Duke Men Place Second to Close ACC Championship

Sunday, February 23

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Duke Men Place Second to Close ACC Championship

2/23/2020 5:04:00 PM | Fencing

Team Results

Duke Men Place Second to Close ACC Championship

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Duke fencing team closed out competition at the 2020 ACC Fencing Championship Sunday as the 10th-ranked Blue Devil men placed second in the team standings while the women finished in third.

The men started off with a 15-12 victory over North Carolina before a 19-8 rout of Boston College. Duke fell to No. 5 Notre Dame 16-11 in the final round to take second.

On the women's side, the Blue Devils fell to North Carolina (15-12) in the opening round before defeating Boston College (17-10). In the final round, the Blue Devil women fell 18-9 to eventual ACC Champion No. 3 Notre Dame.

The ACC Championship for both the Irish men and women mark the fifth conference crown in the last six years.

The Blue Devil men were led by senior saberist Agoston Walter with a 7-2 overall record in the team event, followed by Eoin Gronningsater (foil), Jonathan Schwartzman (foil), Danny Campbell III (epee), Kevin Chao (epee) and Amit Sarma (epee) with five wins each.

On the women's side, the team was led by Huda Aldadah (epee) and Maria Papadopoulos (epee) with six wins each. Foilist Julia Gianneschi added five victories on the day.

Select Blue Devils will return to competition Saturday, March 7 for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional in Durham, N.C.

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MEN'S TEAM (2-1)
No. 10 Duke 15 – North Carolina 12
No. 10 Duke 19 – Boston College 8
No. 5 Notre Dame 16 – No. 10 Duke 11

MEN'S FOIL
Eoin Gronningsater 5-3
Finn Hossfeld 3-3
Brycen Rushing 2-2
Jonathan Schwartzman 5-4

MEN'S SABER
William Julien 0-1
Ping Ping Kitsiriboon 3-6
Ben Stone 2-6
Agoston Walter 7-2

MEN'S EPEE
Danny Campbell III 5-2
Kevin Chao 5-4
Amit Sarma 5-0
Bowen Wang 3-3

WOMEN'S TEAM (1-2)
Duke 17 – Boston College 10
North Carolina 15 – Duke 12
No. 3 Notre Dame 18 – Duke 9

WOMEN'S FOIL
Julia Gianneschi 5-4
Ashley Lo 2-5
Julia Noguchi 2-1
Zoe Superville 3-5

WOMEN'S SABER
Alex Gorman 4-5
Sarah Hung 2-4
Lindsay Sapienza 4-5
Jessica Whang 2-1

WOMEN'S EPEE
Huda Aldadah 6-3
Kendyl Bree 2-2
Ava Navarro 0-5
Maria Papadopoulos 6-3