Duke Men Close Beguinet Classic Strong with Three Consecutive Wins

Saturday, February 7

Durham, N.C.

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The Beguinet Classic

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Duke Men Close Beguinet Classic Strong with Three Consecutive Wins

2/7/2026 5:04:00 PM | Fencing

Final Results (PDF)

DURHAM, N.C. – In its final tune up before the ACC Fencing Championships, the Duke men's fencing team rebounded from a slow start and delivered a strong close to the afternoon, notching three consecutive victories to close out the Beguinet Classic.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Duke dropped decisions to No. 11 Boston College (16-11) and No. 1 Notre Dame (15-12) in its first two matchups of the day.
Sophomore Owen Li (foil) and freshman Kyran Lin (epee) paced the efforts during the setbacks as both went 4-2 across the two bouts.
The Blue Devils turned the tide in the third bout with a 17-10 triumph over Brandeis. The epee and sabre groups both went 7-2 in their respective matches.
Individually, sophomores Justin Glozman (sabre), Giulio Pech (epee) and Peyton Young (epee), along with Lin, combined to go 10-0.
Duke closed the afternoon with wins over Johns Hopkins (17-10) and Air Force (15-12) to finish 3-2 overall. Juniors Dayaal Singh (foil) and Kozmo Rhyu (epee) led the charge against the Blue Jays going 3-0 and 2-0, respectively. Sophomore Lev Ermakov (sabre) spearheaded the performances against the Falcons with a 3-0 record.
Overall, Lin totaled a squad-high 10 victories Saturday. Li (eight wins) and sophomore epee Ethan Boroditsky (six wins) rounded out the top-three.

No. 8 Duke Men | 3-2

No. 11 Boston College def. No. 8 Duke, 16-11 (E: 5-4, F: 7-2, S: 4-5)
No. 1 Notre Dame def. No. 8 Duke, 15-12 (E: 4-5, F: 5-4, S: 6-3)
No. 8 Duke def. Brandeis, 17-10 (E: 7-2, F: 3-6, S: 7-2)
No. 8 Duke def. Johns Hopkins, 17-10 (E: 7-2, F: 5-4, S: 5-4)
No. 8 Duke def. Air Force, 15-12 (E: 5-4, F: 3-6, S: 7-2)

QUOTE:
"Overall, there are some good lessons we learned from the first couple bouts we started with. The beginning of the day was a little bit slow. Against Boston College we started slow and didn't wake up as early as we'd hope to. Tried to wake up against Notre Dame – they're the defending NCAA Champions so we knew it was going to be a tough bout going in. But after that, we were able to collect ourselves, refocus and win the next three bouts." – Duke head coach Omar Elgeziry

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