The Men’s Fencing Club hosted Rutgers, Lafayette and RPI this past sunday at the Stifel Fencing Salle. Cornell defeated all three to improve its season record to 8-0. The foil and sabre squads remained undefeated as well, with foil looking to threepeat as MACFA champions this year. The Big Red will return to action on February 12th at Drew University against MACFA’s B region which includes SIT, NJIT, USMA, Hunter College, and Yeshiva University.
On November 19, the Cornell Men’s Fencing Club travelled to Haverford College and competed at the first MACFA meet of our schedule. We went undefeated beating Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland College Park, William and Mary, and University of Virginia. We had not defeated Haverford in 2 years.
The Big Red opened their season this weekend at the 33rd annual Temple Open in Philadelphia, PA. With nearly 100 fencers per event, Cornell fenced off against a number of strong Varsity programs such as Penn State, University of Pennsylvania, UNC Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins and NYU. Making one of the best showings in recent years, Mike Fotinatos captured a top 8 finish while Zach Silversmith, Nick Heiner, and Harrison Fox finished in the top 16.
Cornell hosted its first-ever USFA event this Saturday at Willard-Straight Hall, an epee tournament that drew 35 fencers from all over the Western NY area. Many members of the Cornell Men’s Fencing Team and Cornell Recreational Fencing Team participated, 5 of which were able to secure finishes in the top 8 or above. Among the undergraduate Men’s team fencers participating were Mike Fotinatos, Dave Smith, Bryan Mills, Nick Heiner, Benjamin Jaeger and Tim Gao.
Four Big Red fencers traveled to Brandeis University to fence in the NEUSFA Pomme de Terre competition. Of the Men’s team, Mike Fotinatos ’12 and Benjamin Jaeger ’13 competed in the foil and saber opens respectively. Women’s team members Christine McIntosh ’14 and Beverly Yang ’13 also participated, both placing in the top 8 for their respective weapons.
Congratulations to all members of the class of 2015! There will be optional meetings for those interested in joining the team this fall, where you can meet some of the Men’s and Women’s fencers and get information about our program. We will have a table set up on Rawlings Green outside of Appel Commons on Sunday August 21st from 5PM-7PM.
The Cornell Big Red traveled to Chicago, Illinois to fence in the US Collegiate Club National Fencing tournament. Both the foil and saber squads fenced to a bronze medal finish in a field of roughly 36 teams from around the country. Sophomore Zach Silversmith was also able to secure a second place finish despite serious injuries in the final round.
The Big Red fencers drove down to the College of William and Mary to fence at the MACFA Championship tournament, competing against 12 other varsity and club programs. The defending champion foil squad of Nick Heiner ’12, Trevor Ertel ’12, and Mike Fotinatos ’12, were able to secure another top finish, bringing home their second consecutive MACFA foil title. The saber squad, consisting of Zach Silversmith ’13, Benjamin Jaeger ’13, and Jason Kowalski ’13, narrowly missed the bronze medal position, falling short only by indicators to Rutgers.
The Cornell Men’s Fencing team travelled to Steven’s Institute of Technology for their second MACFA meet of the season to face against Haverford College, William and Mary, Lafayette College and University of Virginia. The Big Red handily defeated the latter three schools, only falling to defending MACFA champion Haverford. The saber squad (Zach Silversmith ’13, Benjamin Jaeger ’13, and Matt Joe ’14) went undefeated on the day, securing a number of impressive victories against strong competitors.
The Big Red fencing team showed some unprecedented success this weekend, going undefeated in the first MACFA event. Edging out five schools, Cornell readily defeated Hunter, Drew and Maryland and pulled out thrilling 14-13 victories against Rutgers and Stevens. It is notable that Hunter, Drew and Stevens are all Varsity programs
