Buckeyes Place in Midwest Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM | Fencing
Mar. 1, 1998
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Ohio State fencing team competed in the Midwest Team Championships on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 28 and March 1. Ohio State finished third overall combining all the men’s and women’s bouts. In squad competition, the women’s foil team captured first place, while the men’s epee team took third. Fayne Groes (Fr., Denmark) aided the women’s foil squad to its victory after having her appendix removed earlier in the season. She was not expected to compete the rest of the season. This weekend the Buckeyes will travel to Evanston, Ill. to compete in the NCAA Regionals on Saturday.
Final Team Standings Men’s Men’s Men’s Women’s Women’s School Epee Foil Sabre Epee Foil Total 1. Notre Dame 125 125 125 125 110 610 2. Northwestern 60 90 110 110 100 470 3. Ohio State 100 70 80 90 125 465 4. Lawrence 80 100 70 30 80 360 5. Michigan State 110 80 50 40 50 330 6. Wayne State 30 50 60 100 90 330 7. Michigan 40 60 40 80 70 290 8. Cleveland State — 110 100 60 — 270 9. Case Western 90 30 30 70 40 260 10. Detroit-Mercy 70 40 90 50 — 250 11. Purdue 50 20 20 — 60 150 Men’s Individual Results Epee Foil Sabre Geoff Kane 6-2 Greg Carlino 12-3 Joe Wernet 11-6 Jason Abele 4-3 Tom Rehder 6-7 Jamie Eppich 12-3 Scott Francis 5-2 Chad Steinhauser 3-8 Michael Dangler 6-11 Women’s Individual Results Epee Foil Spela Pirc 19-4 Yelena Kalkina 16-2 Jaime Rice 14-9 Patricia Szelle 15-2 Sally Dowding 15-7 Lila Carpenter 9-6 Lin El-Hillow 4-14 Fayne Groes 14-2
