Fencing Concludes Ohio State Multi Meet

Sunday, February 7

Columbus, Ohio

All Day

Temple University

Notre Dame, Duke, Ohio State

Photo by: Jake Hutchinson

Fencing Concludes Ohio State Multi Meet

2.7.21 | Women's Fencing

COLUMBUS, Ohio - After sweeping the first day at the Ohio State Multi Meet, the Temple fencing team went 0-3 to wrap up the competition in its lone road meet of the season.

Meet Summary
> Temple opened the day with a 21-6 loss to Notre Dame, who ended last season ranked No. 3.
> The Owls had a close match against Duke, with the Blue Devils earning a 15-12 win.
> The team wrapped up the meet with its closest match of the day, falling 14-13 to host Ohio State. The Buckeyes closed out last season with a No. 4 ranking.

Individual Highlights
> Marielle Luke and Naomi Ross went 4-3, both going 2-0 against Duke.
> Freshman Anastasia Yankovskiy had a 5-4 day, including a 3-0 match against Ohio State.
> Sabre squad leader Eva Hinds also went 5-4, going 2-1 against Notre Dame.

Quotable
> "This was our first tournament of the year, and we knew the competition would be strong today against three teams who ended last season ranked. The girls fenced hard, but they just need some experience. We will learn from today and moving forward we will continue to improve. We're looking forward to getting back to practice to prepare for next weekend." – head coach Dr. Nikki Franke

Next Up
> Temple will return to Broad Street to host Long Island on Feb. 14 at 9 a.m.

Meet Results
Notre Dame 21, Temple 6
Sabre: 4-5
Foil: 1-8
Epee: 1-8

Duke 15, Temple 12
Sabre: 3-6
Foil: 2-7
Epee: 7-2

Ohio State 14, Temple 13
Sabre: 2-7
Foil: 5-4
Epee: 6-3