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Hudson Leads Fencers on First Day at NCAAs
March 19, 2015 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
Princeton opened the NCAA fencing championships Thursday at Ohio State and stand in seventh place after the first day of the four-day event.
The men's competition contested the first three of its five rounds Thursday and will wrap Friday. The women's competition will then take place Saturday and Sunday.
Princeton's five men's entrants are through 15 of their 23 pool bouts, and junior épée Jack Hudson is in the best position to advance to the medal round, having won 10 of 15 bouts to stand fifth in his weapon. Sophomore épée Alex House stands 16th with six wins. The top four finishers in each weapon will advance to Friday's medal round.
Freshman Thomas Dudey, Princeton's lone men's foil at the NCAAs, won nine bouts to stand in 10th place, while sabers sophomore Peter Pak and freshman Edward Chin each won eight bouts to stand ninth and 12th, the tie broken by touch differential.
Columbia, Ohio State and Penn State are all separated by one match atop the team leaderboard, with Columbia tallying 56 wins to 55 apiece for OSU and PSU. After that trio, the next five teams, a list that includes Princeton, are separated by four matches, with St. John's at 45, Penn at 43, Harvard at 42 and Princeton and Notre Dame at 41 apiece.
Princeton has among the highest number of matches still to be contested, with Columbia and Notre Dame each still with 186 to go and then Princeton with 178.
For complete results, click here. Friday's competition will begin at 9 a.m. for all three weapons.