Lawrence teams earn three wins apiece at Northwestern Duals

EVANSTON, Ill. — The Lawrence University fencing teams each picked up three victories at the Northwestern University Duals on Sunday.

The Lawrence men went 3-5, and the women were 3-6.

The Lawrence men defeated Caltech 17-10, topped Detroit Mercy 17-10 and downed Cleveland State 17-10. Against Caltech, it was the sabre contingent of Joe Davis, Drew Doares and Graham Jones that led the way with an 8-1 record. Sabre went 7-2 against Detroit, and foil posted a 6-3 mark against both Caltech and Detroit. It was the epee team of Phillip Ziller, Tanner Rasmussen and Connor Schurr that posted an 8-1 mark to lead the Vikings against Cleveland State.

The Lawrence men lost to UC-San Diego 20-7, fell to Princeton 19-8, lost to Stanford 21-6, fell to North Carolina 18-9 and lost to Air Force 17-10.

On the women’s side, the Vikings picked up wins over the same three schools as the men. The Vikings topped Cleveland State 21-6, downed Detroit 22-5 and beat Caltech 17-10.

The epee team of Channing Tucker, Nicole Mitchell and Lauren Phillips dominated in Lawrence’s three victories. Lawrence’s epee group swept Cleveland State 9-0, topped Detroit 8-1 and beat Caltech 6-3. The foil group of Kali Thibault, Rebecca Albrecht and Natalie Hagopian posted the same dominating 23-4 mark as epee. Lawrence’s foil team went 9-0 against Detroit, 8-1 vs. Caltech and 6-3 against Cleveland State.

The Lawrence women lost 23-4 to North Carolina, lost 17-10 to Farleigh Dickinson, fell 19-8 to UC-San Diego, lost 17-10 to Stanford, fell 24-3 to Temple and lost 20-7 to Air Force.

Men

Lawrence 17, Caltech 10 (Sabre 8-1, Foil 6-3, Epee 3-6)

UC-San Diego 20, Lawrence 7 (Sabre 3-6, Foil 8-1, Epee 9-0)

Stanford 21, Lawrence 6 (Sabre 3-6, Foil 9-0, Epee 9-0)

Princeton 19, Lawrence 8 (Sabre 7-2, Foil 5-4, Epee 7-2)

Lawrence 17, Detroit Mercy 10 (Sabre 7-2, Foil 6-3, Epee 4-5)

North Carolina 18, Lawrence 9 (Sabre 7-2, Foil 5-4, Epee 6-3)

Air Force 17, Lawrence 10 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 5-4, Epee 7-2)

Lawrence 17, Cleveland State 10 (Sabre 4-5, Foil 5-4, Epee 8-1)

Women

Lawrence 21, Cleveland State 6 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 6-3, Epee 9-0)

Lawrence 22, Detroit Mercy 5 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 9-0, Epee 8-1)

Air Force 20, Lawrence 7 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 9-0, Epee 5-4)

Temple 24, Lawrence 3 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 6-3, Epee 9-0)

Stanford 17, Lawrence 10 (Sabre 7-2, Foil 5-4, Epee 5-4)

Lawrence 17, Caltech 10 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 8-1, Epee 3-6)

UC-San Diego 19, Lawrence 8 (Sabre 8-1, Foil 5-4, Epee 6-3)

Farleigh Dickinson 17, Lawrence 10 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 5-4, Epee 6-3)

North Carolina 23, Lawrence 4 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 7-2, Epee 7-2)