South Hadley, MA - The Vassar College Men's Fencing team earned three top-five squad finishes at the NEIFC Championships this weekend, led by the epee squad of first year
Alexander North, senior
Eli Weise, junior
Brian Li and first year
Harper Jamison tallying a second place team finish. The foil and sabre squads both battled to fifth place team finishes.
Epee
- Pool Round #1
- Vassar finished as the top team in pool #2 as the Brewers scored 17 victories in the opening round.
- North was undefeated with four victories along with Weise going perfect at 7-0.
- Li secured five wins and Jamison also scored a victory.
- VC advanced to the pool of the top seven in the second round and ranked as the top team overall following the first round.
- Pool Round #2
- Vassar battled to a second place team finish following 12 victories in the final round.
- North and Weise led the way with four victories apiece while Li secured three wins.
- Jamison collected one victory in the final round.
- VC finished only behind MIT, who finished with 14 wins.
Foil
- Pool Round #1
- Vassar earned 17 victories in pool #1 to rank second in the pool, only behind Sacred Heart who finished with 19 wins.
- Senior Brady Traugot was undefeated in the opening round with seven wins while first year Alexander Gobbo and classmate Ethan Capra each scored five victories.
- The Brewers ranked fourth overall and advanced into the pool of the top seven squads for the second round.
- Pool Round #2
- Vassar finished fifth overall after winning six bouts in the second round.
- Traugot earned three more victories while Capra tallied two wins and Gobbo added one victory.
Sabre
- Pool Round #1
- Vassar led the way in pool #2 with 18 victories to earn the top spot in their pool.
- First years David Sagardi Diaz and Devan McCarthy both went a perfect 7-0 while classmate Karthik Shankar tallied four victories.
- Vassar ranked second overall to advance to the final pool of the top seven squads.
- Pool Round #2
- The Brewers finished fifth overall in the final round after collecting nine victories.
- Sagardi Diaz earned four more wins while McCarthy recorded three wins and Shankar registered two victories.
Up Next
- Vassar will head to the NCAA Northeast Regionals on Sunday, March 9 at Tufts beginning at 10:00 a.m.
