CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – At the 2023-24 Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) meet, the Brandeis University fencing teams picked up a total of six wins. The women posted a 4-4 record (3-4 in the NFC), while the men went 2-4 (1-4 in the NFC).

TEAM RECORDS
Brandeis men: 5-12.
Brandeis women: 5-15.

SCORES
WOMEN                                            MEN
Brandeis 14, Wellesley 13
BC 21, Brandeis 6                            BC 17, Brandeis 10
Brown 19, Brandeis 8                    Brown 16, Brandeis 11
Brandeis 19, Sacred Heart 8         Sacred Heart 16, Brandeis 11
Brandeis 18, Vassar 9                    Brandeis 14, Vassar 13
Wagner 16, Brandeis 11 *             Brandeis 17, Wagner 10 *
MIT 19, Brandeis 8                         MIT 17, Brandeis 10
Brandeis 16, Tufts 11
* - non-NFC match

TOP PERFORMERS - SQUADS

• The top performing squads on the day for the Judges were men's sabre and women's epee, who each posted four wins.
• Men's sabre won a key 8-1 victory in a narrow 14-13 win over Vassar. They also won 6-3 decisions over Boston College and MIT in NFC matches and Wagner in a non-league match. The squad improved to a team-best 11-6 on the season.
• Women's epee also had three wins by a 6-3 score, including in a 14-13 win over Wellesley, as well as in wins over Sacred Heart and MIT. They also picked up 5-4 win in a 19-8 loss to Brown.

TOP PERFORMERS – INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

• The Judges' top performer on the day was first-year women's sabre fencer Olga Sadova (Swampscott, Mass./Swampscott), who was the only Brandeis women's competitor on the day to earn at least one win against all eight opponents. She posted 14 total wins, including going 3-0 against Wellesley and 2-1 against Vassar, Wagner, MIT and Tufts.
• Sophomore squad-mate Kat Xikes (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) had 12 wins, including 3-0 against Vassar and 2-1 against Wellesley, Sacred Heart and Wagner. Junior Calla Lee (Duluth, Ga./Lambert) was key for the short-handed women's sabre squad, as she changed from epee to sabre for the meet, earning seven wins.
• Two fencers reached double-digit wins for the foil squad. Sophomore Hannah Du (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) matched Sadova's 14-win total, including 3-0 wins over Sacred Heart and Vassar. First-year Livvy Oliveria (Swampscott, Mass./Swampscott) had 12 wins.
• Another first-year led the women's epee squad, Vera Merrill Witte (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood), who had 13 wins, including 3-0 against Brown.

TOP PERFORMERS – INDIVIDUAL MEN

• With two fewer matches, the men produced two nine-bout winners on the day.
• For the epee squad, junior Mark Shamis (San Jose, Calif./Leigh) had nine victories, joining Sadova in picking up at least one win against all six opponents. He had 2-1 records against Brown, Vassar and Wagner to reach the nine-win plateau.
• First-year Matthew Chaves (Durham, N.C./Durham Academy) also recorded nine wins, including against five of six opponents. He had two 3-0 matches, against Vassar and MIT.
• The men's foil squad was paced by first-year Jack Sullivan (Somerville, Mass./Greater Commonwealth Virtual School), who earned five wins.

UP NEXT

• Brandeis will host the annual Brandeis Invitational on Dec. 3.