Temple Fencing Brings Home a Perfect Day 2 Record at Schiller Duals

EVANSTON – Temple fencing opened day 2 of the Schiller Duals on Sunday, fighting through an intense six match slate all day. The Owls faced the WSU to open the morning at 8 a.m., before matching up with Denison, Cleveland, OSU, Stanford, and UDM to finish out the meet.

MEET SUMMARY

Temple began the day with a glorious win against WSU, going 18-9 with a powerful 8-1 record by the Sabre squad. The Owls also posted wins against Denison (16-11) and Cleveland State (19-8), as all three weapons delivered strong performances. Temple then fought against great OSU and Stanford teams, finishing 16-11 through both propelled by the Epee squad. Temple finished the day in commanding fashion, winning its final match against UDM highlighted by the Foil and Epee teams.

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS

Freshman foilist Anais Wandji went 9-3 on the day, including a perfect bout against OSU (3-0) and another against UDM (3-0).
Epeeists Victoria Doroshkevich and Eliana Geva had strong records at the end of the day, ending (9-4) and (7-4) respectively.  Lindsey Minor and Anne-Mai Melles also added momentum to the epee squad, both posting 5-4 runs across the day.
Leading the Sabre squad was Samantha Nathanson, going 8-3 on the day with a critical 3-0 record against a tough Stanford team.

RESULTS

TEMPLE 18, WSU 9

Foil: 6-3

Epee: 4-5

Sabre: 8-1

TEMPLE 16, DENISON 11

Foil: 5-4

Epee: 7-2

Sabre: 4-5

TEMPLE 19, CSU 8

Foil: 7-2

Epee: 6-3

Sabre: 6-3

TEMPLE 16, OSU 11

Foil: 7-2

Epee: 5-4

Sabre: 4-5

TEMPLE 16, STANFORD 11

Foil: 3-6

Epee: 7-2

Sabre: 6-3

TEMPLE 25, UDM 2

Foil: 9-0

Epee: 9-0

Sabre: 7-2

WORDS FROM COACH

After the cancellation of the Penn State Invitational due to snow last weekend, the team came to Northwestern more determined than ever to put our hard work to the test. All three squads built momentum as the weekend went on, kept their intensity and executed in highly competitive situations. Highlights certainly include wins over #7 Ohio State and #11 Stanford. I'm extremely proud to see them work so well together and embrace the grind of two long days of competition.

UP NEXT

The Owls will travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Sunday, February 8th to compete in the Tarheel Invitational.