NEW YORK, NY (February 4, 2010) – The Vassar women's fencing team dropped two matches today against strong opponents from Columbia and New York University.

Vassar will take a 9-15, 3-3 record into Saturday's final North East Conference competition against Wellesley, Sacred Heart, Dartmouth, University of New Hampshire, Boston University and the University of Massachusetts.

Round 1 – Columbia 22 - Vassar 5
Columbia claimed 8-1 victories in the sabre and epee. Foil managed a 3-6 record with wins coming from Katie LeClair, Jackie Kory and Alia Heintz.

Round 2 – NYU 15 – Vassar 12
The Brewers rebounded nicely against NYU. LeClair went 2-1 in the foil, but the promising portion of the mach came in the epee. Sophie Courser and Caitlin Clevenger both compiled 3-0 marks and Veronica Weser sported a 2-1 record. Vassar's two other wins came from Kory and Julie Carlsen.