BALTIMORE, MD (February 17, 2018) -- The Vassar College men's fencing team traveled to the Charm City on Saturday afternoon to take on Johns Hopkins University for a pair of dual matches in Newton White Athletic Center, dropping both rounds with identical scores of 17-10. 

In the first round, Johns Hopkins barely edged the Brewers in sabre, as the Brewers won three straight bouts to make the score 4-4 after trailing 4-1. Freshman Evin Heintz started the comeback with a 5-2 win over Brian Huang, followed by senior Eli Polston topping Jacob Desman 5-1. Sophomore Graeme Mills kept the run going with a 5-1 triumph over Huang, and Heintz shutout Desman 5-0 to tie the score at four bouts apiece. In the final round, Sandy Vingoe was able to earn the clinching win over Polston. 

The Vassar foil team dropped its decision 6-3 to the Blue Jays, but freshman Adlai Brandt-Ogman posted a pair of victories, while sophomore Michael Skolnick also earned a bout win for the Brewers. VC's epee team was also bested 6-3, but freshmen Abram Gregory and Michael Jaklitsch, along with sophomore Roman Guglielmo, were each 1-2 on the round. 

In the second of the back-to-back matches with JHU, Vassar's sabre team earned the 5-4 victory thanks to the 2-1 records from both Heintz and Polston. The two teams were deadlocked in sabre 3-3 after the first two rounds, but Mills earned a 5-3 win over Desman, and Heintz knocked off Huang 5-0 to pick up the weapon win. 

JHU eked by the Brewers in the second match in epee, as Gregory started the round with a victory. Jaklitsch started the second set of bouts with a 5-2 victory, and Gregory followed that with a 5-1 triumph to make the score 3-2. In the final round, Guglielmo was victorious with a 4-3 scoreline, but JHU earned a tight 5-4 win to claim the weapon win. The difference was in foil, as the Blue Jays went 8-1 though Skolnick earned a 5-3 in the first bout of the round.