EVANSTON, Ill. – The Stanford women's fencing team earned second victory of the Northwestern Duals over a top-10 team, beating No. 5 Northwestern on Sunday.
The No. 13 Cardinal women went 8-2 over the two-day event, including 4-1 on Sunday, to finish tied for the second-best record among the 16-team field. They are 14-5 this season.
The Cardinal men finished 5-4 after a four-match split on Sunday. Stanford had the sixth-best record among 12 teams and is 7-10 overall.
The tournament acts as the final regular-season event before Stanford plays host to the NCAA West Regionals on March 11 and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships on March 12.
A day after beating No. 7 Cornell, 14-13, Stanford earned another big victory, this time over the host Wildcats, 15-12. Stanford got a 6-3 victory in saber, and a 5-4 victory in epee. Northwestern edged the Cardinal in foil, 5-4.
Charlotte He, Joy Yun, and Erika Yong each went 2-1 in saber against Northwestern. He and Yong each earned victories over Northwestern All-American Sky Miller – He by 5-3 and Yong by 5-4. Irene Yeu and Aditri Patil went 2-1 in epee, and Crystal Qian went 2-1 in foil.
Patil, a freshman, went 19-5 in the tournament and Yeu went 17-6 to lead the Cardinal women.
Stanford narrowly lost to No. 6 Ohio State, 14-13. The Buckeyes, at 12-0, were the only undefeated women's team in the tournament. Jeanette Han went 3-0 in saber against Ohio State, including a 5-4 victory over Julieta Toledo, who placed sixth at the NCAA Championships last year.
The unranked Cardinal men faced one ranked opponent on Sunday, Ohio State, and fell 18-9, though Donghwan Park (saber) and Kai Rayle (epee) each went 2-1.
Park went 8-2 on Sunday to finish 21-4 in the tournament. Freshman Sanjay Kasi (foil) went 8-2 on Sunday and was 18-7 overall.
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Northwestern Duals
Day Two
Men
Team standings (final) – Ohio State 8-0, Notre Dame 6-0, UC San Diego 7-2, Air Force 6-2, Boston College 6-4, Stanford 5-4, Incarnate Word 4-4, Cleveland State 2-6, Lawrence 1-7, Wayne State 1-7, Northwestern 0-3, Detroit Mercy 0-6.
Stanford scores
Stanford 24, Detroit Mercy 1
UC San Diego 17, Stanford 10
Ohio State 18, Stanford 9
Stanford 18, Wayne State 8
Other scores
UC San Diego 22, Cleveland State 5
Boston College 17, Incarnate Word 10
Boston College 27, Detroit Mercy 0
Incarnate Word 19, Cleveland State 8
Boston College 24, Lawrence 3
Air Force 20, Cleveland State 7
Incarnate Word 27, Detroit Mercy 0
Air Force 16, Incarnate Word 11
UC San Diego 27, Detroit Mercy 0
Boston College 22, Cleveland State 5
Air Force 27, Detroit Mercy 0
Ohio State 17, Wayne State 10
Ohio State 26, Detroit Mercy 1
Boston College 18, Wayne State 9
Air Force 19, Lawrence 8
Lawrence 17, Northwestern 10
Women
Team standings (final) – Ohio State 12-0, Stanford 8-2, Cornell 8-2, Northwestern 7-2, Temple 10-3, Notre Dame 3-2, UC San Diego 7-5, Boston College 6-5, Air Force 6-5, Incarnate Word 5-7, Denison 2-7, Farleigh Dickinson 2-7, Lawrence 1-7, Cleveland State 1-8, Detroit Mercy 0-7, Wayne State 0-9.
Stanford scores
Stanford 15, Northwestern 12
Stanford 27, Detroit Mercy 0
Ohio State 14, Stanford 13
Stanford 23, Wayne State 4
Stanford 21, Boston College 6
Other scores
UC San Diego 27, Farleigh Dickinson 0
Boston College 14, Incarnate Word 13
Ohio State 23, Cleveland State 4
Temple 25, Wayne State 2
Air Force 26, Detroit Mercy 1
Northwestern 20, Boston College 7
Temple 26, Lawrence 1
Incarnate Word 15, Cleveland State 11
UC San Diego 24, Denison 3
Air Force 24, Wayne State 3
Ohio State 14, Cornell 13
UC San Diego 21, Lawrence 6
Cornell 15, Temple 12
Incarnate Word 21, Detroit Mercy 6
Air Force 18, Denison 9
Farleigh Dickinson 10, Wayne State 9
Ohio State 15, Northwestern 13
Temple 19, Incarnate Word 8
UC San Diego 27, Detroit Mercy 0
Boston College 21, Lawrence 6
Air Force 25, Farleigh Dickinson 2
Cornell 27, Cleveland State 0
Northwestern 19, Incarnate Word 8
Temple 22, Denison 5
UC San Diego 25, Cleveland State 2
Farleigh Dickinson 13, Detroit Mercy 11
Air Force 17, Lawrence 10
Cornell 23, Wayne State 4
Boston College 16, Air Force 11
Denison 19, UC San Diego 8
Cornell 27, Detroit Mercy 0
Ohio State 17, Temple 10
Lawrence 26, Farleigh Dickinson 1
Temple 26, Detroit Mercy 1
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