South Hadley, MA - The Vassar College Women's Fencing team put together an impressive day of action at the NEIFC Championships on Sunday as all three squads earned a third place finish or better in the team competition at Mount Holyoke. The epee squad of seniors
Addy Xie,
Olivia Barnes and
Danielle Golden along with sophomore
Nika Ungurianu battled to a second place overall finish. Both the foil squad and the sabre squad earned strong third place finishes.
Epee
- Pool Round #1
- Vassar scored 16 victories in pool #2 for the second-highest mark behind Sacred Heart who tallied 20 wins.
- Xie led the way with six victories along with Barnes and Golden earning five wins apiece.
- The Brewers finished third overall following the first pool round to make it to the top seven pool for round two.
- Pool Round #2
- VC earned a second place finish overall as the Brewers collected 14 victories in the second round.
- Barnes finished with five victories while Xie tallied four wins.
- Ungurianu scored three wins along with Golden adding two victories.
- VC trailed only MIT by two victories for the second place result.
Foil
- Pool Round #1
- VC collected 15 victories in pool #2 for second overall behind MIT who scored 18 wins.
- Sophomore Zoe North, first year Sushama Gadiyaram and senior Nicole Ezell each earned five victories in the round.
- Vassar ranked third overall following the opening pool round to punch its ticket to the top seven for the second round.
- Pool Round #2
- Vassar earned a third place team finish as the Brewers scored 13 victories in the final round.
- Ezell scored five victories along with North and Gadiyaram each earned four wins.
- VC finished just behind MIT (15 wins) and was tied with Brandeis but the Judges won the tiebreaker.
Sabre
- Pool Round #1
- Vassar tallied 17 victories in pool #2 for the most victories in their pool for the opening round.
- First year Lily Paine was undefeated at 7-0 while classmates Vivian Wei and Kelsey Wang scored five wins apiece.
- Vassar finished second overall following the first round to advance to the top seven pool for the final round.
- Pool Round #2
- Vassar collected a third place finish as the Brewers picked up nine victories in the final round.
- Paine scored four wins along with Wei tallying three victories and Wang picked up two wins.
- VC trailed only MIT (18) and Northeastern (11) for the third place finish.
Up Next
- Vassar will head to the NCAA Northeast Regionals on Sunday, March 9 at Tufts beginning at 10:00 a.m.
