Saturday's six rounds of women's matches at the Northwestern Duals yielded only one upset, among the six matchups between top-10 teams. Second-ranked Notre Dame upset #1 Penn State, 19-8, with the balance Irish effort including seven wins in epee and six each in foil and sabre.
Penn State did manage to post a seven-point win over #3 Ohio State, led by a 7-2 PSU edge in epee (the other weapons were 5-4), and won by an even wider margin (20-7) versus 6th-ranked homestanding Northwestern (the Wildcats won foil, 5-4, but were shut out in epee and won only two sabre bouts vs. OSU).
Notre Dame's 6-0 day also included a 19-8 victory over #8 Temple, which battled the Irish close in foil (4-5; ND won epee and sabre 7-2).
Ohio State (5-1) doubled up the home team (18-9), on the strength of its sabre (8-1) and foil teams (7-2; NU won epee, 6-3), in addition to adding a 17-10 win over Temple (seven wins in sabre, five each in foil and epee).
More specific details from the top-10 matchups will be included in a blog posting later today, as will some info. on the top fencers from some of the other squads in the 12-team field.
Full women's results from Saturday are included below:
NORTHWESTERN DUALS (women; rounds 1-6)
#2 Notre Dame 19 (F6, E7, S6), #1 Penn State 8 (F3, E2, S3)
#1 Penn State 17 (F5, E7, S5), #3 Ohio State 10 (F4, E2, S4)
#1 Penn State 20 (F4, E9, S7), #6 Northwestern 7 (F5, E0, S2)
#1 Penn State 22 (F6, E8, S8), North Carolina 5 (F3, E1, S1)
#1 Penn State 27 (F9, E9, S9), Wayne State 0 (F0, E0, S0)
#2 Notre Dame 19 (F5, E7, S7), #8 Temple 8 (F4, E2, S2)
#2 Notre Dame 23 (F8, E6, S9), Wayne State 4 (F1, E3, S0)
#2 Notre Dame 25 (F8, E9, S8), Johns Hopkins 2 (F1, E0, S1)
#2 Notre Dame 25 (F7, E9, S9), Lawrence 2 (F2, E0, S0)
#2 Notre Dame 24 (F7, E9, S8), Fairleigh Dickinson 3 (F2, E0, S1)
#3 Ohio State 18 (F7, E3, S8), #6 Northwestern 9 (F2, E6, S1)
#3 Ohio State 17 (F5, E5, S7), #8 Temple 10 (F4, E4, S2)
#3 Ohio State 26 (F9, E8, S9), Cleveland State 0 (F0, E1, S0)
#3 Ohio State 27 (F9, E9, S0), Detroit (F0, E0, S0)
#3 Ohio State 27 (F9, E9, S9), Lawrence 0 (F0, E0, S0)
#6 Northwestern 15 (F6, E6, S3), North Carolina 12 (F3, E3, S6)
#6 Northwestern 25 (F9, E7, S9), Cleveland State (F0, E2, S0)
#6 Northwestern 23 (F6, E8, S9), Lawrence 4 (F3, E1, S0)
#6 Northwestern 25 (F7, E9, S9), Fairleigh Dickinson 2 (F2, E0, S0)
#8 Temple 24 (F7, E8, S9), Wayne State 3 (F2, E1, S0)
#8 Temple 25 (F8, E8, S9), Cleveland State 2 (F1, E1, S0)
#8 Temple 28 (F9, E9, S9), Detroit 0 (F0, E0, S0)
North Carolina 16 (F5, E3, S8), Johns Hopkins 11 (F4, E6, S1)
North Carolina 21 (F8, E6, S7), Wayne State 6 (F1, E3, S2)
North Carolina 27 (F9, E9, S9), Cleveland State (F0, E0, S0)
North Carolina 24 (F9, E9, S6), Detroit 3 (F0, E0, S3)
Johns Hopkins 19 (F8, E5, S6), Wayne State 8 (F1, E4, S3)
Johns Hopkins 22 (F7, E6, S9), Lawrence 5 (F2, E3, S0)
Johns Hopkins 23 (F8, E9, S6), Detrot 4 (F1, E0, S3)
Johns Hopkins 18 (F4, E7, S7), Fairleigh Dickinson 9 (F5, E2, S2)
Wayne State 15 (F3, E6, S6), Fairleigh Dickinson 12 (F6, E3, S3)
Lawrence 13 (F4, E8, S6), Detroit 11 (F4, E1, S6)
Lawrence 15 (F8, E7, S0), Cleveland State 6 (F1, E2, S3)
Fairleigh Dickinson 19 (F8, E3, S8), Cleveland State 8 (F4, E6, S1)
Fairleigh Dickinson 16 (F4, E7, S5), Detroit 11 (F5, E2, S4)