Columbia University
Yale (Men)
Fencing Set for Ivy League Round Robins
2/9/2023 2:30:00 PM | Fencing
The Lions head to Ithaca for two days of competition with Ivy League supremacy on the line
ITHACA, N.Y. - Columbia fencing will compete at the 2023 Ivy League Round Robin Championships this weekend at Barton Hall on the campus of Cornell.
Each of the teams will fence in dual matches against each of the other squads. The team or teams with the best record will emerge as Ivy League champions. The action gets underway on Saturday, February. 11, at 10 a.m., when the men take on Yale. The women are slated to begin at 2:30 p.m. against Cornell. The full schedule can be found on the Ivy League Round-Robin Tournament Central page.
The men's enters the championships ranked as the No. 1 squad, boasting a 21-3 record. The women are the No. 2 seed after posting a 29-2 mark in dual matches this season.
Last year, the men captured the conference team title for the seventh time in the past eight seasons after sweeping the competition 4-0. Senior Ashton Daniel won the individual foil championship, and head coach Michael Aufrichtig was named Ivy League Coach of the Year. Columbia also returns second-team All-Ivy League recipients Christopher Walker (sabre) and Teddy Lombardo (epee).
The women placed second, going 4-2, and will look for their fourth Ivy League crown in five seasons after their string of three consecutive championships was snapped in 2022. Zander Rhodes earned All-Ivy League Second Team honors in foil.
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