Princeton University
Yeshiva/Tufts
Princeton Fencing Sweeps MIT Invite, Preps for First Ivy Weekend
February 05, 2007 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Princeton fencing teams each went 5-0 in Sunday competition at the MIT/Brandeis Invitational, knocking off the two host teams plus Boston College, Brown and combined squads from Yeshiva and Tufts.
The Tigers will hope to build on that success this weekend when the Ivy League returns to its two-weekend round-robin format for deciding the Ivy champion. Sun., Feb. 11, the Ivy teams will convene at Penn's Hutchinson Gym for the first half of competiton. Starting at 10 a.m., the Princeton men will take on Harvard, Penn and Brown, with the other Ivy schools on tap Feb. 25 at Harvard.
In last Sunday's competition in Cambridge, Mass., neither Princeton team had a match closer than five points.
The men's team began with a 19-8 win over Brandeis, followed by a 22-5 victory over Boston College. Next came a 27-0 blanking of the Yeshiva/Tufts team, a 21-6 non-league win over Brown and a 24-3 win over MIT. The Tigers lost only two weapons on the day, both in the sabre. Brown and Brandeis each edged the Orange and Black in that weapon, 5-4.
On the women's side, Princeton began with a 16-11 win over Brandeis. That preceeded an 18-9 weapon sweep win over Boston College and another 22-5 sweep of Yeshiva/Tufts. The Tigers closed the day with an 18-9 win over Brown and a 19-8 win over MIT. As with the men, Princeton lost only two weapons, an 8-1 sabre defeat to Brandeis and a 5-4 sabre loss to Brown.
The opening Ivy weekend will begin a string of championship-level fencing that will run through March and include the Intercollegiate Fencing Association meet at The Lawrenceville School, the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional and the NCAA Championships.