Women's fencing team shines in Ivy League Championships

The Columbia men’s and women’s fencing teams traveled to Ithaca, N.Y. this past weekend to compete in the first part of the Ivy League Championships. The Light Blue women had an excellent showing, sweeping their three matches, to tie for first place so far with Princeton. The men, on the other hand, had a disappointing weekend, dropping both of their matches.

The women took on Yale first, defeating the Bulldogs 21-6, before going on to defeat Cornell by the same score. In their final match of the day, the Lions easily handled Brown, 24-3.

Next weekend, in the second half of the championships, the Columbia women will face off against the Tigers, who are also 3-0 after defeating Penn, Brown, and Yale. The Light Blue will also have to compete against Penn, and the reigning Ivy champ Harvard.

The men were swept, falling to Yale, 18-9, and Brown, 17-10. The Light Blue will have a difficult time redeeming themselves next weekend, as they have to take on the current leader, Princeton, last year’s champion Penn, and Harvard.

The second part of the championships is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. next Sunday.