No. 5 Fencing Goes 4-1 on Senior Day

Sunday, February 23

Philadelphia, Pa.

ALL DAY

Temple University

Penn State, John's Hopkins, St. John's, Princeton, Penn, Steven's (Men's)

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

No. 5 Fencing Goes 4-1 on Senior Day

2.23.20 | Women's Fencing

PHILADELPHIA - The No. 5 Temple fencing team went 4-1 at the annual Temple Invitational Sunday, honoring its five seniors as part of senior day recognition. The team is now 31-9 at the conclusion of dual competition.

Meet Summary
> The Owls opened the meet with a 16-11 win over No. 6 Penn State before dropping its lone match of the day with a 15-12 loss to No. 1 Princeton.
> Temple bounced back, earning 17-10 victories over both Johns Hopkins and No. 8 Penn.
> The team closed out the day with a 15-12 defeat of St. John's.

Individual Highlights
> The epee squad went 4-1 on the day.
> Margherita Calderaro went 8-3 and Naomi Ross went 7-4 to lead the epeeists.
> The foil and sabre squads went 3-2.
> Aryana Abtin and Kennedy Lovelace went 7-6, while Megan Ross went 6-6.
> Kerry Plunkett went 10-3 to lead the saberists.

Quotable
> "Today we had an excellent performance against some strong teams. I was very pleased with the team's effort, and how well the girls made adjustments to the different fencers. They put in hard work all year, and our tough schedule really paid off." – head coach Dr. Nikki Franke

Up Next
> The Owls will look to capture their 25th consecutive NIWFA Championship on Feb. 29 in Madison, N.J.

Meet Results
No. 5 Temple 16, No. 6 Penn State 11
Foil: 5-4
Epee: 6-3
Sabre: 5-4

No. 1 Princeton 15, No. 5 Temple 12
Foil: 6-3
Epee: 4-5
Sabre: 5-4

No. 5 Temple 17, John's Hopkins 10
Foil: 5-4
Epee: 8-1
Sabre: 4-5

No. 5 Temple 17, No. 8 Penn 10
Foil: 5-4
Epee: 5-4
Sabre: 7-2

No. 5 Temple 15, St. John's 12
Foil: 4-5
Epee: 4-5
Sabre: 7-2