Fencing

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The Lawrence University fencing teams split their matches Saturday at the DeCicco Duals at the University of Notre Dame.

The Lawrence men and women both went 3-3 on the day.

The men picked up a 21-6 victory over Wayne State, defeated Florida 15-12 and topped Detroit Mercy 19-8.

On the women’s side, Lawrence edged the New Jersey Institute of Techology 14-13, rolled to a 22-5 win over Wayne State and downed Detroit Mercy 22-5.

Men’s results

New Jersey Institute of Technology 20, Lawrence 7 (Sabre 7-2, Foil 6-3, Epee 7-2)

Sacred Heart 20, Lawrence 7 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 7-2, Epee 8-1)

Lawrence 21, Wayne State 6 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 8-1, Epee 8-1)

Lawrence 15, Florida 12 (Sabre 2-7, Foil 7-2, Epee 6-3)

Notre Dame 22, Lawrence 5 (Sabre 8-1, Foil 6-3, Epee 8-1)

Lawrence 19, Detroit Mercy 8 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 6-3, Epee 8-1)

Women’s results

Lawrence 14, New Jersey Institute of Technology 13 (Sabre 7-2, Foil 5-4, Epee 2-7)

Sacred Heart 23, Lawrence 4 (Sabre 8-1, Foil 6-3, Epee 9-0)

Wayne State 22, Lawrence 5 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 5-4, Epee 8-1)

Lawrence 16, Florida 11 (Sabre 7-2, Foil 6-3, Epee 3-6)

Notre Dame 24, Lawrence 3 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 7-2, Epee 8-1)

Lawrence 22, Detroit Mercy 5 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 7-2, Epee 9-0)

EVANSTON, Ill. — The Lawrence University men’s fencing team went 5-0 on Saturday at the Northwestern University Duals, and the women posted a 2-2 mark.

The Lawrence men opened with a 17-10 win over Cleveland State and then defeated McKendree University 18-9. The Vikings followed with an 18-9 win over the University of Detroit Mercy before topping the University of the Incarnate Word 23-4. Lawrence capped its day with a 15-12 win over Northwestern, which fields a club team on the men’s side.

The Lawrence women dumped Cleveland State 11-5 and then topped Detroit Mercy 7-2. Incarnate Word downed Lawrence 6-3, and Northwestern, which has a varsity women’s squad, topped the Vikings 24-3.

NORTHWESTERN DUALS

Men

Lawrence 17, Cleveland State 10 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 6-3, Epee 5-4)

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

Lawrence 18, Detroit Mercy 9 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 6-3, Epee 6-3)

Lawrence 23, Incarnate Word 4 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 9-0, Epee 5-4)

Lawrence 15, Northwestern 12 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 6-3, Epee 4-5)

Women

Lawrence 11, Cleveland State 5 (Foil 5-2, Epee 6-3)

Lawrence 7, Detroit Mercy 2 (Epee only)

Incarnate Word 6, Lawrence 3 (Epee only)

Northwestern 24, Lawrence 3 (Sabre 8-1, Foil 9-0, Epee 7-2)

APPLETON, Wis. — Alex Kaeding has resigned as the fencing coach at Lawrence University, Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski announced today.

Kaeding, who took over as head coach in July 2014, stepped away from Lawrence’s program to concentrate on his work career. Former head coach Steve Amich will return to the top coaching position, Szkodzinski said.

“Alex did a great job with the team this past season,” Szkodzinski said. “Alex wanted to focus on his work responsibilities away from Lawrence, and we wish him all the best.”

Kaeding was named the Midwest Fencing Conference Coach of the Year after Lawrence finished fourth in the combined team standings at the 2015 MFC Championships. Lawrence enjoyed a stellar season by winning gold in men’s sabre at the MFC Championships, and nine Vikings earned all-conference honors.

Amich, who was an assistant coach this past season, has been with the Lawrence program for 30 years. Amich first took the reins as head coach after the retirement of long-time coach Mary Poulson in 1993. He gave up the head coach responsibilities in the summer of 2014.

During Amich’s tenure, Lawrence won a national championship when Mike Gattnar took the NCAA epee title in 1995. Amich also coached Jeff Peyton, who is the only four-time NCAA Championships qualifier (1998-2001) in Lawrence history.

APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University’s Alex Kaeding has been named the Midwest Fencing Conference Coach of the Year.

Kaeding, who just completed his first season as the Vikings’ head coach, captured the award in the wake of the Vikings finishing fourth in the combined team standings at the MFC Championships.

Kaeding, a 2009 Lawrence graduate and former standout fencer for the Vikings, shared the award with Jim Vesper of the University of Michigan.

Lawrence enjoyed a banner season with top finishes at the MFC Championships and nine Vikings were chosen for the all-conference team.

The Lawrence men’s team won the title in sabre at the conference championships and picked up victories over Ohio State in the semifinals and Michigan in the final. The Vikings finished second on the men’s side and trailed champion Ohio State by just 35 points. In addition to winning the sabre championship, men’s foil took second place and epee was fifth.

On the women’s side, Kaeding’s Vikings finished fifth overall. Epee placed fifth, foil took seventh and sabre was ninth.

Other awards went to Laurie Schiller of Northwestern, who was named Varsity Coach of the Year, and Michigan, which won Club Team of the Year.

APPLETON, Wis. — Nine Lawrence University fencers have been named to the All-Midwest Fencing Conference team.

Four Lawrence fencers were named to the second team, and five more were given honorable mention.

Leading the way for the Vikings was men’s foil, which had three fencers honored. Freshman Alden Grasse (Milwaukee, Wis.) and sophomore Kai Kramer (Berkeley, Calif.) were both chosen for the second team, and Jacob Hodges (Englewood, Colo.) received honorable mention.

The foil squad grabbed second place the MFC Championships, and the trio of Grasse, Kramer and Hodges all placed at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Grasse took 10th, Kramer was 11th and Hodges placed 12th.

Two members of Lawrence’s sabre contingent, Joe Davis (St. Louis, Mo.) and Graham Jones (Indianapolis, Ind.), both earned second-team honors. Davis and Jones led Lawrence to the sabre title at the MFC Championships. Davis went on to finish sixth at the NCAA Midwest Regional, and Jones placed ninth at the regional.

The Lawrence men placed second overall at the MFC Championships.

On the women’s side, four fencers earned honorable mention. Nicole Mitchell (Gurnee, Ill.) and Lauren Phillips (Pylesville, Md.) of the epee squad and Rebecca Albrecht (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Natalie Hagopian (Madison, Wis.) from the foil team were all chosen.

Phillips was the top finisher among this group as she placed 10th at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Mitchell and Hagopian were both 13th at the regional and Albrecht took 15th.

Led by this group, the Lawrence women were fifth at the MFC Championships.

EVANSTON, Ill. — Joe Davis grabbed sixth place in sabre on Saturday to pace the Lawrence University fencing team at the NCAA Midwest Regional at Northwestern University.

Davis led Lawrence’s contingent of fencers in sabre, and all three Vikings placed in the top 11. Davis, a freshman from St. Louis, Mo., put together an 8-5 record on the day to grab the top finisher by a Lawrence fencer since Ian Pelton took sixth in sabre in 2013.

Senior Graham Jones, who took seventh in sabre at the 2014 regional, placed ninth after compiling a 6-7 mark. Senior Drew Doares went 3-10 and placed 11th to round out the sabre contingent.

Tanner Rasmussen paced the Vikings in epee by taking 10th place. Rasmussen compiled a 5-8 record on the day. Alden Grasse, Kai Kramer and Jacob Hodges finished back-to-back-to-back in men’s foil. Grasse was 10th, Kramer took 11th and Hodges was 12th, and all three men posted 2-10 records on the day.

On the women’s side, Lauren Phillips was the top finisher for the Vikings. Phillips took 10th in epee with a 6-10 record. Channing Tucker was 12th and Nicole Mitchell took 13th in epee, and both women went 4-12.

Natalie Hagopian took 13th to lead Lawrence’s foil contingent, and she posted a 4-12 record. Rebecca Albrecht took 15th in foil after going 3-13, and Kali Thibault was 16th with a 1-15 record.

Men’s epee results

Men’s foil results

Men’s sabre results

Women’s epee results

Women’s foil results

Women’s sabre results

EVANSTON, Ill. — Lawrence University grabbed fourth place in the combined team standings at Saturday’s Midwest Fencing Conference Championships at Northwestern University.

Lawrence finished the day with 1,350 points, and Ohio State took the title with 1,580. The Lawrence men were second with 750 points, trailing first-place Ohio State by just 35 points. The Lawrence women were fifth with 600 points. Ohio State won the women’s title with 795.

The men’s sabre contingent of Graham Jones, Joe Davis and Ian Pelton took the title with a 5-3 win over Michigan. The match was tied 3-3 when Davis and Pelton both posted 5-3 wins to give the Vikings the championship. Drew Doares and Alex Krzoska also picked up wins for the Vikings in earlier matches. Sabre reached the title match with a 5-4 upset win over the Buckeyes.

The men’s foil group of Alden Grasse, Jacob Hodges and Erik Paulson reached the title match but dropped a 5-0 decision to Ohio State. Foil picked up a 5-3 win over Cleveland State in the semifinals. Men’s epee placed placed fifth.

On the women’s side, epee led the way by placing fifth. Women’s foil took seventh place, the sabre was ninth.

Midwest Fencing Conference Championships

Combined Team Standings

Ohio State 1580, Northwestern 1435, Michigan 1355, Lawrence 1350, Purdue 1225, Michigan State 1110, Chicago 1055, Case Western Reserve 1015, Wayne State 975, Cleveland State 930, Oberlin 855, Wisconsin 770, Indiana 730, Oakland 680, Xavier 680, Detroit Mercy 645, Illinois 530, Iowa 520, McKendree 475, Minnesota 350, Bradley 345, Bowling Green 215.

Men’s Epee

Purdue def. Lawrence 5-3 (quarterfinals), Lawrence def. Wayne State 5-4.

Men’s Foil

Ohio State def. Lawrence 5-0 (final), Lawrence def. Cleveland State 5-3 (semifinal), Lawrence def. Northwestern 5-3, Lawrence def. Wayne State 5-3.

Men’s Sabre

Lawrence def. Michigan 5-3 (final), Lawrence def. Ohio State 5-4 (semifinal), Lawrence def. Purdue 5-1, Lawrence def. Wayne State 5-0.

Women’s Epee

Purdue def. Lawrence 5-2 (quarterfinals), Lawrence def. Iowa 5-1.

Women’s Foil

Northwestern def. Lawrence 5-0 (quarterfinals), Lawrence def. Wisconsin 5-0.

Women’s Sabre

Cleveland State def. Lawrence 5-3.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The Lawrence University fencing teams picked up five victories at the University of Notre Dame Duals on Feb. 7.

The Lawrence men went 3-1, and the women posted a 2-2 mark at the Castellan Family Fencing Center.

On the men’s side, Lawrence defeated Detroit Mercy 19-8, topped Wayne State 19-8 and defeated Cleveland State 16-11. The lone loss for the Vikings was a 21-6 setback to Notre Dame.

The best records on the day went to Lawrence’s sabre contingent of Graham Jones, Drew Doares and Joe Davis. Jones went 10-2, Doares was 9-3 and Davis posted an 8-4 mark. Alden Grasse went 8-4 and Jake Hodges was 7-5 to compile winning marks in foil. Erik Paulson posted a 6-6 mark in foil as well.

The Lawrence women defeated Detroit Mercy 17-10 and topped Cleveland State 18-9. Notre Dame defeated Lawrence 25-2, and Wayne State posted an 18-9 win over the Vikings.

Nicole Mitchell posted an 8-4 mark in epee to pace the Vikings, and the foil contingent of Kali Thibault and Rebecca Albrecht both went 7-5. Shelby Guinn led sabre with a 6-6 mark.

Notre Dame Duals

Men

Lawrence 16, Cleveland State 11 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 5-4, Epee 5-4)

Lawrence 19, Wayne State (Sabre 9-0, Foil 7-2, Epee 3-6)

Lawrence 19, Detroit Mercy 8 (Sabre 8-1, Foil 8-1, Epee 3-6)

Notre Dame 21, Lawrence 6 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 8-1, Epee 8-1)

Women

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

Wayne State 18, Lawrence 9 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 5-4, Epee 4-5)

Lawrence 18, Cleveland State 9 (Sabre 6-3, Foil 4-5, Epee 8-1)

Notre Dame 25, Lawrence 2 (Sabre 8-1, Foil 9-0, Epee 8-1)

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University fencing team swept all five matches on Sunday at the Lawrence Duals at the Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center.

The Lawrence men topped Wisconsin 21-6, downed Northwestern 16-11 and beat Minnesota 24-3. On the women’s side, the Vikings topped Wisconsin 18-9 and defeated Minnesota 27-0. Northwestern’s women’s team was not in attendance.

Sabre led the way for the Lawrence men by posting a 25-2 record on the day. Joe Davis went 9-0 in sabre, and Graham Jones and Ian Pelton were both 8-1. Men’s foil went 18-9 in the three matches, and epee also posted an 18-9 record.

On the women’s side, Lawrence was perfect in foil with an 18-0 record. Rebecca Albrecht and Katherine Ling both went 6-0 in foil for the Vikings. Women’s sabre posted a 14-4 record for the Vikings, and epee was 13-5. Lawrence’s Shelby Guinn went 6-0 in sabre, and Nicole Mitchell was 5-1 in epee.

In the other men’s matches, Northwestern defeated Minnesota 23-4, the Wildcats beat Wisconsin 17-10 and Wisconsin downed Minnesota 20-7. In the other women’s match, Wisconsin beat Minnesota 16-8.

Lawrence Duals

Men

Lawrence defeated Minnesota 24-3 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 7-2, Epee 8-1)

Lawrence defeated Northwestern 16-11 (Sabre 7-2, Foil 5-4, Epee 4-5)

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

Northwestern defeated Minnesota 23-4 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 5-4, Epee 9-0)

Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 20-7 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 3-6, Epee 8-1)

Northwestern defeated Wisconsin 17-10 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 9-0, Epee 3-6)

Women

Lawrence defeated Wisconsin 18-9 (Sabre 5-4, Foil 9-0, Epee 4-5)

Lawrence defeated Minnesota 27-0 (Sabre 9-0, Foil 9-0, Epee 9-0)

Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 16-8 (Sabre 6-0, Foil 5-4, Epee 5-4)