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Sunday's 10-team action at the Princeton Multi-Meet produced a handful of upsets, most notably the 6th-ranked University of Pennsylvania men's team 17-10 win over co-#1 Penn State. The three upsets in the women's competition were fairly minor: #8 Temple beat #7 Princeton (16-11) but the Owls also lost to #9 Penn (9-18), while #10 Duke lost (13-14) to a Cornell team that is not ranked among the top-10.
The event served as the first big collegiate stage for Duke freshman sabreist Becca Ward, who claimed a pair of bronze medals (individual and team) as a member of the U.S. women's sabre team at the Beijing Olympics. Ward went 14-2 at Princeton, surrendering a total of only 24 touches in those 16 bouts.
Ward lost to a familiar foe in Penn State's Caity Thompson (3-5), as they have been teammates on various U.S. national teams and each trains at the Oregon Fencing Alliance (an elite sabre academy in the Portland area). University of Pennsylvania All-American Danielle Kamis – who placed 10th at the 2008 NCAAs – also scored a win over Ward, 5-2.
Ward – who is making the adjustment to five-touch bouts (as opposed to the 15-point system used in most USFA national and FIE international events) – registered five 5-0 wins on Sunday, also winning five times at 5-1 along with three 5-2 wins. Temple's Kamail Thompson joined PSU's Thompson and Penn's Kamis as the only fencers to score more than two touches versus Ward on Sunday (in a 5-3 loss).
Penn veteran Alexis Baran (a '08 NCAA participant) dropped a 5-2 bout to Ward, who adde a 5-0 win over Quaker newcomer Dominika Franciskowicz. Ward's wins over PSU came against Monica Askamit (5-2) and Jessica-Kim Dahn (5-1).
Princeton Multi-Meet (final scores)
Men's Scores
#6 Pennsylvania 17 (F8, E4, S5), #1 Penn State 10 (F1, E5, S4)
#1 Penn State 18 (F5, E8, S5), #10 Duke 9 (F4, E1, S4)
#1 Penn State 22 (F7, E7, S8), Johns Hopkins 5 (F2, E2, S1)
#1 Penn State 25 (F9, E8, S8), Haverford 2 (F0, E1, S1)
#1 Penn State 23 (F9, E5, S9), Drew 4 (F0, E4, S0)
#5 Princeton 17 (F4, E7, S6), #10 Duke 10 (F5, E2, S3)
#5 Princeton 19 (F7, E5, S7), North Carolina 8 (F2, E4, S2)
#5 Princeton 16 (F6, E6, S4), Johns Hopkins 11 (F3, E3, S5)
#5 Princeton 24 (F9, E9, S6), Haverford 3 (F0, E0, S3)
#5 Princeton 16 (F5, E6, S5), Drew 11 (F4, E3, S4)
#6 Pennsylvania 19 (F5, E5, S9), #10 Duke 8 (F4, E4, S0)
#6 Pennsylvania 19 (F5, E6, S8), Drew 8 (F4, E3, S1)
#10 Duke 19 (F8, E6, S5), Haverford 8 (F1, E3, S4)
North Carolina 21 (F7, E8, S6), Haverford 6 (F2, E1, S3)
Women's Scores
#1 Penn State 21 (F7, E9, S5), #9 Pennsylvania 6 (F2, E0, S4)
#1 Penn State 21 (F8, E7, S6), #8 Temple 6 (F1, E2, S3)
#1 Penn State 20 (F8, E7, S5), #10 Duke 7 (F1, E2, S4)
#1 Penn State 24 (F7, E8, S9), Haverford 3 (F2, E1, S0)
#1 Penn State 23 (F9, E6, S1), Drew 4 (F0, E3, S8)
#8 Temple 16 (F5, E5, S6), # 7 Princeton 11 (F4, E4, S3)
#7 Princeton 20 (F9, E6, S5), #10 Duke 7 (F0, E3, S4)
#7 Princeton 17 (F6, E8, S3), North Carolina 10 (F3, E1, S6)
#7 Princeton 23 (F8, E6, S9), Haverford 4 (F1, E3, S0)
#7 Princeton 20 (F9, E6, S5), Drew 7 (F0, E3, S4)
#9 Pennsylvania 18 (F7, E4, S7), #8 Temple 9 (F2, E5, S2)
#8 Temple 14 (F6, E5, S3), #10 Duke 13 (F3, E4, S6)
#8 Temple 17 (F4, E4, S9), Cornell 10 (F5, E5, S0)
#8 Temple 19 (F5, E5, S9), Haverford 8 (F4, E4, S0)
#9 Pennsylvania 19 (F7, E6, S6), #10 Duke 8 (F2, E3, S3)
#9 Pennsylvania 24 (F9, E9, S6), Drew 3 (F0, E0, S3)
Cornell 14 (F5, E6, S3), #10 Duke 13 (F4, E3, S6)
#10 Duke 19 (F5, E5, S9), Haverford 8 (F4, E4, S0)
Cornell 16 (F5, E7, S4), North Carolina 11 (F4, E2, S5)
North Carolina 18 (F7, E3, S8), Haverford 9 (F2, E6, S1)
Cornell 22 (F8, E6, S8), Haverford 5 (F1, E3, S1)
Cornell 21 (F9, E7, S5), Drew 6 (F0, E2, S4)