Fencing Moves up to No. 7 in CollegeFencing360 Coaches Poll

PHILADELPHIA - After upsetting three teams ranked above them last weekend and two more the week before, Temple fencing has moved from #10 to #7 in the CollegeFencing360 Coaches Poll. The Owls (18-7) are now just one spot away from tying their highest-ever ranking of sixth, achieved two seasons ago.

Temple is competing at the NJIT Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 8. The Owls will fence host NJIT along with Wagner and Stevens.

Last weekend, Temple finished 9-2 including a 5-0 record on day two of the two-day Northwestern Duals. The Owls defeated #2 Northwestern, #5 Ohio State and #6 Princeton while losing only to #1 Notre Dame and #8 Duke. A week before that, the Owls defeated #5 Ohio State for the first time and also took down #9 Penn.

CollegeFencing360 Coaches Poll
2nd ranking of 2018-19; 2/9:
WOMEN's TOP–10 (pts; prev.)
1–Notre Dame 148 voting pts/max 150; 1
2–Northwestern 129; 2
3–Columbia 127; 3
4–Penn St 115; 4
5–Harvard 105; 7
6–Duke 93; 8
7–Temple 84; 10
8–Ohio St 82; 5
9–Penn 78; 9
10–Princeton 73; 6

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Fencing Moves up to No. 7 in CollegeFencing360 Coaches Poll

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