Fencing Heads to Western Invitational

Saturday, November 22

USAF Academy, Colo.

12:15 P.M.

Columbia University

Stanford

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.

11/21/2025 8:04:00 AM | Fencing

The two-day event features eight rounds of action for each team

NEW YORK — The Columbia fencing team is back in action this weekend at the Western Invitational, hosted by Air Force from November 22-23. The Lions will face Northwestern, Stanford, UC San Diego, Incarnate Word, Tufts, Air Force, Brandeis, Denison and Ohio State at the two-day event. Both programs the women have nine matchups, while the men will fence eight times, and all the action can be seen on Air Force's YouTube channel.

COLUMBIA'S SCHEDULE (All Times EDT)
Saturday, November 22

Round 1 - 11 a.m.
Columbia vs. Northwestern (Women)

Round 2 – 12:15 p.m.
Columbia vs. Stanford

Round 3 – 1:30 p.m.
Columbia vs. UC San Diego

Round 4 – 3:30 p.m.
Columbia vs. Incarnate Word (Men)
Columbia vs. Tufts (Women)

Round 5 - 4:45 p.m.
Columbia vs. Air Force

Round 6 - 6 p.m.
Columbia vs. Incarnate Word (Women)
Columbia vs. Brandeis (Men)

Sunday, November 23

Round 1 - 11:15 a.m.
Columbia vs. Air Force (Men)
Columbia vs. Denison (Women)

Round 2 - 12:30 p.m.
Columbia vs. Brandeis (Women)
Columbia vs. UC San Diego (Men)

Round 3 - 1:45 p.m.
Columbia vs. Ohio State

LAST TIME OUT
Columbia showed why it has the No. 1 men's and No. 2 women's programs in the country in its season opener on November 9. Both programs went 3-0 at the Columbia Invitational, topping Stevens, NJIT and Johns Hopkins.

Evelyn Cheng and Rachael Kim both finished at 7-0 on the day, with Alanna Xue finishing at 6-0 and Mikayla Chusid at 6-1 for women's foil. For the men, Colby Harley ended the day at 7-0 with Nick Harvey at 7-2 in men's sabre. In men's foil, Marsel Nagimov also had a strong performance at 5-0.

NOVEMBER NAC RESULTS
The Lions saw 14 current members of the program and two alumni place in the top 64 at the November North American Cup last weekend. Will Morrill took gold in men's sabre and Katerina Leung earned silver to highlight eight top 10 finishes.

AGAINST THE FIELD
Last year, the men defeated Stanford and Air Force, and went 1-1 against Ohio State in the regular season. The women topped the Cardinal and were 2-0 against the Buckeyes, but did not face the Cadets.

THE LINEUP
Women
Sabre – Tamar Gordon, Janna Freedman, Chloe Szeto, Hannah Lee, Angelina Yang
Foil – Sofia Gaydos, Zander Rhodes, Evelyn Cheng, Carolina Stutchbury, Rachael Kim
Epee – Tierna Oxenreider, Janet Chen, Sumin Lee, Nicole Xuan, Barbara Bezuglaya

Men
Sabre – Nick Harvey, Colby Harley, Will Morrill, Gabriel McCarthy
Foil – Bogdan Hamilton, Samarth Kumbla, Marsel Nagimov, Enoch Xiao, Ethan Xiao, Caleb Jeon
Epee – Skyler Liverant, Luka Loncar, Sasha Bezrodnov, Misha Bezrodnov, Julien Lim

FOLLOW THE LIONS
For the latest on Columbia's fencing programs, follow @CULionsFencing on X, Instagram and the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.