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No. 10 Fencing Faces Tough Six-Team Lineup at Penn on Sunday
1.19.19 | Women's Fencing
PHILADELPHIA - Five teams ranked in the first CollegeFencing360 Coaches Poll of the 2018-19 season await the 10th-ranked Temple fencing team on Sunday at Penn's Philadelphia Invitational. Included in that group of five are the No. 1 (Notre Dame), No. 2 (Northwestern) and No. 3 (Columbia) teams.
Meet Information
> The two-day event (with Temple competing only on Sunday in the women's meet) will take place at the Tse Ping-Cheng Cheung Ling Sports Center on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
> Temple has a jam-packed lineup, starting with #2 Northwestern at 8:30 a.m. The Owls will take on #5 Ohio State at 9:45 a.m., UNC at 11 a.m., #9 Penn at 1 p.m., #1 Notre Dame at 2:15 p.m. and #3 Columbia at 4:45 p.m.
Scouting Temple
> The Owls are 6-3 in dual meets so far this season, going 3-1 at the Sacred Heart Invitational in December and 3-2 at the Penn State Invitational last weekend.
> Columbia will be a repeat opponent of Temple's from a week ago, with the Owls looking to improve upon a 19-8 loss to the Lions.
> Senior Blessing Olaode of the sabre squad is the Owls' team captain this season, and turned in the top showing and best ever of 32nd in Division I Women's Sabre at the January NAC.
> In the Senior Women's Team Sabre competition at the NAC, the Owls earned an exciting runner-up finish.
> Junior Malia Hee has looked strong in multiple meets so far this season, and took gold individually at the Penn State Garret Open in early November.
Quotable
"We are looking forward to the challenge of this weekend. We think we're well-prepared and having the meet last weekend at Penn State really helped us with our training throughout this week. We're excited and we're looking forward to the strong competition we'll face on Sunday." - Head Coach Dr. Nikki Franke
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Meet Information
> The two-day event (with Temple competing only on Sunday in the women's meet) will take place at the Tse Ping-Cheng Cheung Ling Sports Center on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
> Temple has a jam-packed lineup, starting with #2 Northwestern at 8:30 a.m. The Owls will take on #5 Ohio State at 9:45 a.m., UNC at 11 a.m., #9 Penn at 1 p.m., #1 Notre Dame at 2:15 p.m. and #3 Columbia at 4:45 p.m.
Scouting Temple
> The Owls are 6-3 in dual meets so far this season, going 3-1 at the Sacred Heart Invitational in December and 3-2 at the Penn State Invitational last weekend.
> Columbia will be a repeat opponent of Temple's from a week ago, with the Owls looking to improve upon a 19-8 loss to the Lions.
> Senior Blessing Olaode of the sabre squad is the Owls' team captain this season, and turned in the top showing and best ever of 32nd in Division I Women's Sabre at the January NAC.
> In the Senior Women's Team Sabre competition at the NAC, the Owls earned an exciting runner-up finish.
> Junior Malia Hee has looked strong in multiple meets so far this season, and took gold individually at the Penn State Garret Open in early November.
Quotable
"We are looking forward to the challenge of this weekend. We think we're well-prepared and having the meet last weekend at Penn State really helped us with our training throughout this week. We're excited and we're looking forward to the strong competition we'll face on Sunday." - Head Coach Dr. Nikki Franke
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