For Immediate Release
January 27, 2010
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Fencing Falls to Visiting Brandeis
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- The Wellesley College fencing team suffered an 18-9 defeat at the hands of Northeast Conference-rival Brandeis University on Wednesday evening at the Keohane Sports Center. The win improves the Judges to 13-5, while the Blue fall to 5-6.
The Blue picked up a win in epee, but Brandeis got victories in both sabre and foil to take the match 18-9.
In sabre, Brandeis won the first eight bouts in an 8-1 win. Anna Hanley (Medford, MA) and Alex Turner (Lebanon, NJ) each went 2-0, while Zoe Messinert (Short Hills, NJ) posted a 2-1 record for the Judges. Elizabeth Rowen (Santa Cruz, CA) picked up the lone victory for Wellesley.
The teams split the first two bouts in foil, but then Brandeis took over to record a 7-2 victory. Vicktoria Nunley (Glen Gardner, NJ) and Julia Mouk (Rocky Point, NY) were both undefeated for the Judges, with Nunley going 3-0 and Mouk, 2-0. Wellesley picked up wins from Hannah Braaten (Concord, MA) and Wendy Chin (New York, NY).
Wellesley took the epee competition, 6-3, as Ashley Paquin (Cumberland, RI) went 3-0, while Annemarie Kocab (Farmington Hills, MA) went 2-1. Brandeis got one win each from Emma Larkin (Montclair, NJ), Sydney Reuben (Rolling Hills, CA) and Adrienne Katz (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) to wrap up the match.
Wellesley fencing returns to action on January 30th, hosting UMass and Smith at the Wellesley Invitational beginning at 9:00am. Brandeis co-hosts the Brandeis/MIT Invitational, also on Saturday at 9:00am.
| Wellesley College Fencing | ||||
| January 27, 2010 | ||||
| Brandeis University 18, Wellesley College 9 | ||||
| Epee | ||||
| Wellesley | Brandeis | Winner |
Score |
Team Score |
| Kocab | Larkin | W |
5-2 |
1-0 W |
| Paquin | Reuben | W |
5-2 |
2-0 W |
| Benjamin | Katz | W |
5-2 |
3-0 W |
| Kocab | Reuben | W |
5-0 |
4-0 W |
| Benjamin | Larkin | B |
5-2 |
4-1 W |
| Paquin | Katz | W |
5-0 |
5-1 W |
| Benjamin | Reuben | B |
5-3 |
5-2 W |
| Kocab | Katz | B |
5-3 |
5-3 W |
| Paquin | Larkin | W |
5-3 |
6-3 W |
| Foil | ||||
| Wellesley | Brandeis | Winner |
Score |
Team Score |
| Chin | Nunley | B |
5-1 |
0-1 B |
| Braaten | Levy | W |
5-1 |
1-1 -- |
| Kim | Mouk | B |
5-0 |
2-1 B |
| Chin | Levy | B |
5-4 |
3-1 B |
| Kim | Nunley | B |
5-3 |
4-1 B |
| Braaten | Mouk | B |
5-0 |
5-1 B |
| Kim | Levy | B |
5-2 |
6-1 B |
| Chin | Gomberg | W |
5-4 |
6-2 B |
| Braaten | Nunley | B |
5-2 |
7-2 B |
| Sabre | ||||
| Wellesley | Brandeis | Winner |
Score |
Team Score |
| Schweger | Hanley | B |
5-4 |
1-0 B |
| Rowen | Turner | B |
5-0 |
2-0 B |
| Aiken | Messinger | B |
5-3 |
3-0 B |
| Schweger | Turner | B |
5-2 |
4-0 B |
| Aiken | Hanley | B |
5-0 |
5-0 B |
| Rowen | Messinger | W |
5-4 |
6-0 B |
| Aiken | Cronin | B |
5-2 |
7-0 B |
| Schweger | Messinger | B |
5-3 |
8-0 B |
| Rowen | Smith | B |
5-4 |
8-1 B |