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Men's Fencing Hosts Vassar on Sunday
January 26, 2006 | Men's Fencing
Jan. 26, 2006
PRINCETON, N.J. - After being away from competition for nearly two months, the Princeton men's fencing team begins its season in earnest on Sunday against Vassar at 10 a.m. in the Jadwin Fencing Room. It's the only home dual meet of the season for either the men's or women's team and the last competition before the two-weekend Ivy League Championships begin.
Princeton has competed in two meets so far this season, both at Penn State. The first was an individual event in October in which Tommi Hurme and Ben Solomon both finished in the top three in the epee. Early last month, Princeton went back to State College, Pa., for dual meets with Penn State, North Carolina, Rutgers and NYU, topping all but the host Nittany Lions. Solomon won all 12 of his bouts that weekend.
Vassar enters the meet with a 4-7 overall record in duals and is 1-1 against Ivy opponents, defeating Yale last weekend but losing to Brown last month.
After this meet, the Tigers compete almost every weekend into mid-March when the NCAA Championships are held in Houston, Texas.