POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (November 21, 2011) – The Vassar College men's fencing team went a perfect 5-0 to win the second annual Matt Lampell Hudson Valley Fencing Invitational on Sunday at Walker Field House.

The Brewers improve to 10-2 on the season and will next fence on December 3 at Penn State.

According to head coach Bruce Gillman, “the Matt Lampell invite is Vassar's chance to invite local college teams to Vassar. It provides them with an opportunity to field full teams NCAA style. When Matt was the Vassar head coach, he used to run a similar event that he called the River Rat.”  Gillman said that Lampell, who recently turned 87 years old, was present to honor the Vassar seniors and present team awards following the conclusion of match action.

Men's Team Results
1) Vassar College
2) RPI
3) SUNY Albany
4) Marist
5) Cornell
6) New Paltz

Notable Peformances:
Undefeated – Alex Bue 15-0, Brian Rouse and Nicholas Johnson 9-0 each, John Arden 3-0. One loss on the day – Matt Steinschneider 11-1 in sabre

Round 1 – Vassar 22, Marist 5
Marist fielded a full team against Vassar and the sabre squad gave was a worthy competitor. Arden and Steinschneider were undefeated in the round, but several Marist fencers gave fencers some trouble. The Vassar squad won 5-4. Foil was 9-0 and epee 8-1.

Round 2 – Vassar 16,  RPI 11
RPI was one of the original teams in this event and brought a good team this year. Vassar epee handled them 7-2 with Johnson and Rouse undefeated. Sabre was a close Vassar win at 5-4, and in foil RPI prevailed 5-4 despite three wins by Bue.

Round 3 – Vassar 21, Bard 6
Bard didn't field a sabre squad for this event, but the foil and epee squads they brought were fairly good. In addition to Johnson and Rouse at 2-0, Nico Mongillo went 2-1 in the round. In foil, the Bard squad took four bouts, but Bue was again undefeated and Vassar took the squad 5-4.

Round 4 – BYE

Round 5 – Vassar 19, Albany 8
Albany brought a strong sabre squad. Steinschneider was able to go 2-1 in the round, but Kenny Lee had the only other Vassar win. Albany won the squad battle 6-3. Unfortunately for them, Vassar had a strong epee round at 7-2 and Bue, Alex Vastola, and Trequan Artis were undefeated in foil at 9-0 as a squad.

Round 6 – Vassar 22  Cornell Club Team 5
The Cornell Club was new to the event this year. Some of their competitive club went to Penn State this weekend, but they also fielded three squads for this event. Vassar foil remained hot from the previous round and was again undefeated at 9-0. Sabre had a great round at 8-1 with Kenny Lee, Gabriel Perez, and Steinscheider all undefeated in the round. Epee had some trouble, but still came out ahead at 5-4.

Round 7 – Vassar 22   New Paltz 5
New Paltz was unable to field a foil squad, but they sent a good sabre squad. Lee, Perez, and Steinschneider combined for the 5 victories they needed, but New Paltz won the other 4 bouts. Vassar epee was more dominant at 8-1 with Roberto Maiocco and Tushar Agarwal undefeated in the round.