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Princeton Wins 2011 Ivy League Women's Fencing Round-Robins
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Princeton Tigers turned
in an unbeaten performance at home to capture the 2011 Ivy League
Women’s Fencing Round-Robin title on Sunday afternoon inside
the Jadwin Gymnasium. The Tigers’ 6-0 record allowed
Princeton to successfully defend its title from a season ago.
Columbia put together a strong showing and remained in the title
hunt for the duration of the two-day event. The Lions
ultimately finished second with a 5-1 mark. Harvard went 4-2 to
take third place, improving by one spot on last season’s
fourth place showing.
Penn went 3-1 on Sunday to finish at an even 3-3 at the
Round-Robins, good for fourth place. Cornell went 2-1 in its final
three matches to vault into fifth place with a 2-4 record. It
marked the Big Red’s best showing since 2007, when it tied
for fourth. Brown finished sixth (1-5), while Yale placed seventh
(0-6).
In the day’s first round, Princeton squared off against
Columbia. Both teams carried 3-0 records into the match and the
Tigers survived, 15-12. The difference between the two teams proved
to be in women’s foil, where the Tigers squad bested the Lion
foils, 6-2. Nzingha Prescod earned all three Lion
foil wins meaning Princeton’s Hyun-Kyung
Yuh, Lucile Jarry and Eve
Levin each earned two victories in the pivotal weapon
group.
With a bye in round five and a 20-7 win over Yale in round six,
Princeton entered round seven needing a win over Penn to clinch the
outright title. The Tigers went on to down a spirited Quaker squad,
17-10, to keep hold of the Maestro Lajos Csiszar Trophy.
“I think the major thing is that all of us believed we are
capable of doing it,” said head coach Zoltan
Dudas about winning the Ivy League title. “And I
would also like to give credit to our men’s team because they
are fencing day-by-day with the women and it obviously
helped.”
Another highlight of the second day of Round-Robin fencing was the
bout between Columbia’s Prescod and Harvard’s
Alexandra Kiefer in women’s foil. In what
could turn out to be a preview for a match later in the season
involving NCAA medals, Keifer recorded the first touch only to see
Prescod land the next four. Keifer rallied for the next three just
before time expired. The duo headed to overtime where Kiefer- who
was fencing with priority - landed the winning touch.
The top three fencers in each weapon went on to earn All-Ivy first
team honors, while the next three finishers were named to the
All-Ivy second team. For the first time in Ivy Round-Robin history,
an Outstanding Performer and Outstanding Rookie of the event were
named based on a vote by the League’s head coaches at the
conclusion of Sunday’s competition.
Harvard’s Caroline Vloka, who went 16-2 in
sabre, earned 2011 Outstanding Performer honors.
“It was a lot of fun,” said Vloka when asked to
reflect on her performance at the 2011 Ivy League Round-Robin.
“The [Harvard] women did great overall so they helped me out
a lot by cheering and everything … a lot of the girls did
great.”
Columbia also picked up some hardware as freshman foilist Prescod
earned Outstanding Rookie Honors.
“It was a great two days and I am really excited to be on
the Columbia team,” Nzingha remarked. “I am looking
forward to the following years of Ivies … hopefully we will
win!”
Ivy Interview: Harvard’s Caroline
Vloka
Ivy Interview: Columbia's Nzingha Prescod
Ivy Interview: Princeton Head Coach Zoltan Dudas and Alexander Mills
Final Team
Standings
1. Princeton, 6-0
2. Columbia, 5-1
3. Harvard, 4-2
4. Penn, 3-3
5. Cornell, 2-4
6. Brown, 1-5
7. Yale, 0-6
2011 Award
Winners
Women’s Most Outstanding Performer:
Caroline Vloka (Harvard, 16-2)
Women’s Most Outstanding Rookie: Nzingha
Prescod (Columbia, 16-2)
Women’s First Team
All-Ivy
Epee
Hannah Safford (Princeton, 15-3)
Stephanie Wheeler (Penn, 14-4)
Katya English (Columbia, 13-5)
Foil
Nzingha Prescod (Columbia, 16-2)
Alexander Kiefer (Harvard, 15-3)
Kathryn Hawrot (Brown, 11-4)
Sabre
Caroline Vloka (Harvard, 16-2)
Eliza Stone (Princeton, 16-2)
Loweye Diedro (Columbia, 16-2)
Women’s Second
Team All-Ivy
Epee
Amrit Bhinder (Penn, 12-6)
Lydia Kopecky (Columbia, 12-6
Dakota Root (Harvard, 9-6)
Foil
Eve Levin (Princeton, 13-5)
Shelby Macleod (Harvard, 13-5)
Hyun-Kyung Yuh (Princeton, 12-6
Kathy Chou (Harvard, 12-6)
Sabre
Sammy Roberts (Columbia, 15-3)
Dominika Franciszkowicz (Penn, 14-4)
Danielle Kamis (Penn, 13-5)
Diamond Wheeler (Princeton, 13-5)
Joanna Chichomski (Princeton, 13-5)
Complete Team
Results
Round One
Princeton def. Cornell, 21-6
Columbia def. Yale, 21-6
Harvard def. Penn, 14-13
Round Two
Princeton def. Brown, 22-5
Columbia def. Penn, 15-12
Harvard def. Cornell, 23-4
Round Three
Princeton def. Harvard, 15-12
Brown def. Yale, 15-12
Columbia def. Cornell, 21-6
Round 4
Princeton def. Columbia, 15-12
Penn def. Yale, 18-9
Harvard def. Brown, 23-4
Round 5
Columbia def. Harvard, 15-12
Penn def. Brown, 16-11
Cornell def. Yale, 17-10
Round 6
Princeton def. Yale, 20-7
Columbia def. Brown, 22-5
Penn def. Cornell, 14-13
Round 7
Princeton def. Penn, 17-10
Harvard def. Yale, 17-10
Cornell def. Brown, 19-8
