Buckeyes Close Regular Season with Northwestern Duals

Saturday, February 3

Evanston, IL

Ohio State

Northwestern Duals

Buckeyes Close Regular Season with Northwestern Duals

2/3/2024 9:00:00 PM | Fencing

OSU Day 1 Results OSU Day 2 Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State fencing program wrapped up the regular season with the Northwestern Duals Saturday and Sunday in Evanston, Ill. The Buckeye men were 6-1 in the event over the two days, with the women 5-5.

In all dual matches, Ohio State's No. 4-ranked men were 29-7 during the regular season. The No. 13 women were 21-17.

Saturday's Action
The Buckeye women were 4-1, as they topped Wayne State and Lawrence 22-5, downed Detroit Mercy 26-1 and defeated Incarnate Word 25-2. No. 14 Stanford clipped the Buckeyes, 14-13. For the women, epee was perfect on the day, with foil and saber both 4-1.

Dasha Myroniuk posted an 8-1 record Saturday to lead the foil squad, while Claire Teresa Galavotti was 7-3. Yeva Mazur was perfect in nine epee matches and Karina Dyner was 7-2, with Catherine Zhou 6-1 and Julia Semikin 5-2. In saber, Arlow Wiggers notched a 10-2 mark and Maria Alexe and Katherine Larimer were both 9-3.

The men posted a 16-11 win over Stanford in their first action of the day, followed by victories over Wayne State (22-5) and Detroit Mercy (24-3). All three weapon squads were undefeated.

Diego Cervantes led foil with a 5-0 record, Miles Weiss (4-2), Max Rodney (4-3) and Gabriel Feinberg (4-0) paced epee with four wins each and Avin Rai was first for saber with a 5-1 ledger.

Sunday in Evanston
On day two, the men dropped just one match, falling to Boston College, 14-13. The Buckeyes topped Lawrence (22-5), UCSD (14-13) and Incarnate Word (22-5). Foil and epee were both 4-0 on the day, with saber 3-1.

Justin Vogler was 8-0 to lead foil and all Buckeye men, with Diego Cervantes 7-1 in foil. Maxwell Rodney, Nowell Gibson and Kinley Lavenstein each had six wins to pace epee. In saber, Luca Fioretto, Vincent Haney and Kelly Liu each notched four victories to lead the squad.

The women were 1-4 on the day, falling to three top 10 teams – No. 7 Cornell (15-12), No. 8 Northwestern (16-11) and No. 9 Temple (15-12). Ohio State also dropped a 14-13 decision to Boston College and posted a 17-10 win over UCSD.

The foil squad was 4-1, with the lone loss to Northwestern. Epee was 2-3, with two of the three losses by a 5-4 score, and saber was 1-4, topping Boston College.

Dasha Myroniuk led foil and all Buckeye women with a 12-3 mark and Claire Teresa Galavotti had eight wins to rank second for foil. In epee, Yeva Mazur had an 8-1 mark to lead the Buckeyes and Arlow Wiggers had eight victories to pace saber, with Marie Alexe posting six wins.

Schedule Ahead Highlighted by CCFC and NCAA Championships in Columbus

Ohio State will host the Central Collegiate Fencing Championships Feb. 24-25 in French Field House in Columbus. Admission and parking will be free for the championships.
NCAA action starts with the Midwest Regional March 9 in Detroit, hosted by Wayne State.
Ohio State will host the 2024 NCAA Championships March 21-24 in French Field House and St. John Arena. Ticket information will be announced soon.

Northwestern Duals
Ohio State Results
*ranking is from USFCA midseason coaches poll

Saturday
Women (4-1; F 4-1, E 5-0, S 4-1)
No. 13 Ohio State 22, Wayne State 5 (F 8-1, E 5-4, S 9-0)
No. 13 Ohio State 25, Incarnate Word 2 (F 9-0, E 8-1, S 8-1)
No. 14 Stanford 14, No. 13 Ohio State 13 (F 6-3, E 3-6, S 5-4)
No. 13 Ohio State 26, Detroit Mercy 1 (F 9-0, E 8-1, S 9-0)
No. 13 Ohio State 22, Lawrence 5 (F 7-2, E 8-1, S 7-2)

Men (3-0; F 3-0, E 3-0, S 3-0)
No. 4 Ohio State 16, Stanford 11 (F 6-3, E 5-4, S 5-4)
No. 4 Ohio State 22, Wayne State 5 (F 8-1, E 7-2, S 7-2)
No. 4 Ohio State 24, Detroit Mercy 3 (F 9-0, E 7-2, S 8-1)

Sunday
Women (1-4; F 4-1, E 2-3, S 1-4)
No. 8 Northwestern 16, No. 13 Ohio State 11 (F 6-3, E 4-5, S 6-3)
No. 13 Ohio State 17, UCSD 10 (F 5-4, E 6-3, S 6-3)
No. 7 Cornell 15, No. 13 Ohio State 12 (F 4-5, E 5-4, S 6-3)
No. 9 Temple 15, No. 13 Ohio State 12 (F 4-5, E 5-4, S 6-3)
Boston College 14, No. 13 Ohio State 13 (F 4-5, E 6-3, S 4-5)

Men (3-1; F 4-0, E 4-0, S 3-1)
No. 4 Ohio State 22, Lawrence 5 (F 9-0, E 6-3, S 7-2)
No. 4 Ohio State 14, UCSD 13 (F 6-3, E 5-4, S 3-6)
Boston College 14, No. 4 Ohio State 13 (F 4-5, E 3-6, S 7-2)
Ohio State 22, Incarnate Word 5 (F 9-0, E 7-2, S 6-3)