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Jan. 27, 2013 Contact: Pete LaFleur (editor@collegefencing360.com)
Longtime foes and perennial national contenders Penn State and Notre Dame ruled the day at the St. John's Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 26, with each of those fencing programs posting matching overall marks with an 8-2 combined record (men and women) and identical +30 margins of bouts won. The #2-ranked Penn State men swept the elite field (5-0, +35), as did the #2 Notre Dame women (5-0, +25). Complete team results and additional team/weapon group stats included at the bottom of this page.
(Notes – an in-depth look at key matchups, individual leaders, etc., from the 2013 St. Johns Invitational also will be posted later this week and linked to this page. Previous CF360 recap pages from the annual StJ tournament are included above.)
Host St. John's – despite competing with only two men's sabre fencers (the #5 Red Storm men forfeited three bouts in each match) – had a strong showing on the men's side, going 4-1 with the only loss coming 15-12 vs. Penn State. The men's standings ended with an evenly staggered flow (one team with five wins, one with four, etc.) but the women's competition was bunched in the middle – as three tams (#5 Penn State, #3 Columbia and #6 St. John's) all went 3-2 while #4 Ohio State was 2-3. All three women's teams that were 3-2 finished 65-70 in bouts won while the 2-3 Ohio State women actually had a higher bouts-won margin (+5, 70-65) than those other three teams, due to losing 14-13 vs. Notre Dame and 15-12 vs. both Columbia and St. John's (the OSU women 16-11 vs. PSU).
The third-ranked Notre Dame men (3-2) finished third at the StJ Invitational, followed by preseason #1 Ohio State (2-3), #6 Harvard (1-4) and #7 Columbia (0-5). The Columbia men bounced back the next day (Jan. 27) at the NYU Invitational to go 5-0, avenging losses earlier in the weekend to StJ, ND and OSU.
The #8 Harvard women's 0-5 mark is a bit deceiving, as they ended up only -15 in bouts won thanks to three different tough 14-13 losses (vs. ND, Columbia and PSU).
The host team St. John's had a 6-4 combined men's and women's record (-4 bouts won) while Ohio State was 4-6 (-2), Columbia 3-7 (-28) and Harvard 1-9 (-28).
The Notre Dame women's epee team and Columbia women's foil – both led by a 2012 U.S. Olympian (ND's Courtney Hurley, and Ningha Prescod for Columbia – led all weapon units by going 32-13 (.711) during the challenging day of bouting at St. John's. Two Penn State weapons squads (men's foil and men's sabre) logged solid 31-14 marks, while St. John's women's sabre was 29-16.
Scroll down for results from each team, including total bouts won and breakdowns for each weapon. A ranking of all 36 weapon groups follows at the bottom of the page. All data provided courtesy of College Fencing 360 – please credit accordingly.
ST. JOHN'S INVITATIONAL
(Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 ... at StJ's Carnasecca Arena & Taffner Field House; Bronx, NY)
(courtesy of CollegeFencing360.com ... please credit accordingly)
MEN
#2 Penn State – 5-0 (85-50 ... MF 31-14 ... ME 23-22 ... MS 31-14)
#2 Penn State men def. #5 St. John's, 15-12 (MF 6-3 ... ME 6-3 ... MS 3-6)
#2 Penn State men def. #3 Notre Dame, 19-8 (MF 6-3 ... ME 4-5 ... MS 9-0)
#2 Penn State men def. #1 Ohio State, 17-10 (MF 7-2 ... ME 3-6 ... MS 7-2)
#2 Penn State men def. #6 Harvard, 18-9 (MF 7-2 ... ME 7-2 ... MS 4-5)
#2 Penn State men def. #7 Columbia, 16-11 (MF 5-4 ... ME 3-6 ... MS 8-1)
#5 St. John's – 4-1 (69-66 ... MF 27-18 ... ME 17-28 ... MS 25-20)
#5 St. John's men def. #3 Notre Dame, 14-13 (MF 6-3 ... ME 4-5 ... MS 4-5)
#5 St. John's men def. #1 Ohio State, 14-13 (MF 6-3 ... ME 4-5 ... MS 4-5)
#5 St. John's men def. #6 Harvard, 14-13 (MF 5-4 ... ME 4-5 ... MS 5-4)
#5 St. John's men def. #7 Columbia, 15-12 (MF 7-2 ... ME 2-6 ... MS 6-3)
#3 Notre Dame – 3-2 (70-65 ... MF 20-25 ... ME 27-18 ... MS 23-22)
#3 Notre Dame men def. #1 Ohio State, 16-11 (MF 3-6 ... ME 6-3 ... MS 7-2)
#3 Notre Dame men def. #6 Harvard, 17-10 (MF 5-4 ... ME 7-2 ... MS 5-4)
#3 Notre Dame men def. #7 Columbia, 16-11 (MF 6-3 ... ME 4-5 ... MS 6-3)
#1 Ohio State – 2-3 (64-71 ... MF 24-21 ... ME 25-20 ... MS 15-30)
#1 Ohio State men def. #6 Harvard, 16-11 (MF 7-2 ... ME 6-3 ... MS 3-6)
#1 Ohio State men def. #7 Columbia, 14-13 (MF 6-3 ... ME 5-4 ... MS 3-6)
#6 Harvard – 1-4 (61-74 ... MF 17-28 ... ME 17-28 ... MS 27-18)
#8 Harvard men def. #7 Columbia, 18-9 (MF 5-4 ... ME 5-4 ... MS 8-1)
#7 Columbia – 0-5 (56-79 ... MF 16-29 ... ME 26-19 ... MS 14-31)
WOMEN
#2 Notre Dame – 5-0 (80-55 ... WF 25-20 ... WE 32-13 ... WS 23-22)
#2 Notre Dame women def. #5 Penn State, 17-10 (WF 5-4 ... WE 8-1 ... WS 4-5)
#2 Notre Dame women def. #3 Columbia, 21-6 (WF 6-3 ... WE 8-1 ... WS 7-2)
#2 Notre Dame women def. #6 St. John's, 14-13 (WF 5-4 ... WE 6-3 ... WS 3-6)
#2 Notre Dame women def. #4 Ohio State, 14-13 (WF 5-4 ... WE 6-3 ... WS 3-6)
#2 Notre Dame women def. #8 Harvard, 14-13 (WF 4-5 ... WE 4-5 ... WS 6-3)
#5 Penn State – 3-2 (65-70 ... WF 22-23 ... WE 18-27 ... WS 25-20)
#5 Penn State women def. #3 Columbia, 15-12 (WF 4-5 ... WE 5-4 ... WS 6-3)
#5 Penn State women def. #6 St. John's, 15-12 (WF 6-3 ... WE 4-5 ... WS 5-4)
#5 Penn State women def. #8 Harvard, 14-13 (WF 6-3 ... WE 4-5 ... WS 4-5)
#3 Columbia – 3-2 (65-70 ... WF 32-13 ... WE 20-25 ... WS 13-32)
#3 Columbia women def. #6 St. John's, 18-9 (WF 9-0 ... WE 7-2 ... WS 2-7)
#3 Columbia women def. #4 Ohio State, 15-12 (WF 8-1 ... WE 4-5 ... WS 3-6)
#3 Columbia women def. #8 Harvard, 14-13 (WF 7-2 ... WE 4-5 ... WS 3-6)
#6 St. John's – 2-3 (65-70 ... WF 19-26 ... WE 17-28 ... WS 29-16)
#6 St. John's women def. #4 Ohio State, 15-12 (WF 6-3 ... WE 2-7 ... WS 7-2)
#6 St. John's women def. #8 Harvard, 16-11 (WF 6-3 ... WE 5-4 ... WS 5-4)
#4 Ohio State – 2-3 (70-65 ... WF 18-27 ... WE 25-20 ... WS 27-18)
#4 Ohio State women def. #5 Penn State, 16-11 (WF 7-2 ... WE 5-4 ... WS 4-5)
#4 Ohio State women def. #8 Harvard, 17-10 (WF 3-6 ... WE 5-4 ... WS 9-0)
#8 Harvard – 0-5 (60-75 ... WF 19-26 ... WE 23-22 ... WS 18-27)
... Sorted by Weapon Groups
32-13 – Notre Dame women's epee • Columbia women's foil
31-14 – Penn State men's foil & men's sabre
29-16 – St. John's women's sabre
27-18 – StJ men's foil • ND men's epee • Harvard men's sabre • Ohio State women's sabre
26-19 – Columbia men's epee
25-20 – StJ men's sabre • OSU men's epee & women's epee • ND women's foil • PSU women's sabre
24-21 – Ohio State men's foil
23-22 – Notre Dame men's sabre & women's sabre • Harvard women's epee
22-23 – Penn State men's epee & women's foil
20-25 – Notre Dame men's foil • Columbia women's epee
19-26 – St. John's women's foil • Harvard women's foil
18-27 – COL men's sabre • PSU women's epee • OSU women's foil • HARV women's sabre
17-28 – StJ men's epee • HARV men's foil & epee • StJ women's epee
16-29 – Columbia men's foil
15-30 – Ohio State men's sabre
14-31 – Columbia men's sabre
13-32 – Columbia women's sabre