Tar Heels Back In The Swing Of Competition
Jan. 12, 2009
PHILADELPHIA - The North Carolina men's and women's fencing teams got back into the swing of competition over the weekend at the Penn Multi-Meets, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania at the Quakers' Hutchinson Gym. The Tar Heel women went 3-3 on Saturday and the men were 3-2 on Sunday. "This was our first really strong competition of the year," UNC coach Ron Miller said. "It was rough coming straight back from break to this competition but everyone fenced with courage and intensity. Even though the meets that we did lose were only by a few bouts, those bouts were almost all 4-5 bouts. Really, we were within touches of winning the meet. Even with the losses, everyone stayed focused regardless of the outcome, win or lose." The competition was UNC's first in almost two months, since the Temple Invitational on Nov. 15-16. The experienced men's and women's sabre squads were the strongest and most consistent performers on the weekend, and the men's epee squad fenced particularly well in key bouts. On Saturday, the UNC women dropped their first two matches of the day, falling to Temple 19-8 and to Northwestern 18-9. The Tar Heels' first win came against Fairleigh Dickinson in commanding fashion, 24-3. Carolina then fell to the host Quakers (21-6) before closing the day with a pair of wins. UNC beat Sacred Heart 19-8 then provided a grand finale to the day with a 16-11 win over backyard-rival Duke. On Sunday, the UNC men opened with three wins - over Sacred Heart, Johns Hopkins and New Jersey Institute of Technology - before dropping the last two to finish 3-2 on the day. UNC fell 18-9 to host Penn then capped the day with a 16-11 loss to Duke. Next up for the Tar Heels is a day of MACFA dual meets hosted by Johns Hopkins in Baltimore on Jan. 24. UNC Women's Results, Jan. 10, 2009
UNC Men's Results, Jan. 11, 2009 UNC vs. Sacred Heart: W, 20-7 UNC vs. Johns Hopkins: W, 16-11 UNC vs. NJIT: W, 23-4 UNC vs Penn: L, 9-18 UNC vs. Duke: L, 11-16 |
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