(Note: CF360 will be tracking the big tournaments this weekend at NYU, Penn State and St. John's – via blog posts, the Twitter feed and the text-message update system).
Saturday's opening round at the NYU Invitational saw #2 Notre Dame sweep Yale (17-10 men; 21-6 women), Ohio State post two wins over NYU (17-10 by #3 men; 24-3 by #6 women) and St. John's defeat Wayne State twice (18-9 by #8 men; 22-5 women) – with the most noteworthy round-1 matchup seeing the #5-ranked Northwestern women edge #4 Columbia, 14-13.
The Wildcats women won the foil (6-3) and epee (5-4) competition vs. the Lions, with Columbia claiming six of the nine sabre bouts. The #5 Columbia men won their round-1 match vs. Stevens Tech, 18-9.
NEW YORK INVITATIONAL (ROUND-1 RESULTS)

