Temple University Athletics
Women's Fencing Concludes Regular Season with Perfect Day at Steven's Tech Multi-Meet
2.9.09 | Women's Fencing
Feb. 9, 2009
HOBOKEN, N.J. - The Temple women's fencing finished the 2008-2009 duel meet season in style, finishing 4-0 at the Steven's Tech Multi-Meet on Sunday afternoon. The four victories extended the team's winning streak to 10 meets. The day was capped off by a 27-0 win over Hunter College led by seniors Kaitlyn Uckert, Sabrina Shapiro, and Kristine Jones, all going undefeated in the final dual meet of their collegiate careers.
"It was good to see all three of our seniors finish their last meet fencing so well," said assistant coach Bradley
Baker. "We still have postseason play to go, where we'll be looking for continued contributions from the trio," he
continued.
The Owls kicked off the day with a 24-3 victory over host Steven's Tech. Foil and sabre each posted 9-0 shutouts in
the win.
The Cherry and White next faced off against Brandeis University in the toughest match of the day. All three
squads came away victorious for an overall team score of 18-9.
The third round featured a rematch against Johns Hopkins, whom Temple beat 25-2 last week at the Northwestern Multi-Meet. The Owls came away victorious once again, topping the Blue Jays 23-4.
The day and duel-meet season concluded with a 27-0 win over Hunter College.
Sunday's action concluded the Owls' season with a 22-7 (0.759) record. Six of the seven losses came to teams currently ranked in the top ten of the latest NCAA poll. The Cherry and White also recorded five wins over top five competition.
Individually, five Owls finished undefeated. Sabre fencers Christie Griffth (9-0), Jones (7-0), and Kamali Thompson (5-0), foil fencer Cara Taggersell (6-0), and epee fencer Kristin Howell (6-0). Six others recorded only a single loss for the day, including sabre fencer Audrey Barroso (5-1), foilists Danielle Jones (8-1), Nicola Horscroft (5-1) and Melissa Parker (5-1), and epeeists Jillian Bratton (8-1) and Grace Wu (5-1).
The Owls next compeition comes in three weeks at the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) Championships at Rutger's University. The NIWFA Championship is the longest-running continually-contested championship in women's collegiate sports (any sport) and is being contested for the 81st time. The Owls go into the conference championships as the heavy favorite and twelve-time defending champions.
A week after the championships, the Cherry and White will head to Drew University for the NCAA Regional Championships.
