From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis women's fencing team finished runner-up at the 2014 Boston Beanpot tournament held at MIT, compiling a 2-1 record. The squad picked up wins over host MIT and Boston College while falling to nationally-ranked Harvard squads. The women were runners-up for the first time since 2011.

On the women's side, Brandeis earned their two wins by the narrowest of margins, 14-13. The team opened up against MIT and it marked the second time in a span of three days that the Judges defeated the Engineers by just one point. Similar to their showdown at the Duke Invitational, it was the foil squad who helped Brandeis prevail, with a 6-3 victory as MIT won sabre and epee by 5-4 margins. Sophomore Caroline Mattos (Cumberland, R.I./LaSalle Acad.) won all three of her matches by a combined 15-4 margin. Senior Vikki Nunley (Lebanon, N.J./Voorhees) went 2-1 against the Engineers and sophomore Annette Kim (Morganville, N.J. / Freehold) added a point as well.

Against BC, Brandeis also picked up their second 14-13 win of the season, with their prior victory coming in the NFC meet held on Jan. 25. This time around, the Judges and Eagles had 7-2 wins in foil and epee, respectively. The match was decided in sabre, where rookie Ashley Jean (Norwood, Mass./Fontbonne Acad.) won two bouts and three other fencers took one each to give the Judges a 5-4 victory.

Against Harvard, the Judges couldn't hang in with the #3 team in the nation, falling 22-5. Epee sophomore Sonya Glickman (Valhalla, N.Y. / Valhalla) won two of her three matches, the only Judge to take multiple points from the Crimson.

Mattos was the team's top performer once again, picking up six win in the meet by going 3-0 against MIT and BC, while Nunley and Jean had five points each and Glickman added four.