader Lindsay Campbell against Penn's Kim Linton.
The two exchanged touch after touch, and finally, Campbell came out on top, winning 5-4 and giving Princeton the win.
Epee not only dominated for the men but the women finished with a final score of 8-1. Campbell and Senior Maya Lawrence were both 3-0 and team captain Mary Dunlop finished 2-1.
The women's sabre lost five of the nine matches during the meet. In the sabre, freshman Catherine Pack and junior Maura Coleman both won two of their three bouts.
"Maura fenced really well and had a very strong bout against Christina Verigan. Maura just got back from a semester abroad and got thrown right into the competition and she's picking up her old skills quickly," Dunlop said.
The final event, the foil, finished with 7-2 loss. Junior Ali Toy won her first two bouts, losing the final one in sudden death overtime.
For the women, all hope for the Ivy title is not yet lost. After losing to Columbia, they won against Cornell, which gave them a base to build on.
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