Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Men's and Women's Fencing teams will begin the 2026-27 season on Sunday, November 1 as the Brewers travel to Northampton, MA to compete in the Big One on the campus of Smith College. Vassar will host two events inside Walker Field House this season.

Men's Team At A Glance

• Vassar finished last season at 7-19 overall and saw 13 student-athletes qualify for the NCAA Northeast Regionals.
• The Brewers will return United States Fencing Coaches Association All-Region selection junior Alexander North was named a Division III First Team selection and a Honorable Mention All-Division selection.
• North finished ninth overall at the Northeast Regional last season, marking the highest finish at the regional for a Brewer since 2012.
• In addition, North took home gold at the Big One last season along with junior Devan McCarthy turning in a third place finish in sabre at the Big One.
• The epee squad also returns senior Christopher Garfield Sebert, junior Adam Elkashef, junior Harper Jamison and junior Sam Sosnick.
• The foil squad welcomes back junior Ethan Capra, sophomore Declan Gill, junior Alexander Gobbo, junior Nico Lotto, junior Kahlil Salome and sophomore Aaron Taplin.
• The sabre squad also brings back senior Charlie Cohen, sophomore Neal Cusumano, senior Judah Govine, sophomore Jason Jensby, senior Cezar Mahmoud, junior David Sagardi Diaz, sophomore Luca Savoy and junior Karthik Shankar.
• The Brewers add five talented newcomers this season in James Kauffman, Nicholas Lennon, Ciaran May, Andrew Rappoport and Mateo Weiss.

Women's Team At A Glance

• The Brewers closed the 2025-26 season with a 15-21 overall record and have eight returners who battled in the NCAA Northeast Regionals a season ago.
• Sophomore Veronica Scherk scored an impressive fifth overall finish out of 53 competitors in epee, marking the Brewers highest regional finisher since 1997 last season to earn All-Region honors.
• Junior Vivian Wei also earned All-Region honors in sabre following her 21st overall finish in the semifinal round at the Northeast Regional.
• At the EWFC Championships last year, the epee squad finished second overall behind All-Conference honors from Scherk and sophomore Lela Mittman.
• Sophomore Mercer Colby and junior Lily Paine each earned All-EWFC honors in sabre a season ago.
• The epee squad also returns senior Aurelia Cacace and senior Katrina Zeng.
• The foil squad brings back junior Sushama Gadiyaram, sophomore Sarah Huynh, senior Zoe North, senior Elena Rosenmayr and sophomore Rebecca Yu.
• VC welcomes four talented newcomers with Anna Collins, Rowan Moore, Alexandria Park and Rebecca Sult.

The Schedule

• After opening the season at the Big One, Vassar's men's squad will head to the Drew Ranger Invite on November 7.
• The women's team will head to NFC Duals at Brown on November 15 before the Brewers host the first meet of the season at Walker Field House on November 22.
• Vassar closes out 2026 at the Tradition Invite at Sacred Heart and returns to action in 2027 at the NFC Meet at Wellesley on January 23.
• VC makes the big trip out to Northwestern on January 30-31 for the Schiller Duals before returning home for the Matt Lampell Invite on February 7.
• Vassar will head to Drew on February 14 for the Division III Championships followed by the women's team heading to the EWFC Championships at Hunter on February 21.
• The Brewers will make the trip to New York City for the annual George Kolombatovich Meet on February 24 before competing at the NEIFC Championships at Smith on February 28.
• Vassar will battle in the NCAA Northeast Regionals at Boston College on March 14 and the NCAA National Championships will commence at Duke on March 25-28.