PROVIDENCE, R.I. – At the 2024-25 Northeast Fencing Conference meet this weekend at Brown University, the Brandeis University fencing teams earned a total of nine wins. The men went 4-3 overall, 4-2 in the NFC. The women posted a 5-6 overall mark, 4-5 in the NFC.

OVERALL RESULTS
MEN
Brandeis 15, Wagner 12
Brandeis 16, Vassar 11
Boston College 19, Brandeis 8
MIT 18, Brandeis 9
Brandeis 16, Sacred Heart 11
Wayne State 15, Brandeis 12 *
Brandeis 21, Wheaton 6

WOMEN
Brandeis 16 Wagner 11
Brandeis 16, Vassar 11
Boston College 21, Brandeis 6
MIT 20, Brandeis 7
Tufts 14, Brandeis 13
Denison 14, Brandeis 13 *
Brandeis 19, Sacred Heart 8
Brandeis 17, Wayne State 10 *
Brandeis 24, Wheaton 3
Brown 18, Brandeis 9
Wellesley 16, Brandeis 11

*- non-conference match

SQUAD BREAKDOWN

• The saber squads continued to have the most success for the Judges, with the men's squad going 5-2 and the women posting a 9-2 record. The women excelled in close matches, going 5-2 in 5-4 decisions, with those two 4-5 results being their only two defeats.
• The women's foil squad also posted a winning record overall, going 6-5 with a pair of 5-4 wins and two losses by that score.
• Men's foil had three wins, while men's and women's epee each had two.

TOP INDIVIDUALS

• The winningest performer on the weekend was junior saber fencer Kat Xikes (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) of the women. Xikes posted a winning record in all 10 of her matches, with four 3-0 matches and two 2-0 marks to go 24-4. Her 3-0 sweeps came against Vassar, BC, Brown and Wellesley.
• Senior women's saber fencer Kayla Turnoff (Westfield, N.J./Kent Place School) also earned wins in all 10 of her matches, going 18-10 overall, including a 3-0 record against Wagner.
• Senior Bronwyn Rothman-Hall (San Francisco, Calif./Ruth Asawa School of the Arts) and sophomore Vera Witte (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) each recorded 10 wins for the epee squad, with Rothman-Hall going 3-0 against Wagner and Witte sweeping Denison.
• Junior Hannah Du (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) topped the foil squad with nine wins.
• The top winner on the men's side was sophomore Matthew Chaves (Durham, N.C./Durham Academy Upper School), who went 12-6 with wins in each of his six matches, including a 3-0 mark against Vassar.
• Sophomore Alex Piwowar (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy) was 11-9 overall, with 3-0 records against Vassar and Wheaton.
• Senior Tony Escueta (Grand Prairie, Texas/Abeka Home School Academy) went 10-4 in saber action, including 3-0 records against Wagner, MIT and Sacred Heart.
• On the epee squad, senior Mark Shamis (San Jose, Calif./Leigh) picked up at least one win in each of his six matches, going 8-6 overall. Shamis had two wins each against Wagner and Wayne State.
• The men's foil squad saw seven different fencers compete, with first-year Jacob Lee (Naples, Fla./Barron Collier) earning six wins and three others picking up five victories.

TEAM RECORDS

• Men, 6-10 (4-2 NFC)
• Women, 6-15 (4-5 NFC)

UP NEXT

• The Judges will host six other schools – including Penn State, Yale, St. John's and Cornell – on Sunday, December 7^th in the annual Brandeis Invitational.