The women's bouts have concluded at the Northwestern Duals, with Sunday's 25 matches including six between top-10 teams. The only top-10 upset came in a one-point match, as #8 Temple edged the homestanding #6 Wildcats (14-13). Second-ranked Notre Dame went 5-0 to complete an undefeated record and move to 17-2 for the season, with key Sunday wins over #3 Ohio State (17-10, avenging a loss the previous week at the NYU Duals), the host Wildcats (16-11) and #10 North Carolina (23-4). OSU (22-5) and Temple (19-8) also added wins over UNC.
Ohio State – which edged ND last week (14-13) – won Sunday's foil bouts versus the Irish (5-4), but ND won seven epee bouts and six in sabre. The ND-Northwestern women's foil rivalry has been fierce throughout the current decade and that continued to be the case today, with the Wildcats claiming a 7-2 win in the weapon (ND owned a commanding 8-1 edge in epee, plus 6-3 in foil). The Irish shut out UNC in foil, plus 8-1 in epee and 6-3 in sabre. The OSU win over UNC featured a similar sweep in foil, with the Buckeyes also winning eight sabre bouts and five in epee.
Northwestern actually won two of the weapons versus Temple (6-3 in foil, 5-4 in epee), but the Owls flew away with the one-point win thanks to a decisive 7-2 win in sabre. Temple's victory over UNC included an 8-1 margin in epee, pus 6-3 in sabre and 5-4 in foil.
As with Saturday's results, we will add details to the blog for these matches, as they become available.
NORTHWESTERN DUALS (women; Sunday/Feb. 1, rounds 1-5)
#2 Notre Dame 17 (F4, E7, S6), #3 Ohio State 10 (F5, E2, S3)
#2 Notre Dame 16 (F2, E8, S6), #6 Northwestern 11 (F7, E1, S3)
#2 Notre Dame 23 (F9, E8, S6), #10 North Carolina 4 (F0, E1, S3)
#2 Notre Dame 26 (F9, E8, S9), Cleveland State 1 (F0, E1, S0)
#2 Notre Dame 27 (F9, E9, S9), Detroit 0 (F0, E0, S0
#3 Ohio State 22 (F9, E5, S8), #10 North Carolina 5 (F0, E4, S1)
#3 Ohio State 25 (F7, E9, S9), Wayne State 2 (F2, E0, S0)
#3 Ohio State 25 (F9, E7, S9), Johns Hopkins 2 (F0, E2, S0)
#3 Ohio State 24 (F7, E9, S8), Fairleigh Dickinson 3 (F2, E0, S1)
#6 Northwestern 27 (F9, E9, S9), Wayne State 0 (F0, E0, S0)
#6 Northwestern 19 (F7, E6, S6), Johns Hopkins 8 (F2, E3, S3)
#6 Northwestern 25 (F9, E9, S7), Detroit 2 (F0, E0, S2)
#8 Temple 19 (F5, E8, S6), #10 North Carolina 8 (F4, E1, S3)
#8 Temple 25 (F8, E8, S9), Johns Hopkins 2 (F1, E1, S0)
#8 Temple 26 (F8, E9, S9), Lawrence 1 (F1, E0, S0)
38 Temple 22 (F4, E9, S9), Fairleigh Dickinson 5 (F5, E0, S0)
#10 North Carolina 23 (F7, E7, S9), Lawrence 4 (F2, E2, S0)
#10 North Carolina 19 (F5, E7, S7), Fairleigh Dickinson 8 (F4, E2, S2)
Wayne State 24 (F8, E8, S8), Cleveland State (F1, E1, S1)
Wayne State 18 (F4, E5, S9), Lawrence 9 (F5, E4, S0)
Wayne State 20 (F8, E8, S4), Detroit 7 (F1, E1, S5)
Johns Hopkins 23 (F8, E6, S9), Cleveland State 4 (F1, E3, S0)
Detroit 15 (F7, E2, S6), Cleveland State 8 (F2, E6, S0)
Fairleigh Dickinson 19 (F7, E3, S9), Lawrence 8 (F2, E6, S0)