Women’s Saber Goes Undefeated Through Day One

Saturday, February 6

Columbus, Ohio

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Duke Women's Fencing takes on the Temple University Owls and the University of Notre Dame Leprechauns at Card gym in Durham, North Carolina on February 9, 2020.

Women’s Saber Goes Undefeated Through Day One

2/6/2021 8:37:00 PM | Fencing

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Duke fencing team kicked off the first day at the Ohio State Invitational on a high note as the women's saber squad went undefeated Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.

The women defeated Denison (24-3), Northwestern (16-11) and Wayne State (15-2), but fell to Penn State (15-12) and Ohio State (15-12). On the men's side, the Blue Devils took down Wayne State twice (10-8, 11-6) and dropped a narrow decision to Ohio State (14-13) and Penn State (20-7).

Four Blue Devil women tallied nine or more victories as rookie Sarah Lurye registered 10 on the epee side while Christina Ferrari (foil), Zsofia Walter (saber) and Anneke Zegers (saber) all had nine wins. Foilist Julia Noguchi and epeeist Chloe Beittel also collected eight wins each.

On the men's side, sophomore Finn Hossfeld added six victories as the men's foil squad went 4-0 as a team. Brycen Rushing(foil), Danny Campbell III (epee) and Kevin Chao (epee) each gathered four wins.

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

Duke will be back in action Sunday to close out its time in Ohio.

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DUKE WOMEN (3-2)
Duke def. Denison, 24-3
Duke def. Northwestern, 16-11
Duke def. Wayne State, 24-2
Penn State def. Duke, 15-12
Ohio State def Duke, 15-12

WOMEN'S FOIL (3-2)
Christina Ferrari 9-2
Julia Gianneschi 6-5
Julia Noguchi 8-3
Lulu Tang 8-4

WOMEN'S SABER (5-0)
Alex Gorman 7-2
Zsofia Walter 9-3
Anneke Zegers 9-2
Gabrielle Zegers 6-1

WOMEN'S EPEE (2-3)
Chloe Beittel 8-7
Sarah Lurye 10-5

DUKE MEN (2-2)
Duke def. Wayne State, 19-8
Duke def. Wayne State, 20-6
Penn State def. Duke, 20-7
Ohio State def. Duke, 14-13

MEN'S FOIL (2-2)
Sam Gruber 3-6
Finn Hossfeld 6-4
Brycen Rushing 4-5
David Tierney 3-5

MEN'S SABER (3-1)
Stephen Kim 4-2
Ping Ping Kitsiriboon 3-2
Ben Stone 4-0

MEN'S EPEE (0-3-1)
Danny Campbell III 4-7
Kevin Chao 4-6
Joe Choo 2-2
Jason Post 3-5