POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (February 2, 2012) – A change of venue proved to be nice touch for the Vassar College women's fencing team that celebrated Senior Day at Kenyon Hall with a 3-1 afternoon with victories over Queens, Drew and Hunter and a loss to Yale.

Impressive performers on the day were Katie LeClair at 6-0 in foil, Tracy Bratt at 7-2 in sabre and Caitlin Clevenger and Megan Lewis both at 5-2 in epee.

Yale 19, Vassar 8
LeClair had an impressive round, winning all three of her bouts against a tough Yale squad in front of a wildly cheering Vassar crowd. Katharine Sweeney added a win for a 4-5 squad mark. Epee was 3-6 and sabre 1-8.

Vassar 23 Queens 4
Epee was 8-1 with wins by Clevenger, Lewis, and Rachel Messbauer. Foil rolled at 7-2 with two of the wins scored by Anastasia Stevens. Bratt and Jillian Josimovich were undefeated in sabre.

Vassar 21, Drew 6
Epee was undefeated in this round with Maggie Shepherd and Amreen Bhasin checking in for wins. Kathleen Konno was 2-1 in sabre.

Vassar 18, Hunter 9
Noelle Sawyer chimed in with a win in epee along with Clevenger, Lewis, and Messbauer. Rachelle Brown earned a sabre win. Sweeney had two foil wins as well as Stevens and Victoria Weiss with one each.

Now 11-13 on the season, the Brewers will travel to NYU on Thursday to face both New York University and Columbia.