POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (December 4, 2015) – The women's fencing team will be competing this weekend in the Sacred Heart Traditional Multi-Meet, hosted by Sacred Heart and starting at 10 a.m. this Sunday.

Match Details 
Event: Sacred Heart Traditional Multi-Meet
Site: Fairfield, CT
Facility:  Pitt Center
Date: December 6, 2015
Time: 10 a.m.

A Look At The Brewers
- In the last five years, the Brewers have only been able to pick up four wins at the Sacred Heart Multi-Meet - their latest one coming last year from a bout with New York University. The women are coming off of a successful weekend at the Matt Lampell Invitational where they went 7-0 on the day and collected the title.
- Senior senior Lily Elbaum and sophomore Annie Innes-Gold both finished the day with 18 bout winning streaks in saber, helping the squad to a 58-5 record at the tournament.
- Rookie Mirit Rutishauser led the foil squad in wins at Matt Lampell, posting 16 victories and was followed closely by fellow freshman Sophie Blumenstock who won 14 of her 17 bouts that day. 
- Junior Olivia Weiss helped the epee squad to a great day, winning all of her 18 bouts at the tournament. 
- All three weapons had a great showing at the Matt Lampell Invite, 271 wins and 107 losses last weekend. 
 
A Look At The Sacred Heart Traditional Multi-Meet
- The Pioneer women will be hosting the Invitational and the Brewers will meet the fencing teams from Harvard University, Sacred Heart University, Penn State University, New York University, Princeton University, and Temple University on the strip.
- VC will be going toe-to-toe with No. 3 ranked Princeton University will likely be the biggest obstacle the Brewers will face headed into this competition. Harvard is ranked No. 4 and Penn State is ranked No. 5.
- In 2014, the women went 1-4 at the Sacred Heart Traditional Multi-Meet.
- Penn State had two sabre fencers finish in the top three last year at the NCAA Championships, while Karen Chang was the runner up with the most total touches of any fencer.
- Senior epee fencer Isabel Ford leads the Tigers of Princeton, as she finished seventh at the 2015 NCAA Championships. Sabre teammates Allison Lee and Gracie Stone were seventh and eighth at NCAA's as well, respectively.
- Adrienne Jarocki will lead the Harvard women's squad, as she finished third last year at the NCAA Championships in women's sabre.

Up Next
VC will head out to the Golden State after the Holiday break to resume its season, taking on multiple teams at the West Invitational, hosted by the University of California-San Diego January 17 in La Jolla, CA.