No. 5 Fencing Goes 4-1 at First Day at Northwestern

Saturday, February 1

Evanston, Ill.

ALL DAY

Temple University

Stanford, UC San Diego, Cornell, Farleigh Dickinson

Photo by: Mike Sperando

No. 5 Fencing Goes 4-1 at First Day at Northwestern

2.1.20 | Women's Fencing

EVANSTON, Ill. - In the first day of the Northwestern Multi Meet, the No. 5 Temple fencing team went 4-1. The Owls' only loss came in a close match against No. 1 Princeton.

Meet Summary
> The Owls opened the day with a 17-10 defeat of Stanford.
> Temple fell 14-13 to Princeton before bouncing back with victory over Cornell.
> The team closed out the day with wins over UC San Diego and Farliegh Dickinson.

Individual Highlights
> The epee squad went an undefeated 5-0 on the day.
> Marielle Luke and Naomi Ross went 10-2 and 11-3, respectively, to lead the epeeists.
> Sabre went 4-1, falling only to Princeton.
> Malia Hee led the sabrists, with her lone loss of the day coming against the Tigers.
> Kennedy Lovelace went 7-5 to lead the foil squad.

Quotable
> "It was a solid day against some good teams. We're continuing to learn and adjust to the different styles we're facing. Hopefully what we learned today will carry over to tomorrow so we can continue our winning streak." – head coach Dr. Nikki Franke

Up Next
> Temple will finish competition at Northwestern, facing No. 9 Northwestern, Lawrence, Air Force, Denison, and No. 4 Ohio State.

Meet Results
No. 5 Temple 17, Stanford 10
Sabre: 6-3
Foil: 4-5
Epee: 7-2

No. 1 Princeton 14, No. 5 Temple 13
Sabre: 2-7
Foil: 4-5
Epee: 7-2

No. 5 Temple 14, Cornell 13
Sabre: 7-2
Foil: 2-7
Epee: 5-4

No. 5 Temple 16, UC San Diego 11
Sabre: 5-4
Foil: 6-3
Epee: 5-4

No. 5 Temple 25, Farleigh Dickinson 2
Sabre: 9-0
Foil: 9-0
Epee: 7-2