Women's Fencing Finishes 5-1 at NFC #2

Sunday, January 22

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

TBA

Brown University

NFC #2

Photo by: Brian Foley

1/22/2023 5:35:00 PM | Fencing

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Bears returned to competition with a strong showing at the NFC #2 Sunday at Boston College and finished the day with a 5-1 mark.

Brown took wins over Dartmouth (21-7), Boston College (15-12), MIT (15-12), Vassar (19-8), and Drew (21-6) while narrowly falling to Tufts, 15-12.

"It was a valiant day of fencing for our women's team today at the Northeastern Fencing Conference #2," said head coach Alex Ripa. "Even without all three of our sabre starters, women's fencing came away with only a single defeat against Tufts. I was amazed to see so many newer fencers rise to the challenge and represent Brown with so much heart and class!"

In the foil, Anika Breker and Anisha Kasi both finished with 13-2 records. The duo combined for seven 3-0 sweeps with Kasi picking up four. Grace Li finished the day 10-3 in the foil and Samantha Chon posted an 8-3 mark.

The Bears finished a combined 44-10 in the foil as neither Breker nor Li lost a competition.

Arianna Baffa and Daria Smuk led the Bears in the epee with 12-3 and 10-5 records, respectively. Sofia Yee-Wadsworth went 8-5 and Audrey Taylor finished 6-5. The group combined for a 36-18 record with Baffa and Smuk both winning all five competitions competed in.

In the sabre, Brown was led by Alyssa Sun's 12-6 mark. Sun posted 3-0 marks against Dartmouth and Drew and 2-1 marks against Tufts and Vassar. Lila Zimbalist went 3-0 against Vassar and 2-1 against Drew to finish strong.

BROWN RESULTS
Round 1: Brown 20, Dartmouth 7 (F: 8-1; E: 7-2; S: 5-4)
Round 2: Brown 15, Boston College 12 (F: 7-2; E: 7-2; S: 1-8)
Round 3: Tufts 15, Brown 12 (F: 4-5; E: 6-3; S: 2-7)
Round 4: Brown 15, MIT 12 (F: 8-1; E: 6-3; S: 1-8)
Round 5: Brown 19, Vassar 8 (F: 8-1; E: 4-5; S: 7-2)
Round 6: Brown 21, Drew 6 (F: 9-0; E: 6-3; S: 6-3)

UP NEXT
Brown competes next Sunday (Jan. 29) at the Eric Sollee Invitational, hosted by MIT. The Bears are scheduled to take on NYU, Duke, NJIT, Yeshiva, Stevens Tech, and Haverford.

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