Duke Closes Out Time in Philly Saturday on a High Note

Saturday, January 18

Philadelphia, Pa.

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Duke Closes Out Time in Philly Saturday on a High Note

1/18/2020 5:37:00 PM | Fencing

Duke Closes Out Time in Philly Saturday on a High Note

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Duke fencing team rounded out its second meet of the 2020 season Saturday afternoon at the Philadelphia Invitational. The ninth-ranked Blue Devil men went 4-1 on the day while the women played to a 3-2 ledger.

The men defeated NJIT (18-9), Lafayette (26-1), NYU (14-13) and Sacred Heart (22-5) and fell to No. 10 Penn (14-13). On the women's side, Duke took down NJIT (19-8), Lafayette (24-3) and Haverford (27-0) and fell to No. 10 Penn (17-10) and Cornell (16-11).

This weekend marks the second straight the Duke women blanked Haverford.

The Duke men had four individuals with 10 or more victories as rookie Danny Campbell III went 11-3 overall that included a 3-0 showing in the thrilling victory over NYU. Eoin Gronningsater, Ping Ping Kitsiriboon and Finn Hossfeld all added 10 victories as Gronningsater and Hossfeld helped the men's foil squad go 5-0 on the day.

Sophomore Sarah Hung headlined the women's contingent with 10 victories on the day, while rookie Ashley Lo and senior Zuzu Tang each reeled in nine wins in foil.

Full team and individual results from today's event can be found below.

Duke will have a week off before returning to competition Saturday, Feb. 1 for the Northwestern Duals.

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DUKE WOMEN (3-2)
Duke 19 – NJIT 8
Duke 24 – Lafayette 3
Duke 27 – Haverford 0
No. 10 Penn 17 – Duke 10
Cornell 16 – Duke 11

WOMEN'S SABER (4-1)
Alex Gorman 7-3
Sarah Hung 10-5
Zsofia Walter 5-3
Jessica Whang 8-4

WOMEN'S FOIL (4-1)
Julia Gianneschi 7-2
Ashley Lo 9-5
Julia Noguchi 8-1
Zuzu Tang 9-3

WOMEN'S EPEE (5-0)
Huda Aldadah 7-3
Kendyl Bree 5-2
Ava Navarro 8-7
Maria Papadopoulos 8-5

DUKE MEN (4-1)
No. 9 Duke 18 – NJIT 9
No. 9 Duke 26 – Lafayette 1
No. 9 Duke 14 – NYU 13
No. 9 Duke 22 - Sacred Heart 5
No. 10 Penn 14 – No. 9 Duke 13

MEN'S SABER (3-2)
William Julien
Ping Ping Kitsiriboon 10-5
Ben Stone 9-6
Agoston Walter 9-6

MEN'S FOIL (5-0)
Eoin Gronningsater 10-1
Sam Gruber 8-4
Finn Hossfeld 10-2
Brycen Rushing 8-2

MEN'S EPEE (3-2)
Danny Campbell III 11-3
Kevin Chao 7-6
Jason Post 6-6
Bowen Wang 6-0