NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The No. 1 University of Notre Dame men’s and women’s fencing programs closed out an undefeated weekend, earning seven wins each against club competition Sunday to wrap the DeCicco Duals at the Castellan Family Fencing Center.
The Irish each defeated Case Western, Chicago, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan State, Michigan and Denison to add to their five-win totals from Saturday. The women improved to 23-2, while the men moved to 24-1.
Nine women and 10 men turned in undefeated score sheets Sunday as neither team won by less than 19 points. The Irish women won three matches — against Purdue, Indiana and Denison — by perfect 27-0 scores, and the women’s sabre squad never lost a bout
Foilists Beatrice Verrecchia and Erica Tsai tallied 21 victories each for the women, while sabreuses Christian Boitano (18-0), Natalie Disher (14-0) and Sienna Wilson (10-0) and epeeists Giorgia Giordano (9-0), Miriam Grady (6-0) and Dasha Yefremenko (6-0) also were loss-less.
For the men, sabreurs Guram Lortkipanidze (11-0), Ben Scholl (10-0) and Logan Kanary (6-0); foilists Robert Wong (6-0 foil; 3-0 epee), Thomas Murray (9-0), Matt Tichacek (7-0) and Joseph Marino (4-0); and epeeists Aidan Antekeier (11-0) and Cole Mallette (9-0) all spent the day in the win column.
The Irish will return to action next Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Northwestern Duals in Evanston, Illinois.
Scores
DeCicco Duals
Jan. 27, 2019
Castellan Family Fencing Center
Notre Dame, Ind.
Men’s Results
No. 1 Notre Dame 23, Case Western Reserve 4
Epee (9-0): Austin Guo 3-0, Michael Siroky 3-0, Zachary Cheng 3-0
Foil (6-3): Joseph Marino 2-0, Alexander Ju 2-1, Gustavo Rossello 1-2, Andrew Machovec 1-0
Sabre (8-1): Guram Lortkipanidze 2-0, Blake Murphy 2-1, Logan Kanary 1-0, Karl-Friedrich Flick 1-0, Colin Campbell 1-0, Ben Scholl 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 25, Chicago 2
Epee (8-1): Aidan Antekeier 3-0, Cole Mallette 3-0, Siroky 2-1
Foil (9-0): Robert Wong 3-0, Thomas Murray 3-0, Matt Tichacek 3-0
Sabre (8-1): Lortkipanidze 2-0, Murphy 2-1, Scholl 1-0, Campbell 1-0, Kanary 1-0, Flick 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 24, Purdue 3
Epee (9-0): Antekeier 3-0, Mallette 3-0, Cheng 3-0
Foil (7-2): Alexander Ju 3-0, Machovec 2-1, Michael Antipas 1-1, Wong 1-0
Sabre (8-1): Lortkipanidze 2-0, Flick 2-0, Murphy 1-1, Kanary 1-0, Scholl 1-0, Campbell 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 23, Indiana 4
Epee (8-1): Wong 3-0, Cheng 3-0, Siroky 0-1
Foil (7-2): Murray 3-0, Rossello 2-1, Tichacek 2-0, Guo 0-1
Sabre (8-1): Murphy 3-0, Lortkipanidze 2-0, Flick 2-1, Scholl 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 25, Michigan State 2
Epee (7-2): Guo 3-0, Siroky 2-1, Antekeier 2-0, Mallette 0-1
Foil (9-0): Rossello 3-0, Marino 2-0, Machovec 2-0, Antipas 1-0, Ju 1-0
Sabre (9-0): Murphy 2-0, Scholl 2-0, Flick 2-0, Lortkipanidze 1-0, Campbell 1-0, Kanary 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 23, Michigan 4
Epee (7-2): Guo 3-0, Siroky 2-1, Cheng 1-1, Antekeier 1-0
Foil (9-0): Machovec 3-0, Tichacek 3-0, Wong 2-0, Murray 1-0
Sabre (7-2): Scholl 3-0, Campbell 2-0, Kanary 1-0, Murphy 1-1, Flick 0-1
No. 1 Notre Dame 26, Denison 1
Epee (8-1): Mallette 3-0, Siroky 2-1, Antekeier 2-0, Cheng 1-0,
Foil (9-0): Murray 2-0, Antipas 2-0, Tichacek 2-0, Ju 2-0, Rossello 1-0
Sabre (9-0): Flick 3-0, Lortkipanidze 2-0, Murphy 1-0, Scholl 1-0, Campbell 1-0, Kanary 1-0
Women’s Results
No. 1 Notre Dame 26, Case Western Reserve 1
Epee (8-1): Katherine Wallace 3-0, Giorgia Giordano 3-0, Julia Barry 2-1
Foil (9-0): Erica Tsai 3-0, Beatrice Verrecchia 3-0, Nicole Gorman 3-0
Sabre (9-0): Regina O’Brien 3-0, Christina O’Brien 3-0, Natalie Disher 3-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 26, Chicago 1
Epee (9-0): Barry 3-0, Hudson 3-0, Miriam Grady 3-0
Foil (8-1): Tsai 3-0, Verrecchia 3-0, Gorman 2-1
Sabre (9-0): Disher 3-0, Boitano 3-0, Sienna Wilson 2-0, O’Brien 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 27, Purdue 0
Epee (9-0): Dasha Yefremenko 3-0, Grady 3-0, Barry 3-0
Foil (9-0): Tsai 3-0, Verrecchia 3-0, Gorman 3-0
Sabre (9-0): Wilson 3-0, Disher 3-0, O’Brien 3-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 27, Indiana 0
Epee (9-0): Barry 3-0, Yefremenko 3-0, Hudson 3-0
Foil (9-0): Tsai 3-0, Verrecchia 3-0, Gorman 3-0
Sabre (9-0): O’Brien 3-0, Boitano 3-0, Wilson 2-0, Disher 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 26, Michigan State 1
Epee (9-0): Hudson 3-0, Giordano 3-0, Wallace 3-0
Foil (8-1): Tsai 3-0, Verrecchia 3-0, Gorman 2-1
Sabre (9-0): O’Brien 3-0, Boitano 3-0, Wilson 2-0, Disher 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 23, Michigan 4
Epee (7-2): Giordano 3-0, Hudson 2-1, Wallace 2-1
Foil (7-2): Tsai 3-0, Verrecchia 3-0, Gorman 1-2
Sabre (9-0): Boitano 3-0, Wilson 3-0, Disher 3-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 27, Denison 0
Epee (9-0): Hudson 3-0, Wallace 3-0, Giordano 3-0
Foil (9-0): Tsai 3-0, Verrecchia 3-0, Gorman 3-0
Sabre (9-0): Disher 3-0, Boitano 3-0, O’Brien 2-0, Wilson 1-0