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Fencing Earns Highest Ranking Ever at Sixth in CF360 Poll
3.10.17 | Women's Fencing
PHILADELPHIA - The newest College Fencing 360 Coaches Poll has been released, and Temple fencing's ranking of sixth in the nation is its highest ever since the poll began in 2001.
Previously ranked seventh, Owls upset No. 1 Princeton and No. 4 Penn at the Temple Invitational on Feb. 26. Penn remained one spot ahead of Temple at No. 5, but by only a single point.Â
"I just think this is a tribute to the effort and work that these young ladies have put in all year," said Temple head coach Nikki Franke. "We're peaking right when we want to be, and hopefully we'll just continue to improve."
The Owls will be competing on Saturday, March 11 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional hosted by Lafayette University. Temple has the maximum 12 fencers representing the program, but all 15 on the roster were eligible to compete.
CF360 College Fencing Coaches Poll
(Women; #3 Poll; 3–9–17):
[1] Princeton 147 (1 in prev. poll) [8 first-place votes)
[2] Columbia 141 (2) Â [1 first-place]
[3] Notre Dame 130 (3) Â [1 first-place]
[4] Penn State 109 (5)
[5] Pennsylvania 105 (4)
[6] Temple 104 (7)
[7] Ohio State 90 (6)
[8] Northwestern 80 (8)
[9] Harvard 76 (9)
[10] Duke 59 (10)
> Also Receiving Votes:Â Cornell 39, Yale 38, Stanford 28, St. John's 27, North Carolina 20, Boston College 4, UC San Diego 2, Brown 1.
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Previously ranked seventh, Owls upset No. 1 Princeton and No. 4 Penn at the Temple Invitational on Feb. 26. Penn remained one spot ahead of Temple at No. 5, but by only a single point.Â
"I just think this is a tribute to the effort and work that these young ladies have put in all year," said Temple head coach Nikki Franke. "We're peaking right when we want to be, and hopefully we'll just continue to improve."
The Owls will be competing on Saturday, March 11 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional hosted by Lafayette University. Temple has the maximum 12 fencers representing the program, but all 15 on the roster were eligible to compete.
CF360 College Fencing Coaches Poll
(Women; #3 Poll; 3–9–17):
[1] Princeton 147 (1 in prev. poll) [8 first-place votes)
[2] Columbia 141 (2) Â [1 first-place]
[3] Notre Dame 130 (3) Â [1 first-place]
[4] Penn State 109 (5)
[5] Pennsylvania 105 (4)
[6] Temple 104 (7)
[7] Ohio State 90 (6)
[8] Northwestern 80 (8)
[9] Harvard 76 (9)
[10] Duke 59 (10)
> Also Receiving Votes:Â Cornell 39, Yale 38, Stanford 28, St. John's 27, North Carolina 20, Boston College 4, UC San Diego 2, Brown 1.
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