POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (November 21, 2011) – The Vassar College women's fencing team went a perfect 6-0 to win the second annual Matt Lampell Hudson Valley Fencing Invitational on Sunday at Walker Field House.

The Brewers improve to 10-5 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.

Women's Team Results
1) Vassar College
2) CCNY
3) Queens
4) Marist
5) Yeshiva
6) RPI
7) Bard

Notable Peformances:
Undefeated – Brooke Schieffer 17-0. One loss on the day – Veronica Weser 15-1, Katie LeClair 7-1

Round 1 – Vassar 15   CCNY 12
CCNY fielded its strongest team in recent memory. Veronica Weser was 3-0 against CCNY in epee, but Vassar only managed one more epee victory. CCNY won the squad battle 5-4. In sabre Vassar returned the favor 5-4 to tie the match, Foil was the deciding factor 6-3 with Katie Leclair 3-0 and Liz Ilechko 2-1.

Round 2 – Vassar 21   Queens 6
Queens was short one foilist, but another epee fencer on the team won three bouts. In epee,  Weser and Megan Lewis were 3-0. Schieffer and Tracy Bratt were undefeated in Sabre.

Round 3 – Vassar 22  Marist 5
Katie LeClair was undefeated in foil, but Marist managed to take three bouts from Vassar. Vassar epee won 7-2 and sabre rolled 9-0.

Round 4 – Vassar 23  Bard 4
Bard didn't field a sabre squad, but the epee squad managed four wins against the Vassar squad. Weser and Megan Lewis went 2-0 in the round. In Foil, Elizabeth Ilechko, Katherine Sweeney, and Alia Heintz were undefeated at 9-0.

Round 5 – Vassar 20   RPI 7
This was the first time RPI fielded a women's team, but did not have a foil or epee, RPI's sabre squad was very strong. Despite Schieffer's 2-0 record in the round, Vassar lost the squad battle 2-7.

Round 6 – Vassar 21   Yeshiva 6
Vassar foil had a 9-0 round with LeClair , Sweeney, and Heintz undefeated. Weser, Lewis and Weiss each lost 1 in epee. Schieffer was 3-0 in sabre.

Round 7 – Vassar 24  Albany 3
Albany sent a women's squad for the first time and it was a full 9-person team. They managed one victory in sabre and two in epee against Vassar. In sabre Bratt and  Schieffer were undefeated in the round and Rachelle Brown was 2-1.