Brown University
Philadelphia Invitational
Masood Paces Fencing at Competitive Philadelphia Invitational
1/21/2018 12:00:00 AM | Fencing
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Junior Umar Masood paced the Bears with an 11-7 record as Brown University fencing combined for a 2-10 record at the highly competitive Philadelphia Invitational hosted by the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday at the Tse Ping-Cheng Cheung Ling Sports Center.
Both the Brown men and women's sides went 1-5 on the day, competing against a total of five ranked teams. The men's team notched a victory over Drew (14-13), while falling to NYU (19-8), North Carolina (17-10), Yale (19-8), No. 7 Penn (22-5), and No. 2 Columbia (20-7). The women's team defeated Wagner (22-5), while dropping decisions to NYU (19-8), North Carolina (18-9), No. 8 Northwestern (19-8), No. 7 Temple (19-8), and No. 9 Penn (23-4).
At the squad level, men's epee went 1-5 (21-33 composite record), men's foil finished 1-5 (20-34), and men's sabre went 0-6 (12-42). For the women, epee finished 1-5 (21-33), foil went 1-5 (22-32), and sabre notched a 1-5 mark (17-37). Men's epee tallied a 5-4 win over UNC, men's foil topped Drew (7-2), and women's epee, foil, and sabre all defeated Wagner via scores of 8-1, 9-0, and 5-4 respectively.
Masood (Pittsford, N.Y.) – a 2017 NCAA qualifier – led the Bears with 11 wins on the day in men's foil. Senior Samuel Koch (San Francisco, Calif.) paced men's epee with a 10-8 record while freshman Sean Feeney (Riverside, R.I.) tallied seven wins to lead the men's sabre squad.
Senior Clarissa Allen (Newtown, Pa.) and freshman Signe Golash (Syracuse, N.Y.) registered identical 10-8 marks in women's foil and women's sabre respectively. Freshman Arianna Ferretti (Old Field, N.Y.) led women's epee with eight wins.
Next, Brown competes at Northeast Fencing Conference Meet No. 2 on Sunday, January 28 at Boston College's Flynn Recreation Complex in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Brown Results (2-10):
Brown Men's Results (1-5)
Rd. 1 (8:30 a.m.): NYU 19, Brown 8 (E: NYU 5-4, F: NYU 7-2, S: NYU 7-2)
Rd. 2 (9:45 a.m.): UNC 17, Brown 10 (E: Brown 5-4, F: UNC 5-4, S: UNC 8-1)
Rd. 3 (11:00 a.m.): Bye
Rd. 4 (1:00 p.m.): Yale 18, Brown 9 (E: Yale 5-4, F: Yale 5-4, S: Yale 8-1)
Rd. 5 (2:15 p.m.): No. 7 Penn 22, Brown 5 (E: Penn 7-2, F: Penn 7-2, S: Penn 8-1)
Rd. 6 (3:30 p.m.): Brown 14, Drew 13 (E: Drew 5-4, F: Brown 7-2, S: Drew 6-3)
Rd. 7 (4:45 p.m.): No. 2 Columbia 20, Brown 7 (E: Columbia 7-2, F: Columbia 8-1, S: Columbia 5-4)
Rd. 8 (6:00 p.m.): Bye
Brown Women's Results (1-5)
Rd. 1 (8:30 a.m.): NYU 19, Brown 8 (E: NYU 5-4, F: NYU 8-1, S: NYU 6-3)
Rd. 2 (9:45 a.m.): UNC 18, Brown 9 (E: UNC 7-2, F: UNC 5-4, S: UNC 6-3)
Rd. 3 (11:00 a.m.): No. 8 Northwestern 19, Brown 8 (E: NU 7-2, F: NU 6-3, S: NU 6-3)
Rd. 4 (1:00 p.m.): Brown 22, Wagner 5 (E: Brown 8-1, F: Brown 9-0, S: Brown 5-4)
Rd. 5 (2:15 p.m.): Bye
Rd. 6 (3:30 p.m.): No. 7 Temple 19, Brown 8 (E: Temple 7-2, F: Temple 5-4, S: Temple 7-2)
Rd. 7 (4:45 p.m.): No. 9 Penn 23, Brown 4 (E: Penn 7-2, F: Penn 8-1, S: Penn 8-1)
Rd. 8 (6:00 p.m.): Bye
