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Men's, Women's Fencing Bring Home Ivy Titles
February 07, 2016 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
For the fifth time in their programs' histories, both the Princeton men's and women's fencing teams have captured Ivy League titles in the same season.
With each having perfect second days at the Ivy League Round-Robins Sunday at Cornell, the Tiger men and women wrapped up shared league titles with two other teams, putting 2016 alongside 2000, 2001, 2010 and 2012 as years when Princeton laid claim to Ivy championships on both sides.
The men's title is the program's 15th, first since 2012 and third in the last seven years, while the women, who saw their five-year streak end a year ago, captured their ninth Ivy title and sixth in the last seven years.
The men entered the day in a four-way tie with Columbia, Harvard and Penn, and with Harvard each getting tripped up by the other two, the Tiger men left Ithaca as tri-champs along with Columbia and Penn at 4-1. Columbia handed Princeton its lone loss, while Princeton beat Penn and Penn beat Columbia.
Only one current Tiger, Andrew Meyers, was a member of the men's 2012 Ivy title team.
"It's always very, very hard when you have no team members who have actually won Ivy titles, and at the same token we had players who had won the NCAA championship (in 2013)," Princeton coach Zoltan Dudas said. "They were really listening anad they were helping each other. I am very happy to have coached them."
Junior Alex House, who claimed top honors in épée at last year's event, repeated that with a 12-3 finish this year. He led four All-Ivy Tigers, with saber Peter Pak, foil Thomas Dudey and fellow épée Wesley Johnson as second-teamers.
The women entered Sunday at 2-1, a win each short of Columbia and Harvard, the teams with which the Tigers went on to share the title. But while Columbia was 3-1, with its loss coming to the Tigers, Harvard entered the day at 3-0 before Columbia handed the Crimson a loss, opening the door for Princeton to make it a trio. As with the men, the title three, 5-1 overall, were 1-1 against the other two, with Princeton's loss coming to Harvard.
All three women's épées were named to the first-team All-Ivy, including Audrey Abend, Charlene Liu and Isabel Ford. Foil Ashley Tsue and sabers Sage Palmedo and Gracie Stone were fellow first-teamers. Saber Allison Lee earned second-team honors.
"This year, we had such a long way to get here to the tournament, lot of injuiries, a small roster, not always having the best performance, but we definitely had the experience and the performances from team members who knew what it takes to win," Dudas said. "We could balance a very strong women's foil, and women's saber did amazing, 9-0 (against Columbia, as well as against Brown and Cornell), which is very rarely happening on this level. That was immediately a key because we knew we are strong in women's épée, so that would give us a very big advantage."
Princeton kept up its Ivy title aims with wins Sunday over Yale and Brown on both sides and closing the day with a women's win over Cornell, which does not have a men's team.
| Men | Women |
| 20 |  |
7 |  |
Brown | 3 | |
24 | |
| Hudson 1-1, House 3-0, Johnson 2-1, Popovici 0-1 | (6-3 P) Épée (7-2 P) |
Ford 2-1, Liu 2-1, Abend 3-0 |
| J. Chen 1-2, T. Dudey 3-0, R. Chen 1-0, M. Dudey 1-1 | (6-3 P) Foil (8-1 P) |
Tsue 2-1, Northrop 3-0, T. Chin 3-0 |
| Pak 3-0, Chin 2-1, Cai 3-0 | (8-1 P) Saber (9-0 P) |
Palmedo 3-0, Stone 3-0, Lee 3-0 |
| 18 | |
9 |  |
Yale |
4 | |
23 | |
| Hudson 2-0, House 3-0, Johnson 1-2, Popovici 1-0 | (7-2 P) Épée (9-0 P) | Ford 3-0, Liu 3-0, Abend 3-0 |
| M. Dudey 2-1, T. Dudey 2-1, J. Chen 1-0, Kang 1-1 | (6-3 P) Foil (7-2 P) |
Tsue 3-0, Northrop 2-1, T. Chin 2-1 |
| Pak 2-1, Chin 2-1, Cai 1-2 | (5-4 P) Saber (7-2 P) | Palmedo 3-0, Stone 3-0, Lee 0-2, Major 1-0 |
| -- | |
-- |  |
Cornell |
5 | |
22 | |
| No match | Épée (8-1 P) | Abend 2-1, Ford 3-0, Liu 3-0 |
| Women only | Foil (5-4 P) | Northrop 1-2, Tsue 3-0, T. Chin 1-2 |
| Saber (9-0 P) | Palmedo 3-0, Stone 3-0, Lee 3-0 |
Final standings:
Men: Columbia 4-1, Penn 4-1, Princeton 4-1, Harvard 2-3, Yale 1-4, Brown 0-5
Women: Columbia 5-1, Harvard 5-1, Princeton 5-1, Penn 3-3, Cornell 2-4, Yale 1-5, Brown 0-6
All-Ivy League honorees:
Men's
First-team: Alex House (épée)
Second-team: Peter Pak (saber), Thomas Dudey (foil), Wesley Johnson (épée)
Women's
First-team: Gracie Stone (saber), Sage Palmedo (saber), Ashley Tsue (foil), Audrey Abend (épée), Charlene Liu (épée), Isabel Ford (épée)
Second-team: Allison Lee (saber)
Princeton's individual final totals:
Men's Saber: Peter Pak 10-5, Edward Chin 9-6, Jason Cai 4-5, Alex Lam 2-4
Men's Foil: Thomas Dudey 11-4, Michael Dudey 7-7, Rodney Chen 6-4, Jeffrey Chen 2-2, Chris Kang 1-1
Men's Épée: Alex House 12-3, Wesley Johnson 9-6, Jack Hudson 7-5, Michael Popovici 2-1
Women's Saber: Gracie Stone 14-4, Sage Palmedo 14-4, Allison Lee 11-6, Desirae Major 1-0
Women's Foil: Ashley Tsue 14-4, Kate Northrop 9-9, Taylor Chin 9-9
Women's Épée: Audrey Abend 14-4, Charlene Liu 14-4, Isabel Ford 14-4
Team Results:
Saturday, 11 a.m.: Men: Penn 19, Brown 8; Harvard 22, Yale 5; Women: Penn 22, Brown 5; Harvard 22, Yale 5; Columbia 21, Cornell 6
Saturday, 1:15 p.m.: Men: Yale 14, Brown 13; Columbia 15, Princeton 12; Women: Yale 17, Brown 10; Penn 16, Cornell 11; Princeton 17, Columbia 10
Saturday, 2:45 p.m.: Men: Princeton 17, Harvard 10; Penn 16, Columbia 11; Women: Cornell 16, Yale 11; Harvard 16, Princeton 11; Columbia 18, Penn 9
Saturday, 4:15 p.m.: Men: Harvard 18, Brown 9; Princeton 15, Penn 12; Columbia 18, Yale 9; Women: Harvard 25, Brown 2; Princeton 17, Penn 10; Columbia 21, Yale 6
Sunday, 10 a.m.: Men: Princeton 20, Brown 7; Penn 19, Yale 8; Women: Harvard 18, Cornell 9; Princeton 24, Brown 3; Penn 19, Yale 8
Sunday, 11:30 a.m.: Men: Columbia 16, Harvard 11; Princeton 18, Yale 9; Women: Cornell 19, Brown 8; Columbia 19, Harvard 8; Princeton 23, Yale 4
Sunday, 1:45 p.m.: Men: Penn 16, Harvard 11; Columbia 21, Brown 6; Women: Princeton 22, Cornell 5; Harvard 16, Penn 11; Columbia 20, Brown 7