Yale’s men’s and women’s fencing teams struck success at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association Championships this weekend with the defense of the Little Iron Man trophy, given to the top men’s foil team, and a one place improvement in the overall team standings compared to last year.
Yale’s men’s and women’s fencing teams encountered some obstacles in Sunday’s Ivy League Championship meet, the second of two to decide the title for the Ancient Eight, but both teams saw improvement over last year.
Last weekend, Yale men’s fencing team captain Michael Pearce ’09, an epeeist, went 9-0 against Brown, Harvard and Columbia. A long-time national and international fencer, Pearce was a member of the U.S. National Fencing team prior to fencing for Yale.
Five Yale alumni and one current Bulldog participated in athletic competition at this summer’s 29th Olympiad in China.
Jacobson earned a bronze metal in the team sabre competition Thursday to accompany the silver she won individually last Saturday and the individual bronze she picked up in Athens four years ago.
It did not take long for the Americans to leap — or duel rather — to the top of the medal standings at the Beijing Olympics with the help of a Yale alumna.
Michael Pearce ’09, John Gurrieri ’10, Nathaniel Botwinick ’11 and Lidia Gocheva ’10 all qualified for the NCAA Championships with strong performances at this past Sunday’s NCAA Northeast Regional Championships.
The men’s foil squad finally clasped the coveted Little Iron Man Trophy, fulfilling the request that its coach delivered to two sophomore epeeists when they first suited up for the Elis a year and a half ago.
A pair of Eli epeeists posted strong showings at the Junior Olympics, the United States Fencing Association’s under-20 championships that finished yesterday in Charlotte, NC.
Four Yale fencers solidified their spots on the All-Ivy League teams at the Ivy South Fencing Competition on Sunday. But on the team level, both the men and women went winless, falling to Princeton and Columbia.
The Yale men’s and women’s fencing teams saw impressive individual performances in a disappointing day for both squads at the Ivy North Competition Sunday. The men finished the day with a 1-2 mark, defeating Brown but falling to Penn and Harvard, teams ranked Nos. 6 and 7, respectively, in the United States Fencing Coaching Association college poll.
On the brink of Ancient Eight competition, the men’s and women’s fencing teams both faltered this weekend in non-conference meets. Both sets of Bulldogs struggled in the face of tough competition at the NYU Invitational — their last meet before Ivy League competition gets underway Sunday. The men’s squad (6-5) returned with two wins and three losses, and the women (5-7)...
