No. 11 Owls' Fencing Concludes Final Day of Philadelphia Invitational With Win Over No. 3 Columbia

PHILADELPHIA – The No. 11 Temple Owls' fencers completed the Philadelphia Invitational on Sunday getting a pair of victories versus No. 3 Columbia and NJIT.

MEET SUMMARY

Temple closed out the Philadelphia Invitational going 2-3 overall, facing four top 15 teams on the day.
The Owls fell to No. 2 Notre Dame, 20-7 to begin the day, but added back-to-back wins against NJIT (20-7) and No. 3 Columbia (16-11). For the final two rounds, the Cherry and White fell in back-to-back matches to No. 12 Yale, 14-13, and No. 7 Penn, 18-9.
The parliament of Owls in sabre went 24-21, while the foil squad added a 26-19 record.

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS

Sophomore Renee Oymann led the foilists with seven (7-1) of the Owls' 26 wins, while sisters Anna Novoseltseva and Elizabeth Novoseltseva added six wins apiece.
Epeeist Grace Smith earned a team-best eight wins on Sunday. Graduate student Margherita Calderaro followed with four.
Freshman Lauren Johnson had an excellent showing with the sabre, going 7-3 to close out the Philadelphia Invitational. Graduate student Zoe Turner added the second most wins in sabre with five.

MEET RESULTS
TEMPLE 7, NOTRE DAME 20
Sabre: 2-7
Foil: 2-7
Epee: 3-6

TEMPLE 16, COLUMBIA 11
Sabre: 5-4
Foil: 7-2
Epee: 4-5

TEMPLE 20, NJIT 7
Sabre: 9-0
Foil: 6-3
Epee: 5-4

TEMPLE 13, YALE 14
Sabre: 6-3
Foil: 6-3
Epee: 1-8

TEMPLE 9, PENN 18
Sabre: 2-7
Foil: 5-4
Epee: 2-7

UP NEXT
The Owls will be in action on Feb. 3-4 as they travel to Northwestern for the Northwestern Duals.