Day-2 Preview: 2011 Northwestern Duals (w/ top fencers to watch; from CF360)

Contact: Pete LaFleur (editor@collegefencing360.com)                            Feb. 5, 2011

Day-1 Women's Results  (from CF360 ... men's still to-be-posted)

The two-day Northwestern Duals are set to conclude on Sunday, Feb. 6, featuring top programs from Princeton (#4 women; #6 men) and Stanford (#10 men), plus the top-10 women's teams from #7 Northwestern and #9 Temple (along with select fencers-to-watch from North Carolina and UC San Diego, plus other teams rounding out the field).

AAEMYXIYKZTXUAB.20091105181552 Princeton sophomore sabreist Eliza Stone

CLICK HERE to view CF360's exclusive feature on "top fencers to watch" at the Northwestern Duals, earlier posted on the CF360 blog (note that three of the top teams that fenced on Saturday – ND, OSU and Wayne State – are not competing at this event on Sunday).

Sunday's bouting at Northwestern will feature one head-to-head matchup between top-10 teams: the #4 Princeton women vs. #9 Temple, in round-4 (starting at approximately 11:45 a.m.).

5911112Stanford junior epeeist Kevin Mo

Several noteworthy fencers will be bouting at Northwestern on Sunday, led by 11 All-Americans:

• men's foilist Alex Mills (Princeton)
• men's epeeists Mike Elfassy &
Jonathan Yergler (both from Princeton), along with Stanford's Kevin Mo and Kian Ameli
• men's sabreists
Lucas Janson & Max Murphy (both from Stanford)
• women's foilists Dayana Sarkisova (Northwestern)
• women's epeeists
Francesca Bassa (Stanford) & Brianna Martin (Princeton, '10 foilist)
• women's sabreists
Eliza Stone (Princeton)
note: see link above (CF360's tournament preview) for assortment of other top fencers to watch.

NORTHWESTERN DUALS (day-2)
Sunday; Feb. 6, 2011
(Sports & Aquatics Center/SPAC; Evanston, IL)

ROUND 1  (8:00 a.m.) __________________________________________________
Women – #4 Princeton vs. Fairleigh Dickinson ... #7 Northwestern vs. Stanford
#9 Temple vs. North Carolina ... UC San Diego vs. Cleveland St. ... Cal Tech vs. Detroit

ROUND 2  (9:15 a.m.) __________________________________________________
Women – #4 Princeton vs. Lawrence ... #7 Northwestern vs. North Carolina
#9 Temple vs. Cleveland St. ... Stanford vs. Detroit ... Cal Tech vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

ROUND 3  (10:30 a.m.) _________________________________________________
Women – #4 Princeton vs. #7 Northwestern ...  #9 Temple vs. Detroit
Stanford v. Lawrence ... N. Carolina v. UC San Diego ... Cleveland St. v. F. Dickinson

ROUND 4 (11:45 a.m.) __________________________________________________
Women – #4 Princeton vs. #9 Temple ... #7 Northwestern vs. Detroit
Stanford vs. UC San Diego ... Cal Tech vs. Cleveland St. ... F. Dickinson vs. Lawrence

Men – #6 Princeton vs. Cleveland State ... North Carolina vs. Detroit 

ROUND 5 (1:00 p.m.) ___________________________________________________
Women – #4 Princeton vs. Detroit ... #7 Northwestern vs. Cleveland State
#9 Temple vs. UC San Diego ... Stanford vs. F. Dickinson ... North Carolina vs. Cal Tech

Men – #6 Princeton vs. Detroit ... North Carolina vs. Cleveland State

ROUND 6 (2:45 p.m.) ___________________________________________________
Women – #4 Princeton vs. UC San Diego ... North Carolina vs. Cleveland State
Cal Tech vs. Lawrence ... Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Detroit 

Men – Stanford vs. Lawrence ... UC San Diego vs. Cleveland St. ... Cal Tech vs. Detroit

ROUND 7 (4:00 p.m.) ___________________________________________________
Women – Stanford vs. Cleveland State ... UNC vs. Detroit ... UCSD vs. Lawrence

Men – #6 Princeton vs. UC San Diego ... Stanford vs. Cal Tech
North Carolina vs. Northwestern (club) ... Cal Tech vs. Detroit

ROUND 8 (5:15 p.m.) ___________________________________________________
Women – North Carolina vs. Lawrence ... UC San Diego vs. Detroit

Men – #6 Princeton vs. Cal Tech ... Stanford vs. Detroit
North Carolina vs. Lawrence ... UC San Diego vs. Northwestern (club)

ROUND 9 (6:30 p.m.) ___________________________________________________
Men – #6 Princeton vs. Lawrence ... Stanford vs. North Carolina
UC San Diego vs. Detroit ... Cleveland State vs. Northwestern (club)

ROUND 10 (7:45 p.m.) __________________________________________________
Men – Stanford vs. UCSD ... Cal Tech vs. Cleveland St. ... Detroit vs. Northwestern (club)

ROUND 11 (8:45 p.m.) __________________________________________________
Men – UC San Diego vs. Lawrence

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