Bouting schedules – plus links to various event previews – are included below below for the key college fencing tournaments this weekend, hosted by St. John’s (Jan. 24), Penn (Jan. 24-25), Brown (Jan. 24) and NYU (Jan. 25, in Jersey City, N.J.):
St. John’s Invitational Cup (Sat., Jan. 24, 2015; Queens, NY; Taffner Field House)
Event Previews: St. John’s | Penn State | Columbia | Ohio State | Harvard
round-1 (10 a.m.) – St. John's vs. Columbia … Notre Dame vs. Ohio State ... Penn State vs. Harvard
round-2 (11:15 a.m.) – St. John's vs. Ohio State ... Columbia vs. Harvard … Notre Dame vs. Penn State
round-3 (12:30 p.m.) – St. John's vs. Penn State ... Ohio State vs. Columbia ... Harvard vs. Notre Dame
round-4 (2:15 p.m.) – St. John's vs. Notre Dame ... Penn State vs. Columbia ... Ohio State vs. Harvard
round-5 (3:30 p.m.) – St. John's vs. Harvard … Notre Dame vs. Columbia ... Penn State vs. Ohio State
– men’s rankings: (1) Penn State, (2) Notre Dame, (3) Ohio State, (4) Columbia, (5) St. John’s & (6) Harvard
– women’s rankings: (1) Notre Dame, (2) Columbia, (4) Penn State, (5) Ohio State, (7) Harvard & (8) St. John’s
Philadelphia Invitational
(Sat.–Sun., Jan. 24–25, 2015; at Univ. of Pennsylvania; Mechanic Fencing Center)
* women’s bouts on Sat., Jan. 24 *
Event Previews: Penn | Northwestern | Temple | Duke
round-1 (8:30 a.m.) – U-Penn vs. Sacred Heart … North Carolina vs. NJIT … Cornell vs. Northwestern …
Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Drew … Temple vs. Duke
round-2 (10 a.m.) – Penn–Duke ... UNC–Drew ... Cornell–NJIT ... Haverford–John’s Hopkins ... Temple–N’western
round-3 (11:30 a.m.) – Penn–N’western ... Haverford–Drew ... Cornell–Temple ... S.Heart–J.Hopkins ... Duke–FDU
round-4 (1:30 p.m.) – Penn–Temple ... Haverford–NJIT … Cornell–UNC ... S.Heart–N’western ... J.Hopkins–FDU
round-5 (3:00 p.m.) – Penn–UNC ... Haverford–Duke ... S.Heart–Drew ... J.Hopkins–Northwestern ... NJIT–FDU
round-6 (4:30 p.m.) – Sacred Heart–UNC ... Haverford–FDU ... NJIT–Drew ... J.Hopkins–Temple ... Cornell–Duke
– women’s rankings: (6) Penn, (9) Northwestern, (10) Temple, [11th-most votes] Duke, [12] Cornell, [15] Sacred Heart,
[18] UNC, [20] FDU
* men’s bouts on Sun., Jan. 25 *
Event Preview: Penn
round-1 (9 a.m.) – U-Penn vs. Haverford … North Carolina vs. NJIT … Duke vs. Drew … Sacred Heart vs. Lafayette
round-2 (10:15 a.m.) – Penn vs. Sacred Heart … UNC vs. Haverford … Duke vs. NJIT … Drew vs. John’s Hopkins
round-3 (11:30 a.m.) – Penn vs. Duke … UNC vs. Drew … Drew vs. Haverford … John’s Hopkins vs. lafayette
round-4 (1:15 p.m.) – Penn vs. John’s Hopkins … UNC vs. Drew … Duke vs. Sacred Heart … Lafayette vs. NJIT
round-5 (2:30 p.m.) – Penn vs. NJIT … UNC vs. Lafayette … Duke vs. Haverford … Sacred Heart vs. John’s Hopkins
round-6 (3:45 p.m.) – Penn vs. Lafayette … Drew vs. NJIT … John’s Hopkins vs. Haverford
– men’s rankings: (8) Penn, (9) Duke, [13th-most votes] UNC, [14] Sacred Heart, [18] NJIT
Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) Meet #2 | NFC Homepage (w/ links at top & bottom of page)
(Sat., Jan. 24, 2015; Providence, RI; Brown Univ.; Olney-Margolis Athletic Center)
Event Preview: Vassar
round-1 (10 a.m.) – Brown vs. Brandeis … Vassar vs. Boston College … MIT vs. Dartmouth … Smith vs. Tufts (women)
round-2 (11 a.m.) – Brown vs. Smith (women) ... Brandeis vs. Vassar ... Boston College vs. Dartmouth ... MIT vs. Tufts
round-3 (noon) – Brown vs. Dartmouth ... MIT vs. Smith (women) … Vassar vs. Tufts ... Brandeis vs. Boston College
round-4 (1:45 p.m.) – Brown vs. MIT ... Vassar vs. Dartmouth ... BC vs. Smith (women) … Brandeis vs. Tufts
round-5 (2:45 p.m.) – Brown vs. Vassar ... Brandeis vs. Dartmouth ... Boston College vs. Tufts
round-6 (3:45 p.m.) – Brown vs. Boston College ... Vassar vs. MIT ... Brandeis vs. Smith (women) ... Dartmouth vs. Tufts
round-7 (4:45 p.m.) – MIT vs. Boston College ... Vassar vs. Smith (women) ... Brown vs. Tufts
– men’s rankings: [11th-most votes] Brown, [15] Brandeis, [17] MIT, [20] BC
– women’s rankings: [14th-most votes] Brown, [15] MIT, [20] Brandeis
note: the Dartmouth teams are non-varsity clubs, as are the Smith (women) and Tufts men’s squads
NYU Invitational (Sun., Jan. 25, 2015; Jersey City, NJ; Cobra Fencing Club, 629 Grove St.)
Event Previews: St. John’s | Columbia | Ohio State | Northwestern | Yale
round-1 (8 a.m.) – NYU vs. Ohio State … Notre Dame vs. Yale … St. John’s vs. Wayne State
round-2 (9:15 a.m.) – NYU vs. Wayne State … Notre Dame vs. Columbia … St. John’s vs. Ohio State
round-3 (10:30 a.m.) – NYU vs. St. John’s … Wayne State vs. Yale … Columbia vs. Ohio State
round-4 (11:45 a.m.) – NYU vs. Yale … Notre Dame vs. St. John’s … Columbia vs. Wayne State
round-5 (1:30 p.m.) – NYU vs. Notre Dame … Ohio State vs. Yale … Columbia vs. St. John's
round-6 (2:45 p.m.) – NYU vs. Northwestern (women) … Notre Dame vs. Ohio State
– men’s rankings: (2) Notre Dame, (3) Ohio State, (4) Columbia, (5) St. John’s, [16th-most votes] Yale, [19] NYU
– women’s rankings: (1) Notre Dame, (2) Columbia, (5) Ohio St., (8) St. John’s, (9) Northwestern, [19th-most votes] Yale