No. 9 Temple Fencing Goes Undefeated on Final Day of Northwestern Duals; Defeats No. 13 Ohio State

Sunday, February 4

Evanston, Ill.

9:00 AM ET

Temple University

Detroit Mercy

No. 9 Temple Fencing Goes Undefeated on Final Day of Northwestern Duals; Defeats No. 13 Ohio State

2.4.24 | Women's Fencing

Results - Detroit Results - Wayne State Results - Air Force Results - Incarnate Word Results - Ohio State

EVANSTON, Ill. – The No. 9 Temple Owls' fencers finished up the Northwestern Duals on Sunday by going undefeated (5-0), with wins over Detroit Mercy, Wayne State, Air Force, Incarnate Word, and No. 13 Ohio State.

MEET SUMMARY

It was the second straight day Temple knocked off one of the top 15 teams in the USFCA Mid-Season rankings.
The Owls began the day blanking Detroit Mercy 27-0, followed up by an 18-9 victory of Wayne State, and then a 17-10 victory of Air Force before the lunch period. After the break, the Cherry and White continued to its momentum with a 19-8 win against Incarnate Word. Temple concluded the final day with a defeat of No. 13 Ohio State.
Temple went a combined 81-39 on Sunday with the sabre squad going an impressive 39-6. The epeeists tallied a 22-17 mark and the foil team recorded a 20-16 record.

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS

Of the 39 wins on the day, sabreist Eva Ventura had a terrific afternoon with her weapon leading with an 11-1 record. Highlighting her afternoon was the 3-0 clean sheet against the Buckeyes during the final round. Senior Diana Tiburcio went 9-2, graduate student Zoe Turner went 8-1, freshman Lauren Johnson went undefeated at 6-0 record and senior Alexandra Weinberg added a 5-2 record.
Margherita Calderaro, Anne-Mai Melles, and Sara Proctor combined for 15 wins in epee. Each epeeist tallied five wins apiece with sophomore Melles leading with a 5-2 mark. Both Calderaro and Proctor earned 5-4 records on the afternoon, picking up two wins each to help Temple over Ohio State.
With the foil team earning a forfeit victory in round one versus Detroit Mercy, both Anastasia Yankovskiy and Anna Novoseltseva earned five wins each over the final five rounds during the final day.

TEMPLE 27 DETROIT MERCY 0
Foil: 9-0 (9-0 forfeits)
Epee: 9-0 (6-0 forfeits)
Sabre: 9-0

TEMPLE 18 WAYNE STATE 9
Foil: 4-5
Epee: 5-4
Sabre: 9-0

TEMPLE 17 AIR FORCE 10
Foil: 5-4
Epee: 5-4
Sabre: 7-2

TEMPLE 19 INCARNATE WORD 8
Foil: 7-2
Epee: 4-5
Sabre: 8-1

TEMPLE 15 OHIO STATE 12
Foil: 4-5
Epee: 5-4
Sabre: 6-3

UP NEXT

Temple will return to action next weekend with a trip to North Carolina. On Saturday, the Owls will be at the North Carolina Duals and on Sunday they will travel down the road to the Duke Invitational.