Fencing Goes 3-2 at Sacred Heart Invitational

Sunday, December 5

Fairfield, Conn.

All Day

Temple University

Harvard, NYU, Sacred Heart, Vassar

Photo by: Peter Hou

Fencing Goes 3-2 at Sacred Heart Invitational

12.5.21 | Women's Fencing

Results

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - In its first team competition of the season, the Temple fencing team went 3-2 at the Sacred Heart Invitational.

Meet Summary
> In the first matchup of the day, the Owls topped NJIT 17-10.
> Temple dropped its next two matches, falling to NYU 16-11 and to Harvard 19-8.
> The Cherry and White bounced back in its final two matches, defeating both Sacred Heart and Vassar 24-3.

Individual Highlights
> Freshman Cindy Long led the epeeists 6-4 in her team competition debut.
> In foil, Anastasia Yankovskiy went 7-2, including a 2-1 mark against Harvard, and Gretl Merges went 7-0.
> Diana Tiburcio led the sabre squad with a 7-1 record.

Quotable
> "It was good to have this meet today. The team was very excited to finally compete in a team match, but they were a little nervous since we had several new fencers. As the day went on, the girls relaxed and focused on what we could control and we were able to finish the day strong. The experience they got today will help us going into next semester. We'll learn from today and take it into our next meet in January." – head coach Dr. Nikki Franke

Next Up
> The Owls will get a break from collegiate competition, opening 2022 at the January NAC in San Jose, Calif.

Meet Results
Temple 17, NJIT 10
Sabre: 7-2
Epee: 3-6
Foil: 7-2

NYU 16, Temple 11
Sabre: 7-2
Epee: 2-7
Foil: 2-7

Harvard 19, Temple 8
Sabre: 4-5
Epee: 2-7
Foil: 2-7

Temple 24, Sacred Heart 3
Sabre: 6-3
Epee: 9-0
Foil: 9-0

Temple 24, Vassar 3
Sabre: 9-0
Epee: 6-3
Foil: 9-0