The men's team competition has begun at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, with the higher-seeded teams winning 11 of the 12 first-round matchups (the #9 Cleveland State men's epee team topped #8 Chicago, 5-2). As in most years, the brackets set up for Notre Dame (#1 in the USFCA national men's poll) to face rival Ohio State (#3 national team) in the finals of all three weapons (ND is seeded #1 in foil and sabre, #2 in epee; OSU is the #1 seed in epee, #2 in foil and sabre).
Here are the first-round scores and bracket setups (1/16-vs.-8/9 in quarterfinal, etc.)
MEN'S FOIL
(1) Notre Dame def. (16) Case Western, 5-0
(8) Cleveland State def. (9) Michigan State, 5-4
(4) Michigan def. (13) Northwestern, 5-3
(5) Detroit def. (12) Purdue, 5-2
(2) Ohio State def. (15) Chicago, 5-0
(7) Wayne State def. (10) Illinois, 5-3
(3) Indiana def. (14) Iowa, 5-0
(6) Wisconsin def. (11) Bowling Green, 5-2
MEN'S EPEE
(1) Ohio State def. (16) Detroit, 5-0
(9) Cleveland State def. (8) Chicago, 5-2
(4) Northwestern def. (13) Oberlin, 5-2
(5) Wayne State def. (12) Minnesota, 5-1
(2) Notre Dame def. (15) Wisconsin, 5-0
(7 ) Michigan State def. (10) Case Western, 5-3
(6) Indiana def. (11) Iowa, 5-1
MEN'S SABRE
(1) Notre Dame def. (16) Cleveland State, 5-0
(8) Wisconsin def. (9) Purdue, 5-0
(4) Northwestern def. (13) Lawrence, 5-3
(5) Chicago def. (12) Detroit, 5-4
(2) Ohio State def. 915) Oberlin, 5-0
(7) Michigan State def. (10) Michigan, 5-4
(3) Case Western def. (14) Illinois, 5-1
(6) Wayne State def. (11) Indiana, 5-2