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Friday, January 26
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Duke-Harvard Meet
Duke Set for Two Meets in Massachusetts
1/25/2024 6:13:00 PM | Fencing
DURHAM - The ninth-ranked Duke fencing team is set for another weekend of competition. The Blue Devils will compete in the Eric Sollee Invitational Saturday after a dual meet against Harvard Friday evening.Â
Ninth-ranked Duke will take on the fourth-ranked Harvard women while the Crimson men are fifth nationally.Â
In addition to competing against the Crimson, Duke will face off against six teams Saturday in Waltham, Mass., on the campus of Brandeis.
COMPETING TEAMS
Men
Boston College, Brandeis, Brown, Haverford, No. 1 NYU (DIII) and Tufts
Women
Boston College, No. 3 Brandeis (DIII), Brown, No. 8 Haverford (DIII), No. 1 NYU (DIII) and No. 5 Tufts (DIII)
LAST TIME OUT
Duke last competed at the Philadelphia Invitational where the women went 10-2 as the men posted a 6-4 showing.Â
The Duke women defeated No. 1 Princeton (16-11), NJIT (24-3), Johns Hopkins (20-7), NYU (16-11), Wagner (19-8), Sacred Heart (22-5), No. 5 Northwestern (15-12), No. 8 Penn State (17-10), No. 12 Yale (16-11) and Drew (22-5).
The Duke men defeated NJIT (17-10), Johns Hopkins (14-13), No. 7 Penn (14-13), Wagner (22-5), Sacred Heart (20-7) and Drew (20-7).Â
The women were led by Christina Ferrari (foil) and Victoria Gorman (saber) with 19 wins each while Dayaal Singh (foil) and Samir Travers (saber) spearheaded the men's contingent with 13.
Ferrari and Gorman lead the women's team this season with 26 victories each while Stephen Kim leads the men with 22.Â
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.
UP NEXT
Following this weekend, Duke will host its annual home meet Feb. 10-11 in Card Gymnasium.Â
A complete list of competing Blue Devils for this weekend can be found below. Â
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WOMEN'S EPEE
Sarah Lurye
Chloe Beittel
Rachel Kowalsky
Monica Balakrishnan
Vanessa Lin
WOMEN'S FOIL
Christina Ferrari
Rachel Koo
Skylar Knight
Sophia Shen
Charlotte Koenig
WOMEN'S SABER
Kavya Menke
Kunling Tong
Hava Stone
Natalie Olsen
Victoria Gorman
MEN'S EPEE
Xavier Ghazaleh
Chandler Wimmer
Xander Wilcox
Allen Marakov
Kozmo Rhyu
Ethan Nguyen
MEN'S FOIL
David Tierney
Cam Evans
Ryan Pelosky
Dayaal Singh
Tuna Korkmaz
MEN'S SABER
Stephen Kim
Maxwell Greenbaum
Justin Morrill
Samir Travers
Players Mentioned
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Epee
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