There will be six elite matchups during this weekend's Northwestern Duals (Feb. 1-2), as the top three teams in the national rankings – Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State – will do battle in both men's and women's bouts. Penn State will be at the NU Duals only on Saturday, while the ND-OSU bouts will be on Sunday:
Marquee Matchups at the Northwestern Duals (times are approximate)
Sat., Jan. 31 – 8:50 a.m. (#1 Penn State women vs. #2 Notre Dame women) ... 11:30 a.m. (PSU women vs. #3 Ohio State women) ... 2:05 p.m. (PSU women vs. ND men) ... 3:00 p.m. (PSU men vs. OSU men)
Sun., Feb. 1 – 11:30 a.m. (ND women vs. OSU women) ... 3:00 p.m. (ND men vs. OSU men)
note that there will be seven other matchups involving top-10 teams:
ND women vs. #8 Temple (Sat., 9:45) ... OSU women vs. #6 Northwestern (Sat., 9:45) ... PSU women vs. NU (Sat., 10:35) ... OSU women vs. Temple (Sat., 10:35) ... ND women vs. NU (Sun., 9:45) ... NU women vs. Temple (Sun., 10:35) ... (the PSU and Temple women will not be facing each other at this event) ... also #10 North Carolina men on Saturday vs. OSU (1:15), PSI (3:50) and ND (4:45)
Here is the complete schedule (note that Northwestern's men's team, which is club/non-varsity, will be competing at this event ... Temple and Fairleigh Dickinson have only women's fencing teams, on the varsity level):
Northwestern Duals
Saturday, Jan. 31
(women's bouts)
Round 1 (8:00, central) – #1 Penn State vs. Wayne State ... #2 Notre Dame vs. John's Hopkins ... #3 Ohio State vs. Lawrence ... #6 Northwestern vs. Fairleigh Dickinson ... #8 Temple vs. Cleveland State ... North Carolina vs. Detroit
Round 2 (8:50) – PSU vs. ND ... OSU vs. CSU ... NU vs. UNC ... Temple vs. DET ... WSU vs. FDU ... JHU vs. LAW
Round 3 (9:45) – PSU vs. UNC ... ND vs. Temple ... OSU vs. NU ... WSU vs. JHU ... CSU vs. FDU ... LAW vs. DET
Round 4 (10:35) – PSU vs. NU ... ND vs. FDU ... OSU vs. Temple ... WSU vs. UNC ... JHU vs. DET ... CSU vs. LAW
Round 5 (11:30) – PSU vs. OSU ... ND vs. LAW ... NU vs. CSU ... Temple vs. WSU ... DET vs. FDU ... JHU vs. UNC
Round 6 (12:20) – ND vs. WSU ... OSU vs. DET ... NU vs. LAW ... JHU vs. FDU ... UNC vs. CSU
(men's bouts)
Round 7 (1:15) – co-#1 Penn State vs. Wayne State ... co-#1 ND vs. Johns Hopkins ... #3 Ohio State vs. #10 North Carolina ... Northwestern vs. Detroit ... Cleveland State vs. Lawrence
Round 8 (2:05) – PSU vs. ND ... OSU vs. JHU ... NU vs. UNC ... WSU vs. LAW .. CSU vs. DET
Round 9 (3:00) – PSU vs. OSU ... ND vs. NU ... WSU vs. CSU ... DET vs. JHU ... LAW vs. UNC
Round 10 (3:50) – PSU vs. UNC ... ND vs. CSU ... OSU vs. WSU ... NU vs. JHU ... LAW vs. DET
Round 11 (4:45) – PSU vs. CSU ... ND vs. UNC ... OSU vs. DET ... NU vs. LAW ... WSU vs. JHU
Sunday, Feb. 1
(women's bouts)
Round 1 (8:00, central) – #2 Notre Dame vs. Cleveland State ... #3 Ohio State vs. Johns Hopkins ... #6 Northwestern vs. Detroit ... #8 Temple vs. North Carolina ... Wayne State vs. Lawrence ... (bye for Fairleigh Dickinson)
Round 2 (8:50) – ND vs. UNC ... OSU vs. FDU ... NU vs. WSU ... Temple vs. LAW ... CSU vs. DET ... (bye for JHU)
Round 3 (9:45) – ND vs. NU ... OSU vs. UNC ... Temple vs. JHU ... WSU vs. CSU ... LAW vs. FDU ... (bye for DET)
Round 4 (10:35) – ND vs. DET ... OSU vs. WSU ... NU vs. Temple ... JHU vs. CSU ... UNC vs. FDU ... (bye for LAW)
Round 5 (11:30) – ND vs. OSU ... NU vs. JHU ... Temple vs. FDU ... WSU vs. DET ... UNC vs. FDU ... (bye for CSU)
(men's bouts)
Round 6 (12:20) – co-#1 ND vs. Wayne State ... #3 Ohio State vs. Lawrence ... Northwestern vs. Cleveland State ... #10 North Carolina vs. Johns Hopkins ... (bye for Detroit)
Round 7 (1:15) – ND vs. DET ... OSU vs. NU ... NU vs. UNC ... WSU vs. UNC ... (bye for LAW)
Round 8 (2:05) – ND vs. LAW ... OSU vs. CSU ... NU vs. WSU ... DET vs. UNC ... (bye for JHU)
Round 9 (3:00) – ND vs. OSU ... NU vs. JHU ... WSU vs. DET ... CSU vs. UNC ... (bye for NU)