DURHAM, NH (February 8, 2014) -- The Vassar College women's fencing team won five of its six matches Saturday at the University of New Hampshire, including taking each of the final five contests of the afternoon.

                Vassar College would fall in its first outing of the morning, dropping a 21-6 decision to Sacred Heart University. That would not deter the Brewers, as they came back to knock off New Hampshire 16-11. Vassar followed that up with wins Dartmouth College (16-11), Boston University (18-9), Wellesley College (15-12) and University of Massachusetts (16-11).

                The freshman duo of Elsa Stoff and Olivia Weiss continued their hot play of late, both earning two wins against Sacred Heart to start the afternoon. In the next match with New Hampshire, VC saw Lily Elbaum earned three victories with the sabre, and Stoff and Weiss each cashed in three wins as well. Claudia Carcamo was 2-0 in foil, and Rachel Messbauer went 2-1 with the epee against UNH. Vassar followed that up with another solid performance against Dartmouth, as the sabre team went 8-1. Kathleen Konno and Anastasia Stevens each went an unblemished 3-0 in the match, while Elbaum was 2-1 for the sabre fencers. Weiss and Messbauer each went undefeated with three wins apiece against the Big Green.

                Boston University saw the Brewers have success with the foil and epee, as the two squads combined to go 15-3. Megan Lewis was 2-1 at epee, while Weiss and Messbauer continued their strong fencing by going 3-0. Stoff was 3-0 in foil, and Carcamo and Catrina Tellez both earned two bouts. Later on in the match with Wellesley, the Brewers battled and pulled out the win thanks to an 8-1 showing from the epee team. Weiss and Messbauer each won all three of their outings, while Lewis also pinned down a pair of triumphs. Stoff again was magical with a 3-0 mark in foil, while Konno (sabre) and Carcamo (foil) were 2-1 against the Blue.

                Vassar finished the day with a win over the University of Massachusetts, as Stoff and Carcamo led the way in foil with three more wins. Weiss finished off her amazing afternoon with three wins, while Messbauer was 2-1 and captain Noelle Sawyer went 2-0 in epee for VC. The afternoon saw Weiss creep closer to Stoff for the team wins lead, though Stoff wasn't ready to give it up without a fight. Weiss went 17-1 on the afternoon, winning her last 15 bouts, while Stoff was 15-3 for VC. Stoff now has posted an 85-29 season mark, while Weiss has a total of 80 victories opposed to just 23 losses.

                Carcamo finished with 10 wins and almost above .500 for the season, and Messbauer pushed her season mark to 44-36 with a 13-5 day Saturday. Megan Lewis earned six wins in epee, and Konno sparked the sabre team with eight victories. On the year, the epee team for Vassar has been tremendous, going 201-129 to date.

                Vassar is back in action Saturday, February 22 at the New England Championships in South Hadley, MA.