Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 8:06pm
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. Both teams finished fifth overall in the IFA Championships held at Brandeis on...
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. The women’s team earned a 2-4 Ivy League record, coming in fifth place in the Ancient Eight, while the men’s team finished 1-4 in the league in a...
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. Q When did you first discover fencing? A I started at home in San Francisco when I was seven or eight. My mom found...
BEIJING, China — A handful of Yale-bred athletes were among the elite in Beijing this summer. Five Yale alumni and one current Bulldog participated in athletic competition at this summer’s 29th Olympiad in China. Sada Jacobson ’06 won two fencing medals — silver and bronze — and Josh West ’98 rowed with the British eight to a silver-medal finish...
Sada Jacobson '06 will have to make room for a third Olympic medal in her trophy case. 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. After the match, she announced her retirement from fencing to pursue a degree from the...
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. Sada Jacobson '06 earned a silver medal on Saturday after falling to fellow American Mariel Zagunis, 15-8, in the finals of women’s sabre fencing. A trio of Americans saw only the stars and stripes rise to the...
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. NCAA bids are awarded through a formula that takes into account placement at Regionals as well as a season-long record. The Regionals, which were held...
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. Those two sophomores — John Gurrieri ’10 and Andrew Holbrook ’10 — along with newcomer Nathaniel Botwinick ’11, once again proved that they are among...
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. Both Rebecca Moss ’10 and Matt Lee ’09 advanced past the initial round, which pitted fencers against six others in small pools to determine seedings for the ensuing bracket-format...
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. Michael Pearce ’09, John Gurrieri ’10 and Rebecca Moss ’10 all made First Team, while Lidia Gocheva ’10 was named to the Second Team. Both the men and...
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. Michael Pearce...
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...
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