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Fencing Ranked No. 7 in First CF360 Coaches Poll of 2018
1.19.18 | Women's Fencing
PHILADELPHIA - Moving up one spot so far from the end of last year, Temple fencing is ranked #7 in the first College Fencing 360 Coaches Poll of the 2017-18 season. The Owls were tied for eighth in the final poll of 2016-17.
Notre Dame takes the top spot, followed by Columbia, a team the Owls will face at this weekend's Philadelphia Invitational at Penn. Coming in at #3 is Penn State, followed by Princeton, Ohio State and Harvard. Behind Temple is #8 Northwestern, another of this weekend's opponents, alongg with Penn and St. John's.
During the 2016-17 season, after beating #1 and previously undefeated Princeton, Temple reached its highest-ever ranking of sixth.Â
Temple will be facing a total of 10 teams at this weekend's meet - six on Saturday and four more on Sunday.
WOMEN  (first-place votes – Notre Dame 8, Penn State 1, Princeton 1)
(final 2017 ranking)
1. Notre Dame – 147 voting pts … (t1)
2. Columbia – 128 … (t1)
3. Penn State – 126 … (4)
4. Princeton – 117 … (3)
5. Ohio State – 115 … (5)
6. Harvard – 93 … (7)
7. Temple – 86 … (t8)
8. Northwestern – 80 ... [11]
9. Pennsylvania – 75 … (6)
10. St. John's – 51 ... (t8)
Also Receiving Votes (panel submits top-15) – Duke (45), North Carolina (37), Yale (32; #10 in final 2017 poll), Cornell, Stanford and UC San Diego (18), Air Force (8), NYU (4) and Boston College (2).
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Notre Dame takes the top spot, followed by Columbia, a team the Owls will face at this weekend's Philadelphia Invitational at Penn. Coming in at #3 is Penn State, followed by Princeton, Ohio State and Harvard. Behind Temple is #8 Northwestern, another of this weekend's opponents, alongg with Penn and St. John's.
During the 2016-17 season, after beating #1 and previously undefeated Princeton, Temple reached its highest-ever ranking of sixth.Â
Temple will be facing a total of 10 teams at this weekend's meet - six on Saturday and four more on Sunday.
WOMEN  (first-place votes – Notre Dame 8, Penn State 1, Princeton 1)
(final 2017 ranking)
1. Notre Dame – 147 voting pts … (t1)
2. Columbia – 128 … (t1)
3. Penn State – 126 … (4)
4. Princeton – 117 … (3)
5. Ohio State – 115 … (5)
6. Harvard – 93 … (7)
7. Temple – 86 … (t8)
8. Northwestern – 80 ... [11]
9. Pennsylvania – 75 … (6)
10. St. John's – 51 ... (t8)
Also Receiving Votes (panel submits top-15) – Duke (45), North Carolina (37), Yale (32; #10 in final 2017 poll), Cornell, Stanford and UC San Diego (18), Air Force (8), NYU (4) and Boston College (2).
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