WELLESLEY, Mass. – Led by the 2013 senior class, the Wellesley College fencing team went 3-1 at its home invitational, picking up wins over UMass-Amherst, Boston University and Mount Holyoke. The Blue dropped their only match of the day to Tufts, who went 4-0 at the tournament.
In their last home competition, Wellesley seniors Mariami Bekauri, Elise Dong and Ivory Xinyue Wu combined for 19 total wins. Bekauri and Wu led the sabre squad, while Dong headed up the foil squad.
Wellesley opened the day with two straight wins, topping Mount Holyoke, 21-6, and defeating BU, 20-7. The Blue then dropped a tough 18-9 bout against Tufts, before rebounded with a 15-12 win over UMass, avenging a November loss to the Minutemen.
Wellesley swept all three weapons against Mount Holyoke and BU. Against Mount Holyoke, the epee and sabre squads picked up 8-1 wins, with the foil team grabbing a 5-4 victory. Against BU, epee led the way with an 8-1 victory, while sabre won 7-2, and foil again won, 5-4.
Against Tufts, Wellesley dropped tight 5-4 battles in both the epee and foil competitions, while falling 8-1 in sabre. Wrapping up the tournament against UMass, the Blue picked up 6-3 wins in both foil and sabre, while falling 6-3 in epee.
Wellesley's foil and sabre squads each went 3-1 at the event, with sabre picking up 22 total wins and foil accounting for 20. The epee team went 2-2 overall, but recorded the most individual wins on the day, going 23-13.
Individually, junior Dania Wright (sabre) and first-year Charlotte Treadwell (epee) each recorded nine wins at the event. First-year Kathryn Ledbetter (epee) added eight victories, while classmate Camille Samulski (foil) picked up seven. Rounding out the individual highlights, sophomore Olivia Wei (foil) went 5-1 on the day.
Wellesley fencing (6-10) is back in action on February 9th, competing at BU in their second Northeast Fencing Conference meet of the season.
2013 Wellesley College Fencing Invitational
January 27, 2013
Final Standings
1. Tufts University, 4-0
2. Wellesley College, 3-1
3. UMass Amherst, 2-2
4. Mount Holyoke 1-3
5. Boston University, 0-4
Round 1 |
Wellesley 21, Mt. Holyoke 6 |
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Tufts 14, UMass 13 |
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Round 2 |
Wellesley 20, BU 7 |
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Tufts 17, Mt. Holyoke 10 |
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Round 3 |
UMass 21, BU 6 |
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Tufts 18, Wellesley 9 |
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Round 4 |
Mount Holyoke 15, BU 12 |
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Wellesley 15, UMass 12 |
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Round 5 |
Tufts 20, BU 7 |
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UMass 18, Mt. Holyoke 9 |