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'Cats Find Success at Ohio State Duals
11/3/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Fencing
Nov. 3, 2003
Ohio State Duals Results
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COLUMBUS, Ohio--Northwestern's women's fencing team had a great performance at its first dual meet of the year, crushing six of its seven opponents at the Ohio State Duals last weekend.
Against Chicago, the Wildcats (6-1 overall) won 26-1, with both the epee and sabre squads going 9-0. In fact, both those squads also blanked Bowling Green (final score 27-0), Michigan State (final score 24-3) and Case Western (final score 25-2).
NU also beat Cleveland State, 23-4, and Purdue, 24-3.
The one loss came at the hands of Ohio State, which swept the meet. The Buckeyes took down the 'Cats 20-7, topping them for the second straight year.
Individual leaders for Northwestern include sabreists Emily Pasternak (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) and Lauren Van Gieson (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Valley), who compiled scores of 6-0 and 7-2, respectively.
At foil, Julia Foldi (Budapest, Hungary/Szent Istavan Gimnazium) put up a 16-1 day, while Christina Wang (Milpitas, Calif./Castilleja) went 14-2.
The epee squad, meanwhile, saw Sharon Sullivan (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) go 10-1, and freshman Sara Pecherek (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South), making her collegiate dual-meet debut, notch a 10-3 record.
The Wildcats travel to Louisville, Ky., this weekend for the Junior World Cup.
