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Sunday, January 22
Philadelphia, Pa.
All Day
Duke University
vs
Day Two at Philadelphia Invitational
Duke Men Open Season with 4-2 Showing in Philadelphia
1/22/2012 9:46:00 PM | Fencing
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The eighth-ranked Duke men's fencing
team opened the 2012 season going 4-2 at the Philadelphia Invitational thanks
to a 5-1 showing from the epee squad.
Duke dominated in all four victories, defeating Johns Hopkins 23-4, Haverford
25-2, NJIT 25-2 and Drew 22-5. The Blue Devils' two losses were narrow defeats
at the hands of No. 7 Penn 14-13 and No. 10 Sacred Heart 16-11.
Sophomore Dylan Nollner led an experienced Blue Devils epee group with a 16-2
record which was the best performance of the day for the Duke men. Nollner and
epee teammate Jonathan Parker both went 3-0 against the seventh-ranked Penn
epees to lead the Blue Devils to a 6-3 victory in that bout, but the Quakers
responded by winning the saber showdown 6-3 and the foil matchup 5-4.
Duke's foil and saber squads both posted 4-2 records with their only losses
coming to top-10 opponents Sacred Heart and Penn. Freshman Rod Shayesteh paced
the foils with a 15-3 record, while fellow foil Chris Sullivan turned in a 14-4
performance.
Junior Anthony Lin - a two-time NCAA qualifier - went 15-3 on the day to lead
the sabers. Eugene Chung followed Lin with a 14-4 record, and Timothy Evans
rounded out the squad with at 13-5 day.
Duke Men's Fencing
Results
Philadelphia Invitational
Philadelphia, Pa. (University of Pennsylvania)
January 22, 2012
TEAM RESULTS
Duke 23, Johns Hopkins 4
Duke 25, Haverford 2
Duke 25, NJIT 2
Duke 22, Drew 5
Penn 14, Duke 13
Sacred Heart 16, Duke 11
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Men's Foil (4-2)
Rod Shayesteh 15/3
Chris Sullivan 14/4
Samuel Schack 7/11
Men's Epee (5-1)
Dylan Nollner 16/2
Jonathan Parker 11/4
Tristan Jones 10/7
Nathaniel DeLucia 4/0
Men's Saber (4-2)
Anthony Lin 15/3
Eugene Chung 14/4
Timothy Evans 13/5
Players Mentioned
Saber
/ Fencing
Epee
/ Fencing
Saber
/ Fencing
Epee
/ Fencing
Saber
/ Fencing
Epee
/ Fencing
Epee
/ Fencing
Epee
/ Fencing
Foil
/ Fencing
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