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Saturday, January 20
Philadelphia, Pa.
Duke University
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Philadelphia Invitational
No. 9 Duke Set for Philadelphia Invitational
1/19/2024 1:33:00 PM | Fencing
DURHAM – The Duke fencing team is set to kick off 2024 this weekend at the Philadelphia Invitational.
Competition will kick off both days at 8:30 a.m., with two days of tough competition.
COMPETING TEAMS
Saturday
No. 9 Duke women versus No. 7 Penn, No. 10 Cornell, No. 1 NYU (DIII), No. 2 Johns Hopkins (DIII), NJIT, Sacred Heart and Wagner
No. 9 Duke men versus No. 7 Penn, No. 1 NYU (DIII), No. 2 Johns Hopkins (DIII), NJIT, Wagner and Sacred Heart
Sunday
No. 9 Duke women versus No. 1 Princeton, No. 5 Northwestern, No. 8 Penn State, No. 12 Yale and Drew
No. 9 Duke men versus No. 3 Princeton, No. 6 Penn State, No. 11 Yale and Drew
ENTERING THE YEAR RANKED
Head coach Omar Elgeziry's program enters the New Year ranked on both sides as the men and women check in at No. 9 nationally. Duke is coming off a successful 2023 fall season and look to carry that momentum this winter.
LAST TIME OUT
Duke last competed Nov. 19 at the Elite Invitational at Ohio State as the women went 5-1 while the men finished 2-3.
Rachel Kowalsky (epee) headlined the women's performances with eight victories while Stephen Kim (saber) tallied 10 wins.
UP NEXT
Following the Philadelphia Invitational, Duke will compete against Harvard on Friday, Jan. 26 before the Eric Sollee Invitational in Waltham, Mass.
A complete list of competing Blue Devils for this weekend's meet can be found below.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
WOMEN'S EPEE
Monica Balakrishnan
Chloe Beittel
Aretha Gao
Rachel Kowalsky
Vanessa Lin
Sarah Lurye
WOMEN'S FOIL
Christina Ferrari
Skylar Knight
Rachel Koo
Sophia Shen
Zizi Newhard
WOMEN'S SABER
Victoria Gorman
Kavya Menke
Natalie Olsen
Hava Stone
Kunling Tong
MEN'S EPEE
Xavier Ghazaleh
Allen Marakov
Ethan Nguyen
Kozmo Rhyu
Xander Wilcox
Chandler Wimmer
MEN'S FOIL
Cam Evans
Noah Nager
Ryan Pelosky
Dayaal Singh
David Tierney
MEN'S SABER
Maxwell Greenbaum
Stephen Kim
Justin Morrill
Samir Travers
Competition will kick off both days at 8:30 a.m., with two days of tough competition.
COMPETING TEAMS
Saturday
No. 9 Duke women versus No. 7 Penn, No. 10 Cornell, No. 1 NYU (DIII), No. 2 Johns Hopkins (DIII), NJIT, Sacred Heart and Wagner
No. 9 Duke men versus No. 7 Penn, No. 1 NYU (DIII), No. 2 Johns Hopkins (DIII), NJIT, Wagner and Sacred Heart
Sunday
No. 9 Duke women versus No. 1 Princeton, No. 5 Northwestern, No. 8 Penn State, No. 12 Yale and Drew
No. 9 Duke men versus No. 3 Princeton, No. 6 Penn State, No. 11 Yale and Drew
ENTERING THE YEAR RANKED
Head coach Omar Elgeziry's program enters the New Year ranked on both sides as the men and women check in at No. 9 nationally. Duke is coming off a successful 2023 fall season and look to carry that momentum this winter.
LAST TIME OUT
Duke last competed Nov. 19 at the Elite Invitational at Ohio State as the women went 5-1 while the men finished 2-3.
Rachel Kowalsky (epee) headlined the women's performances with eight victories while Stephen Kim (saber) tallied 10 wins.
UP NEXT
Following the Philadelphia Invitational, Duke will compete against Harvard on Friday, Jan. 26 before the Eric Sollee Invitational in Waltham, Mass.
A complete list of competing Blue Devils for this weekend's meet can be found below.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
WOMEN'S EPEE
Monica Balakrishnan
Chloe Beittel
Aretha Gao
Rachel Kowalsky
Vanessa Lin
Sarah Lurye
WOMEN'S FOIL
Christina Ferrari
Skylar Knight
Rachel Koo
Sophia Shen
Zizi Newhard
WOMEN'S SABER
Victoria Gorman
Kavya Menke
Natalie Olsen
Hava Stone
Kunling Tong
MEN'S EPEE
Xavier Ghazaleh
Allen Marakov
Ethan Nguyen
Kozmo Rhyu
Xander Wilcox
Chandler Wimmer
MEN'S FOIL
Cam Evans
Noah Nager
Ryan Pelosky
Dayaal Singh
David Tierney
MEN'S SABER
Maxwell Greenbaum
Stephen Kim
Justin Morrill
Samir Travers
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