UNC Men's Fencing Team Sweep at Duke
Feb. 10, 2006
Durham, NC - The UNC men's fencing team went undefeated on Friday at the Duke Invitational scroring victories againist the tenth ranked Blue Devils, Brandeis, Cleveland State, Johns Hopkins, and M.I.T. With the 19-8 victory over Duke, the Tar Heels have a distinct advantage in capturing the Carlyle Cup point. The Duke women would have to win at least 20 bouts against the UNC women's team to move ahead. Regarding the Duke match, assistant UNC fencing coach Josh Webb, stated that "the foil squad had struggled all year, however, today they decided to step-up and score a 8-1 victory over the Devils." UNC head fencing coach Ron Miller stated "the men's performance across the board overall was excellent. A little let down in the last match with M.I.T. but they still fenced well enough to win. Duke was probably the best meet we have fenced all year. All in all, obviously the men had a great day." The UNC men's fencing team completes the 2005-06 season with 24 wins and 11 losses. On Saturday the competition continues with the Tar Heel women's team fencing Temple, Brandeis, Duke, Johns Hopkins and M.I.T. The first meet is schedule to begin at 8:00 a.m.
Tar Heel Men's Team Scores
UNC 19-8 over Cleveland State UNC 15-12 over Brandeis UNC 19-8 over Duke UNC 15-12 over Johns Hopkins UNC 16-11 over M.I.T
Tar Heel Men's Individual results
Men's Foil-
Steve Piantadosi 8-2, Jamie Lawrence 7-5, Jamaal Green 0-1, Micah Prendergast 7-6, Eric Gardner 0-3, Trent Hazzard 0-2,
Steven Loy 1-2, Seth Indersoll 0-1,
Men's Sabre-
Travis Wherry 7-8, Will Randolph 12-3, Bobby Ziechmann 9-6
Men's Epee-
Benton Heimsath 11-4, Alex Ferrer 10-4, Mike Burkhart 11-4, Benjamin Gellis 1-0
Overall Men's and Women's weapons standings
Epee
1. Duke 31-14, 2. Temple 30-15, 3. North Carolina 23-22, 4. Brandeis 22-23, 5. MIT 19-26, 6. Johns Hopkins 10-35
Foil
1. Temple 37-8, 2. Brandeis 32-13, 3. MIT 21-24, 4. Duke 19-26, 5. North Carolina 17-28, 6. Johns Hopkins 9-36.
Saber
1. Duke 31-14, 2. Temple 27-18, 3. North Carolina 26-19, 4. MIT 25-20, 5. Brandeis 18-27, 6. Johns Hopkins 8-37. |
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