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Ivy League Fencing Round-Robins
Jones Shares Men's Epee Title, Fencing Teams Each Beat Yale at Ivy Round-Robins
2/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | Fencing
NEW YORK – Junior Simon Jones claimed a share of the men's epee title, and the Brown University men's and women's fencing teams each beat Yale University, 14-13, on the second and final day of the 2015 Ivy League Fencing Round-Robins at Columbia University's Levien Gymnasium on Monday.
Jones (Louisville, Colo.) went a perfect 6-0 in men's epee competition on Monday to finish 11-4 and to earn First Team All-Ivy honors over the two-day event, tying with Princeton's Alex House and Harvard's Alexander Eldeib for the men's epee crown.
The Bears' men's and women's teams each topped Yale, 14-13, in their final action of the competition. The men's team took the victory behind an 8-1 win for the epee squad while the women's side clinched the win with a 6-3 victory for the epee squad and a 5-4 win for the sabre squad.
Earlier in the day, the men's team fell to No. 8 Princeton, 18-9, despite a 6-3 win for the epee squad, and the women dropped a 24-3 decision to the No. 3 Tigers.
Jones paced the Bears on an individual level as the first Brown student-athlete to garner a weapon crown with freshman Samuel Koch (San Francisco, Calif.) following with a 10-5 mark in men's epee to tie for fourth in the standings and to gain Second Team All-Ivy accolades. Also in men's epee, sophomore James Yoon (Austin, Texas) went 4-2 on day two to finish 7-8 overall.
In men's sabre, sophomore Alex Palabrica (Los Angeles, Calif.) led Brown with four wins, including two on the second day. Senior Barrett Weiss (Barrington, R.I.) notched four wins, including three on day two, in men's foil competition.
Freshman Signe Ferguson (Wilmington, Del.) posted the most wins of any women's fencer for the Bears, finishing 10-8 in women's epee action. Also in epee, senior Hailey Huddleston (New York, N.Y.) notched a 7-9 mark.
The women's sabre squad demonstrated balance over the two-day event as sophomore Clara Tondato Da Ruos (Milan, Italy), senior Christine Whalen (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), and junior Lauren Altman (New York, N.Y.) went 8-10, 7-11, and 7-11 respectively. In women's foil, freshman Clarissa Allen (Newtown, Pa.) tallied five wins, including two on Monday.
Next, Brown travels to the Temple Invitational on Feb. 21.
Brown Men's Schedule/Results (1-4):
Sunday
Rd. 1 – No. 7 Penn 20, Brown 7 (S: Penn 8-1, F: Penn 8-1, E: Brown 5-4)
Rd. 2 – No. 2 Columbia 18, Brown 9 (S: Columbia 9-0, F: Columbia 7-2, E: Brown 7-2)
Rd. 3 – No. 5 Harvard 23, Brown 4 (S: Harvard 8-1, F: Harvard 8-1, E: Harvard 7-2)
Monday
Rd. 5 – Bye (10:00 a.m.)
Rd. 6 – No. 8 Princeton 18, Brown 9 (S: Princeton 8-1, F: Princeton 7-2, E: Brown 6-3)
Rd. 7 – Brown 14, Yale 13 (S: Yale 5-4, F: Yale 7-2, E: Brown 8-1)
Brown Women's Schedule/Results (1-5):
Sunday
Rd. 1 – No. 8 Penn 16, Brown 11 (S: Brown 5-4, F: Penn 8-1, E: Brown 5-4)
Rd. 2 – No. 1 Columbia 23, Brown 4 (S: Columbia 8-1, F: Columbia 9-0, E: Columbia 6-3)
Rd. 3 – No. 4 Harvard 21, Brown 6 (S: Harvard 7-2, F: Harvard 8-1, E: Harvard 6-3)
Rd. 4 – Cornell 14, Brown 13 (S: Brown 8-1, F: Cornell 6-3, E: Cornell 7-2)
Monday
Rd. 5 – Bye (10:00 a.m.)
Rd. 6 – No. 3 Princeton 24, Brown 3 (S: Princeton 8-1, F: Princeton 8-1, E: Princeton 8-1)
Rd. 7 – Brown 14, Yale 13 (S: Brown 5-4, F: Yale 6-3, E: Brown 6-3)
