CollegeFencing360 will be compiling an overview of the Northeastern Fencing Conference (NFC) competition during the 2010-11 season, following Sunday's third round of duals meets (bouting schedule listed below). Heading into Sunday's dual meets at Welleseley, several teams still are in the running to claim the NFC regular-season titles:
• Four men's teams still can claim the NFC title (outright or shared) ... Brown and Boston College have finished their NFC dual matches with 8-2 records, while Sacred Heart (5-0) and Vassar (4-1) are in the running with five matches each on Sunday ... Sacred Heart already owns key head-to-head wins vs. Boston College and Brown (both 14-13), while Brown has a 16-11 win over Vassar and a 13-14 loss to BC ... the other key head-to-head result so far saw Vassar beat BC, 15-12 (boosting the Brewers' title chances).
• Things also remain up-in-the-air for the 2011 NFC women's title, as Brandeis and MIT completed their dual matches with 10-2 records while Vassar is 5-1 heading into its six matches on Sunday ... Vassar already owns the key head-to-head results, after beating Brandeis (15-12) and Brown (14-13) ... the Brandeis-Brown matchup also was a tight battle, won 14-13 by the Judges.
NORTHEAST FENCING CONFERENCE DUALS #3
Sunday; Feb. 6, 2011
(at Wellesley; Wellesley, MA)
Notes: Varsity teams competing at the NFC Duals #3 include Sacred Heart, Vassar, the Tufts women and Wellesley women (all others are non-varsity club teams).
Round-1 (8:00 a.m.)
Sacred Heart vs. Boston Univ. ... New Hampshire vs. Dartmouth
Tufts women vs. Smith ... Wellesley women vs. UMass
Round-2 (9:15 a.m.)
Sacred Heart vs. Dartmouth ... Vassar vs. UMass
Wellesley women vs. Tufts ... New Hampshire women vs. Smith
Round-3 (10:30 a.m.)
Sacred Heart vs. Vassar ... Tufts vs. UMass
New Hampshire vs. Boston Univ. ... Wellesley women vs. Smith
Round-4 (11:45 a.m.)
Sacred Heart vs. Tufts ... Vassar women vs. Wellesley
Dartmouth vs. Boston Univ. ... UMass women vs. Smith
Round-5 (1:00 p.m.)
Sacred Heart vs. UMass ... Vassar vs. New Hampshire
Wellesley women vs. Dartmouth ... Boston Univ. women vs. Smith
Round-6 (2:15 p.m.)
Vassar vs. Boston Univ. ... Sacred Heart women vs. Smith
Dartmouth vs. UMass ... Tufts vs. New Hampshire
Round-7 (3:30 p.m.)
Vassar vs. Dartmouth ... Sacred Heart women vs. Wellesley
New Hampshire vs. UMass ... Tufts vs. Boston Univ.