Feb. 6, 2006

Wartham, Ma. - The UNC Fencing team had their most productive outing of the season finishing 7-1 at the Brandeis Invitational. While the Tar Heel women went undefeated with wins over Boston College, Tufts, Sacred Heart, and NYU, the men's teams followed with a 3-1 performance with their only loss coming at the hands of NYU 14-13. The outstanding effort of the day came at the hands of junior epee fencer Courtney Krolikoski who finished the day at 10-0 while senior sabre fencer Jennifer Kling followed with a 10-1 outing. Stellar performances were had by epee fencers' Benton Heimsath and Mike Burkhart who completed the Sunday event with 9-1 and 9-2 finishes, respectively. The Tar Heels fencing team will compete in the Duke duals on the weekend of February 10th and 11th.

UNC Men's Team Results

Round 1

North Carolina 16, Boston College 11(S, 6-3; F, 5-4; E, 5-4)

Round 2

North Carolina 26, Yeshiva 1(S, 9-0; F, 9-0; E, 8-1)

Round 3

North Carolina 18, Sacred Heart 9(S, 7-2; F, 6-3; E, 5-4)

Round 4

NYU 14, North Carolina 13(S, 5-4; F, 9-0; E, 0-9)

UNC Women's Team Results

Round 1

North Carolina 19 Boston College 8,(S, 7-2; F, 5-4; E, 7-2)

Round 2

North Carolina 14, Tufts 13(S, 3-6; F, 3-6; E, 8-1)

Round 3

North Carolina 22, Sacred Heart 5(S, 6-3; F, 9-0; E, 7-2)

Round 4

North Carolina 14, NYU 13(S, 9-0; F, 2-7; E, 3-6)

Tar Heels fencing individual results

Men's Foil

Steve Piantadosi 6-3, Jamie Lawrence 6-3, Jamaal Green 4-3,

Steven Loy 1-1

Men's Sabre-

Travis Wherry 7-3, Will Randolph 8-2, Bobby Ziechmann 8-2,

Brendan Kereiakes 3-3

Men's Epee-

Benton Heimsath 9-1, Mike Burkhart 9-2, Benjamin Gellis 8-3,

Nathan Danneman 1-2

Women's Foil-

Kate Rebich 5-4, Meghan Morris 5-4, Detra Euland 5-4,

Jessica Wacker 1-2, Genie Ko 1-1, Rachel Hylton 0-1, Meredith Peck 1-0

Women's Sabre-

Jennifer Ritchey 7-3, Jennifer Kling 10-1, Jennifer Clark 5-4,

Jordan Price 2-0, Nikki McCoy 1-1, Monica Kim 0-2

Women's Epee

Courtney Krolikoski 10-0 , Rachel Eschenbach 6-3 ,

Ari Prior-Grosch 1-1, Robin Coulter 1-1, Ayca Guralp 7-5