Nov. 11, 2008

HAVERFORD, Pa. - The North Carolina fencing team remained undefeated in Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Assocation dual meets by sweeping the competition Sunday in round robin action at Haverford's Fieldhouse.

 The Carolina women opened with a 20-7 win against Johns Hopkins then went on to beat Army (20-7), Haverford (19-8) and New Jersey Institute of Technology (26-1).

 The UNC men kicked off the day with a 21-6 victory against Cornell before downing Army 26-1. After a 27-0 shutout over Yesheva, the Tar Heels beat Stonybrook (25-2), Stevens Institute of Technology (18-9) and NJIT (24-3) to close out the day.

 Throughout the day, the Tar Heels suffered just one loss, in women's epee to Haverford.

 Next up for Carolina is the 29th-annual Temple Open in Philadelphia. The Tar Heel women compete on Saturday and the men on Sunday.

Haverford MACFA Open, Nov. 9

Women:
UNC 20 vs. Johns Hopkins (JHU) 7
Sabre: UNC 7 JHU 2
Foil: UNC 7 JHU 2
Epee: UNC 6 JHU 3

UNC 20 vs Army (USMA) 7
Sabre: UNC 8 USMA 1
Foil: UNC 6 USMA 3
Epee: UNC 6 USMA 3

UNC 19 vs Haverford 8 (HC)
Sabre: UNC 9 HC 0
Foil UNC 6 HC 3
Epee UNC 4 HC 5

UNC 26 vs New Jersey Inst. of Technology (NJIT) 1
Sabre UNC 9 NJIT 0
Foil UNC 9 NJIT 0
Epee UNC 8 NJIT 1

Men:

UNC 21 vs Cornell (CU) 6
Sabre UNC 9 CU 0
Foil UNC 5 CU 4
Epee UNC 7 CU 2

UNC 26 vs Army (USMA) 1
Sabre UNC 9 USMA 0
Foil UNC 8 USMA 1
Epee UNC 9 USMA 0

UNC 27 vs Yesheva (YU) 0
Sabre, Foil, Epee UNC 9 YU 0

UNC 25 vs Stony Brook (SB) 2
Sabre UNC 9 SB 0
Foil UNC 7 SB 2
Epee UNC 9 SB 0

UNC 18 vs Stevens Inst. of Technology (SIT) 9
Sabre UNC 7 SIT 2
Foil UNC 6 SIT 3
Epee UNC 5 SIT 4

UNC 24 vs NJIT 3
Sabre UNC 9 NJIT 0
Foil UNC 7 NJIT 2
Epee UNC 8 NJIT 1