EVANSTON, Ill. – The University of Notre Dame fencing team continued their season at the Northwestern Duals taking down Boston College (21-6 & 18-9), UC San Diego (18-9 & 23-4), Incarnate Word (25-2 & 23-4), Stanford (19-8 & 19-8), Northwestern (25-2), Lawrence (22-5), and Temple (19-8). The women’s team ultimately fell to Cornell 12-15. The men’s team improves to 38-0 and the women’s team improves to 42-3.
In the opening match against Boston College, the Irish men came out strong with a 21-6 win and the women dominated 18-9. In the Boston College matches there were seven perfect bouts with 3-0 wins from Hunter Candreva, Harrison Kimatian, Andrew Machovec, Marcello Olivares, Luke Linder, Amanda Pirkowski, and Jane Caulfield. Both the men’s and women’s teams dominated against UC San Diego. The men beat the Tritons 18-9 and the women beat them 23-4. The team saw five perfect 3-0 bouts with wins from Mayah Walker, Jane Caulfield, Victoria Tontcheva, Amanda Pirkowski, and Marcello Olivares.
The team also dominated against Incarnate Word when they won 25-2 and 23-4. William Chen, Marcello Olivares, Gustavo Rosselló, Will Attig, Malcolm Fields, Guram Lortkinpanidze, Amanda Pirkowski, Jane Caulfield, Mayah Walker, and Solène Watson all had perfect 3-0 bout wins. The Irish beat Stanford 19-8 on both the men’s and women’s side.
The men’s team beat Northwestern 25-2 with three perfect 3-0 bout wins from epee, two from foil, and two from sabre. They also competed against Lawrence and won 22-5.
The women’s team fenced against Temple and Cornell winning 19-8, but falling to Cornell 12-15. In the Temple match, there were four perfect bouts with wins from Victoria Tontcheva, Solène Watson, Daria Kudriavtseva, and Sienna Wilson.
Seniors Marcello Olivares and Gustavo Rosselló led the team with 17 and 14 wins on the day. On the women’s side, Amanda Pirkowski led the team with 15 wins.
The Irish return to action on February 18, when they travel to the USA Fencing Junior Olympics.
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