The annual Ivy League Round-Robin Championships will begin with the four rounds of Part I., to be hosted at Columbia University on Sunday, Feb. 8. The two-part championship then will conclude two weeks later, at Brown University in Providence, R.I. (Feb. 22).
The seven-team field will include four top-10 programs: Dartmouth (currently ranked 4th in both men's and women's fencing), Princeton (#5 men/#7 women), Harvard (#7 men/#5 women) and Pennsylvania (#6 men/#9 women). Yale and Brown also will be competing in the men's and women's competition, as will Cornell's women's team. Cornell does not sponsor varsity fencing while Dartmouth's men's and women's fencing squads both are non-varsity/club teams.
Check back to the blog later tonight for some preview notes on Sunday's Ivy League competition.
IVY LEAGUE Round-Robin Championships (Part 1; at Columbia; Sunday, Feb. 8)
Round 1 (11:00 a.m.)
#4 Columbia vs. Yale
Cornell (women only) vs. Brown
Harvard (#5 women/#7 men) vs. Princeton (#5 men/#7 women)
Round 2 (1:00 p.m.)
#4 Columbia vs. Pennsylvania (#6 men/#9 women)
Yale vs. Brown
Harvard (#5 women/#7 men) vs. Cornell (women)
Round 3 (2:45 p.m.)
#4 Columbia vs. Brown
Harvard (#5 women/#7 men) vs. Yale
Princeton (#5 men/#7 women) vs. Pennsylvania (#6 men/#9 women)
Round 4 (4:30 p.m.)
#4 Columbia vs. Harvard (#5 women/#7 men)
Princeton (#5 men/#7 women) vs. Cornell (women)
Pennsylvania (#6 men/#9 women) vs. Brown