Duke Set for Dual Match at North Carolina Saturday

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Duke Set for Dual Match at North Carolina Saturday

10/31/2025 9:54:00 AM | Fencing

Live Results

DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke fencing team heads eight miles down the road Saturday for a head-to-head matchup with ACC rival North Carolina. The Blue Devils are coming off a strong showing at Coach Nikki Franke Classic to start the 2025-26 campaign.

Fencing will take place in the Loudermilk Center for Excellence-Blue Zone (3rd Floor Concourse). The women open action at 9 a.m. with the men starting at 12:30 p.m. Live results can be found here.

Last Time We Met

In last year's regular season meeting between the rivals, the Duke men went 7-2 at foil en route to a 15-12 victory. The women foilists had a good showing, 6-3, but the 8-1 victory at épée was too much to overcome as the Tar Heels edged Duke, 15-12.
In the 2025 ACC Championships the Tar Heel men reversed their fortunes, finishing second overall, which included a 14-13 win over Duke. The Blue Devil women got the better of their rivals at the postseason event, cruising past the Tar Heels, 19-8, en route to a runner-up finish at the ACC Championships.

Last Time Out

Duke had a solid weekend at the Coach Nikki Franke Classic with Sophia Shen headlining the weekend by winning gold at foil. Aidan Lee (foil) and Zachary Shoman (saber) led the Blue Devil men with seventh-place finishes. Overall, Duke captured five top-five finishes and nine top-10 placings.

Duke Lineups:

Women's Saber: Kunling Tong, Hava Stone, Victoria Gorman, Kalina Atanasova
Women's Foil: Skylar Knight, Zizi Newhard, Sophia Shen, Abigail Lau
Women's Épée: Yeva Mazur, Vanessa Lin, Meera Desai, Daniella Barg
Men's Saber: Lev Ermakov, William Holz, Ethan Huang, Zachary Shoman
Men's Foil: Dayaal Singh, Joseph Glasson, Abdelrahman Tolba, Aidan Lee
Men's Épée: Peyton Young, Ethan Boroditsky, Giulio Pech, Kyran Lin

Up Next

The Blue Devils travel to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the Elite Invitational next weekend at Ohio State. All the action takes place Nov. 9 at the French Field House.

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