Fencers Head East for First Events of 2026

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State fencing squads are headed east for two events this weekend. The No. 5-ranked men and No. 7 women will compete in the St. John's Super Cup in Queens, N.Y., Saturday and in the Dave Micahnik Penn Invitational Sunday in Philadelphia.

The Buckeye Schedule
(M XX, W XX indicates current USFCA team ranking)

St. John's Super Cup (Saturday)
10 a.m. - Notre Dame (M 1, W 2)
11:15 a.m. - St. John's (M 6, W 13)
12:30 p.m. - Columbia (M 2, W 1)
2:30 p.m. - Harvard (M 3, W 4)
3:45 p.m. - Princeton (M 4, W 3)

Dave Micahnik Penn Invitational (Sunday)
8:30 a.m. - Penn State (M 9, W 10)
9:45 a.m. - NJIT
11 a.m. - Penn (M 7, W 8)
1 p.m. - Wagner
2:15 p.m. - Yale (M 10, W 9)

Buckeye This and That

In the midseason rankings released by the USFCA this week, the Buckeye men are ranked fifth, with the women seventh. The men were also No. 5 in the preseason poll, while the women were No. 6.
Against all dual competition, the Buckeye men were 12-7 in the fall and the women posted a 15-6 record. Men's epee was a program-best 17-2 as a squad and women's epee was 15-6. Women's sabre posted a 14-7 ledger and the women's foil squad was 8-13. For the men, foil was 11-8 and sabre was 9-10.
Seven Buckeyes are serving as captains this season - Natalia Botello, Matthew Bülau, Mitchell Huth, Raiyan Moradi-Bidhendi, Avin Rai, Samuel Rightler and Julia Semikin.

The Schedule Ahead

The regular season ends Jan. 31-Feb. 1 at the Schiller Duals hosted by Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.
The CCFC Championships will be hosted by Denison in Granville, Ohio, Feb. 21-22.
Cleveland State will host the NCAA Regionals March 8 and the NCAA Championships will be hosted by Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., March 19-22.

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