All-Ivy Explained

The method for determining All-Ivy status in fencing is a fairly simple one.

First, fencers must have competed in 75 percent of the team's bouts. That means that the men must have at least 12 decisions on the Ivy record and the women must have at least 14.

Of those groups, the top three fencers in terms of winning percentage at each weapon are the first-team All-Ivy designees. In the event of a tie for third place, all fencers who are tied will be named to the first team.

The second team will be comprised of the number resulting in six minus the number of first-teamers. If four fencers earned first-team status, two will be added to the second team. Again, all ties for the sixth-place finish will result in those fencers being named to the second team.

Update: Women's Records

David Sapery has crunched the numbers and here are the fencers who have posted winning Ivy records and appeared in the majority of the team's bouts. The records heading into the North Championship weekend at Gordon Track in Cambridge, Mass.:

SABER
9-0 — Emily Jacobson, Columbia
8-1 — Danielle Gordet, Columbia; Daria Schneider, Columbia; Eva Rosenberg, Harvard
9-3 — Cassandra Partyka, Penn; Katelyn Sherry, Penn
6-3 — Alexa Weingarden, Harvard
5-3 — Randy Alevi, Brown
7-5 — Alexis Baran, Penn
4-3 — Charlotte Gartemberg, Brown
5-4 — Deborah Gorth, Brown; Samantha Parker, Harvard
 
FOIL
6-0 — Cassidy Luitjen, Columbia
8-1 — Arielle Pensler, Harvard
7-2 — Alisa Mendelsohn, Yale; Kathleen Reckling, Columbia
9-3 — Abby Emerson, Penn
6-3 — Jocelyn Svengsouk, Princeton; Kelsey Finkel, Columbia
5-3 — Sara Jew-Lim, Princeton
7-5 — Ilana Sinkin, Penn
5-4 — Anna Podolsky, Harvard
 
EPÉE
8-1 — Alexie Rubin, Columbia; Jasjit Bhinder, Princeton
7-1 — Erin McGarry, Princeton
7-2 — Jasmine McGlade, Harvard
6-2 — Maria Larsson, Harvard
6-3 — Rebecca Moss, Yale
5-3 — Katherine Thompson, Cornell; Tess Finkel, Columbia
5-4 — Precious Eboigbe, Harvard

Update: Men's Records

David Sapery has crunched the numbers and here are the fencers who have posted winning Ivy records and appeared in the majority of the team's bouts. The records heading into the North Championship weekend at Gordon Track in Cambridge, Mass.:

SABER
6-0 — James Williams, Columbia; Jeffrey Spear, Columbia
8-1 — Andrew Bielen, Penn; Matt Kolasa, Penn
5-1 — Alexander Krul, Columbia; Tim Hagamen, Harvard
6-3 — Dan Mahoney, Brown
4-3 — Gregory Hohensee, Princeton
 
FOIL
6-0 — Scott Sugimoto, Columbia
8-1 — Ron Berkowsky, Penn
5-1 — Kai Itameri-Kinter, Harvard; Sherif Farraq, Columbia
6-3 — Douglas Hohensee, Princeton; Mike Galligan, Penn
4-2 — Enoch Woodhouse, Harvard; Kurt Getz, Columbia
5-4 — Clayton Flanders, Princeton; John Gurrieri, Yale
 
EPÉE
9-0 — Tommi Hurme, Princeton
6-0 — Brent Kelly, Columbia; Dwight Smith, Columbia
7-2 — Edward Hurme, Princeton
4-2 — Billy Stallings, Harvard; Teddy Sherrill, Harvard
5-4 — Ben Wieder, Penn; Michael Pearce, Yale

Uh Oh...

This website originally reported that the North Championships would take place at Harvard's Malkin Athletic Center on Feb. 25. The date and the school are correct, but the venue will be the Gordon Track & Field Center, next to Harvard Stadium.

Crimson In Need

The folks at Harvard have asked us to share the following:

At this time last year, Sam Cross was enjoying an All-Ivy League season for Harvard's men's fencing team, which was on its way toward winning league and national championships — no easy task.

Today, Sam faces a much tougher challenge.

Cross was diagnosed during the holiday break with acute myelogenous leukemia — a fast-growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow that typically affects older adults.

Sam has already begun chemotherapy treatment, but is in need of a bone marrow transplant to optimize his chances for a full recovery.

To that end, representatives from The Marrow Foundation will be on the Harvard campus Thursday, Feb. 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Harvard Hillel, located in Rosovsky Hall at 52 Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge. Rpresentatives will be present to screen volunteers as potential donors.

For more information about becoming a bone marrow donor, visit the National Marrow Donor Program.

Marrow Donor Recruitment Drive
Harvard Hillel • 52 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA (Directions)
Thursday, February 15 • 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

That's All Folks! The results are in!

On the Men's side, the records for the day went as follows:

COLUMBIA -- 2 wins, 0 losses
PENN -- 2 wins, 1 loss
PRINCETON -- 2 wins, 1 loss
HARVARD -- 1 win, 1 loss
YALE -- 1 win, 2 losses
BROWN -- 0 wins, 3 losses

As for the Women, the records ended as:

COLUMBIA -- 3 wins, 0 losses
HARVARD -- 3 wins, 0 losses
PENN -- 3 wins, 1 loss
BROWN -- 1 win, 2 losses
PRINCETON -- 1 win, 2 losses
CORNELL -- 0 wins, 3 losses
YALE -- 0 wins, 3 losses

The standings page on www.IvyLeagueSports.com is updated here.

Men: Columbia 24, Yale 3

Results are OFFICIAL.

Sabre: Columbia, 9-0
Columbia: Alexander Krul 3-0, James Williams 3-0, Jeffrey Spear 3-0.
Yale: Sebastian Cano-Besquet 0-3, Christopher Peterson 0-3, Brad Broadhead 0-3.

Foil: Columbia, 6-3
Columbia: Scott Sugimoto 2-1, Kurt Getz 1-2, Sherif Farrag 2-1.
Yale: John Gurrieri 2-1, Michael Aboodi 1-2, Andrew Holbrook 0-3.

Epee: Columbia, 9-0
Columbia: Brent Kelly 3-0, Dwight Smith 3-0, Lorenzo Casertano 3-0.
Yale: Michael Pearce 0-3, Steve Miller 0-3, John Beski 0-3.

Ivy Records: Columbia 2-0, Yale 1-2