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Both Princeton fencing teams won Ivy League titles Sunday.
Men's, Women's Fencing Teams Repeat as Ivy League Champions
February 12, 2017 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
Photo Gallery | Saturday's Recap
Katharine Holmes, a 2016 Olympian, went 18-0 at the Ivy League round-robin for the Princeton women's fencing team, and Princeton really needed that 18th win.
With the match against Columbia tied 13-13, Holmes won her final bout to pick up the clinching 14th win, delivering the title to Princeton after a 6-0 weekend. Columbia finished 5-1 after the winner-take-all final match.
The women's title is Princeton's seventh in eight years, and for the second straight year, both Princeton teams went home Ivy League champions. The men picked up an 18-9 win over Penn earlier Sunday to clinch at least a share of the title, but Columbia, which needed to beat Princeton to grab its own share of the title, prevented the Tiger men from winning the outright title with a 15-12 victory. That win also brought Penn into the title mix as all three schools' men's teams finished 4-1.
"I always believe that we can win," Princeton coach Zoltan Dudas said. "We're trying to get prepared for the tournament and for the regionals that are coming up. I knew that it was going to be very, very close in both. I predicted that in the men's (competition), probably nobody would be undefeated. I think in the last couple of years, Penn, Columbia, Princeton and Harvard have been so equally strong that we're always beating each other up. On the women's (side), it was a little bit clearer. I think Columbia, they're very strong and we're very strong. It was just different dynamics between the different weapons. We were very strong in épée and they were very strong in foil, and saber was kind of between and pretty much the deciding factor. I think we were only ahead once, at 14-13. We were always chasing the score and luckily we could stay together for the 27 bouts."
Holmes, a senior, was the only fencer, male or female, to fence enough bouts to merit All-Ivy consideration and finish undefeated, and the only fencer to get 17 wins was her teammate, Anna Van Brummen, who finished 17-1 and became the first Princeton woman to earn four first-team All-Ivy League honors. She's one of eight women's fencers across Ivy history to do that and one of three to complete the feat this year, along with Columbia's Sara Taffel and Harvard's Adrienne Jarocki.
"The experience matters a lot in epee, and she brought that out," Dudas said. I think it was very motivational for the whole team and it was great that not just the captains but the whole team and the squad leaders and everybody was motivated to be leaders, and it helped a lot. I don't like to talk, really, about individuals. It was a team effort. All the others did their part, and that's why we could win."
Princeton's first team All-Ivy Leaguers included sabers Edward Chin and Maia Chamberlain, and épées Wesley Johnson, Alex House, Holmes and Van Brummen. Second-teamers included foil Jeffrey Chen and épée Sage Palmedo. House became Princeton's first four-time first-team men's honoree in épée since Ben Solomon '06 and first in any weapon since foil Alex Mills '12.
Katharine Holmes' winning touch vs. Columbia
Standings (Entering final round):
Men: Princeton 4-0, Penn 4-1, Columbia 3-1, Harvard 1-3, Yale 1-3, Brown 0-5
Women: Columbia 5-0, Princeton 5-0, Penn 3-2, Cornell 2-3, Harvard 2-3, Yale 1-4, Brown 0-6
Princeton's individual totals:
Men's Saber: Edward Chin 13-2, Peter Pak 7-8, Alex Lam 7-8
Men's Foil: Jeffrey Chen 10-5, Samuel Barmann 7-8, Thomas Dudey 5-7, Raphael Sitbon-Taylor 2-1
Men's Épée: Wesley Johnson 10-3, Alex House 9-4, Michael Popovici 7-7, Arjuna Subramanian 0-1, Wesley Yuan 0-4
Women's Saber: Maia Chamberlain 12-3, Sage Palmedo 12-5, Allison Lee 8-4, Riya Dave 6-4
Women's Foil: Ashley Tsue 10-5, Isabella Chung 5-1, Diana Chin 2-1, Taylor Chin 4-5, Kate Northrop 4-5, Angela Li 4-8
Women's Épée: Katharine Holmes 18-0, Anna Van Brummen 17-1, Audrey Abend 8-3, Charlene Liu 5-2
Schedule & Results:
Saturday, 11 a.m.: Men: Penn 22, Brown 5; Princeton 15, Yale 12; Women: Penn 22, Brown 5; Princeton 21, Yale 6; Columbia 24, Cornell 3
Saturday, 1:15 p.m.: Men: Princeton 14, Harvard 13; Columbia 21, Brown 6; Women: Princeton 17, Harvard 10; Cornell 14, Yale 13; Columbia 25, Brown 2
Saturday, 2:45 p.m.: Men: Penn 17, Harvard 10; Yale 20, Brown 7; Women: Penn 15, Harvard 12; Princeton 21, Cornell 6; Yale 21, Brown 6
Saturday, 4:15 p.m.: Men: Penn 15, Columbia 12; Princeton 18, Brown 9; Women: Columbia 18, Penn 9; Harvard 17, Cornell 10; Princeton 26, Brown 1
Sunday, 10 a.m.: Men: Penn 18, Yale 9; Columbia 14, Harvard 13; Women: Penn 18, Yale 9; Columbia 16, Harvard 11; Cornell 18, Brown 9
Sunday, 11:30 a.m.: Men: Princeton 18, Penn 9; Columbia 14, Yale 13; Harvard 20, Brown 7; Women: Princeton 16, Penn 11; Columbia 21, Yale 6; Harvard 23, Brown 4
Sunday, 1:45 p.m.: Men: Columbia 15, Princeton 12; Yale 14, Harvard 13; Women: Penn 22, Cornell 5; Princeton 14, Columbia 13; Harvard 19, Yale 8
Katharine Holmes, a 2016 Olympian, went 18-0 at the Ivy League round-robin for the Princeton women's fencing team, and Princeton really needed that 18th win.
With the match against Columbia tied 13-13, Holmes won her final bout to pick up the clinching 14th win, delivering the title to Princeton after a 6-0 weekend. Columbia finished 5-1 after the winner-take-all final match.
The women's title is Princeton's seventh in eight years, and for the second straight year, both Princeton teams went home Ivy League champions. The men picked up an 18-9 win over Penn earlier Sunday to clinch at least a share of the title, but Columbia, which needed to beat Princeton to grab its own share of the title, prevented the Tiger men from winning the outright title with a 15-12 victory. That win also brought Penn into the title mix as all three schools' men's teams finished 4-1.
"I always believe that we can win," Princeton coach Zoltan Dudas said. "We're trying to get prepared for the tournament and for the regionals that are coming up. I knew that it was going to be very, very close in both. I predicted that in the men's (competition), probably nobody would be undefeated. I think in the last couple of years, Penn, Columbia, Princeton and Harvard have been so equally strong that we're always beating each other up. On the women's (side), it was a little bit clearer. I think Columbia, they're very strong and we're very strong. It was just different dynamics between the different weapons. We were very strong in épée and they were very strong in foil, and saber was kind of between and pretty much the deciding factor. I think we were only ahead once, at 14-13. We were always chasing the score and luckily we could stay together for the 27 bouts."
Holmes, a senior, was the only fencer, male or female, to fence enough bouts to merit All-Ivy consideration and finish undefeated, and the only fencer to get 17 wins was her teammate, Anna Van Brummen, who finished 17-1 and became the first Princeton woman to earn four first-team All-Ivy League honors. She's one of eight women's fencers across Ivy history to do that and one of three to complete the feat this year, along with Columbia's Sara Taffel and Harvard's Adrienne Jarocki.
"The experience matters a lot in epee, and she brought that out," Dudas said. I think it was very motivational for the whole team and it was great that not just the captains but the whole team and the squad leaders and everybody was motivated to be leaders, and it helped a lot. I don't like to talk, really, about individuals. It was a team effort. All the others did their part, and that's why we could win."
Princeton's first team All-Ivy Leaguers included sabers Edward Chin and Maia Chamberlain, and épées Wesley Johnson, Alex House, Holmes and Van Brummen. Second-teamers included foil Jeffrey Chen and épée Sage Palmedo. House became Princeton's first four-time first-team men's honoree in épée since Ben Solomon '06 and first in any weapon since foil Alex Mills '12.
Katharine Holmes' winning touch vs. Columbia
Kat holmes wins the 14th bout, the final bout. Princeton women are Ivy League champions!!! pic.twitter.com/E5GqUu5mMS
— Princeton Fencing (@TigerFencing) February 12, 2017
| Men | Women |
| 18 |  |
9 |  |
Penn | 11 | |
16 | |
| House 3-0, Popovici 1-2, Johnson 2-0, Yuan 0-1 | (6-3 Pr) Épée (7-2 Pr) | Van Brummen 2-1, Liu 1-1, Holmes 3-0, Abend 1-0 |
| Dudey 2-0, Barmann 1-2, Chen 3-0 | (6-3 Pr) Foil (6-3 Pe) | Tsue 2-1, Li 1-2, Northrop 0-2, T. Chin 0-1 |
| Chin 3-0, Lam 2-1, Pak 1-2 | (6-3 Pr) Saber (6-3 Pr) | Palmedo 2-1, Dave 1-0, Chamberlain 1-2, Lee 2-0 |
| 12 | |
15 |  |
Columbia | 13 | |
14 | |
| House 0-2, Popovici 1-2, Johnson 2-1, Yuan 0-1 | (6-3 C) Épée (8-1 P) | Holmes 3-0, Van Brummen 3-0, Liu 0-1, Abend 2-0 |
| Dudey 1-2, Barmann 1-2, Chen 2-1 | (5-4 C) Foil (6-3 C) | Chin 0-2, Tsue 3-0, Li 0-2, Chung 0-1, Northrop 0-1 |
| Chin 2-1, Lam 1-2, Pak 2-1 | (6-3 C) Saber (6-3 C) | Palmedo 1-2, Lee 0-3, Chamberlain 2-1 |
Standings (Entering final round):
Men: Princeton 4-0, Penn 4-1, Columbia 3-1, Harvard 1-3, Yale 1-3, Brown 0-5
Women: Columbia 5-0, Princeton 5-0, Penn 3-2, Cornell 2-3, Harvard 2-3, Yale 1-4, Brown 0-6
Princeton's individual totals:
Men's Saber: Edward Chin 13-2, Peter Pak 7-8, Alex Lam 7-8
Men's Foil: Jeffrey Chen 10-5, Samuel Barmann 7-8, Thomas Dudey 5-7, Raphael Sitbon-Taylor 2-1
Men's Épée: Wesley Johnson 10-3, Alex House 9-4, Michael Popovici 7-7, Arjuna Subramanian 0-1, Wesley Yuan 0-4
Women's Saber: Maia Chamberlain 12-3, Sage Palmedo 12-5, Allison Lee 8-4, Riya Dave 6-4
Women's Foil: Ashley Tsue 10-5, Isabella Chung 5-1, Diana Chin 2-1, Taylor Chin 4-5, Kate Northrop 4-5, Angela Li 4-8
Women's Épée: Katharine Holmes 18-0, Anna Van Brummen 17-1, Audrey Abend 8-3, Charlene Liu 5-2
Schedule & Results:
Saturday, 11 a.m.: Men: Penn 22, Brown 5; Princeton 15, Yale 12; Women: Penn 22, Brown 5; Princeton 21, Yale 6; Columbia 24, Cornell 3
Saturday, 1:15 p.m.: Men: Princeton 14, Harvard 13; Columbia 21, Brown 6; Women: Princeton 17, Harvard 10; Cornell 14, Yale 13; Columbia 25, Brown 2
Saturday, 2:45 p.m.: Men: Penn 17, Harvard 10; Yale 20, Brown 7; Women: Penn 15, Harvard 12; Princeton 21, Cornell 6; Yale 21, Brown 6
Saturday, 4:15 p.m.: Men: Penn 15, Columbia 12; Princeton 18, Brown 9; Women: Columbia 18, Penn 9; Harvard 17, Cornell 10; Princeton 26, Brown 1
Sunday, 10 a.m.: Men: Penn 18, Yale 9; Columbia 14, Harvard 13; Women: Penn 18, Yale 9; Columbia 16, Harvard 11; Cornell 18, Brown 9
Sunday, 11:30 a.m.: Men: Princeton 18, Penn 9; Columbia 14, Yale 13; Harvard 20, Brown 7; Women: Princeton 16, Penn 11; Columbia 21, Yale 6; Harvard 23, Brown 4
Sunday, 1:45 p.m.: Men: Columbia 15, Princeton 12; Yale 14, Harvard 13; Women: Penn 22, Cornell 5; Princeton 14, Columbia 13; Harvard 19, Yale 8
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