Solid Performances Highlight Sunday’s Penn State Duals

Sunday, January 12

State College, Pa.

Duke University

Penn State Duals

Duke Fencing takes on the Penn State Nittany Lions at Card Gymnasium in Durham, North Carolina on February 10th, 2019.

Solid Performances Highlight Sunday’s Penn State Duals

1/12/2020 6:33:00 PM | Fencing

Solid Performances Highlight Sunday’s Penn State Duals

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Duke fencing team kicked off the 2020 slate Sunday at the Penn State Duals in State College, Pa., as the Blue Devil women turned in a 3-3 overall performance while the men fenced to a 2-3 showing.

The Blue Devil women picked up wins over Haverford (27-0), Penn (15-12) and Yale (14-13) and fell to 2019 NCAA Champions Columbia (14-13), Penn State (15-12) and Temple (15-12). On the men's side, Duke topped Haverford (23-4) and Yale (19-8) and lost to Columbia (17-10), Penn (15-12) and Penn State (15-12).

Both the saber and foil squads on the women's side went 4-2 on the day while the epee and foil posted a 4-1 record for the men.

Junior Julia Gianneschi and sophomore Alex Gorman led the entire team with 12 victories in foil and saber, respectively, while rookie Bowen Wang added 11 wins and only four losses in men's epee. Gianneschi captured the winning point in Duke's 14-13 battle on the strips against Yale.

Freshman Ashley Lo helped pace the women's foil contingent alongside Gianneschi with 10 wins while Brycen Rushing and Ben Stone each added nine victories for men's foil and men's saber, respectively.

Maria Papadopoulos, Julia Noguchi, Lindsay Sapienza, Agoston Walter and Ping Ping Kitsiriboon also had strong showings with eight victories across the three weapons.

Full team and individual results from today's event can be found below.

Duke will return to the state of Pennsylvania next weekend for the Philadelphia Invitational.

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DUKE WOMEN (3-3)
Duke 27 – Haverford 0
Duke 15 – Penn 12
Duke 14 – Yale 13
Columbia 14 – Duke 13
Penn State 15 – Duke 12
Temple 15 – Duke 12

WOMEN'S EPEE (3-3)
Huda Aldadah 9-9
Maria Papadopoulos 8-5
Ava Navarro 5-10
Kendyl Bree 4-4

WOMEN'S FOIL (4-2)
Julia Gianneschi 12-6
Ashley Lo 10-7
Julia Noguchi 8-2
Zoe Superville 4-5

WOMEN'S SABER (4-2)
Alex Gorman 12-5
Lindsay Sapienza 8-7
Zsofia Walter 7-4
Sarah Hung 6-4

DUKE MEN (2-3)
Duke 23 – Haverford 4
Duke 19 – Yale 8
Columbia 17 – Duke 10
Penn 15 – Duke 12
Penn State 15 – Duke 12

MEN'S EPEE (4-1)
Bowen Wang 11-4
Danny Campbell III 6-8
Kevin Chao 5-7
Amit Sarma 0-4

MEN'S FOIL (4-1)
Brycen Rushing 9-3
Jonathan Schwartzman 7-3
Eoin Gronningsater 7-5
Finn Hossfeld 5-6

MEN'S SABER (3-2)
Ben Stone 9-3
Agoston Walter 8-5
Ping Ping Kitsiriboon 8-7
William Julien 1-4