From Brandeis University Athletics

Thirteen different members of the Brandeis women's fencing team earned victories as the Judges produced a 15-12 win over local rival Wellesley on Wednesday evening at the Keohane Sports Center. The Judges won epee, 6-3, and sabre, 5-4, before dropping a 5-4 decision in foil.

The Judges, who have now won eight in-a-row in their annual mid-week meeting against the Blue,  opened with a 6-3 victory in epee. Brandeis first year Liz Feller (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. / Hendrick Hudson) went 2-0 in bouts, while Gwendolyn Mowell(Wyckoff, N.J. / Indian Hills), Rosa Zhang (E. Setauket, N.Y. / Ward-Melville),Vanessa Fong (Hong Kong / Hong Kong International) and Savannah Bishop(Alexandria, Vt. / Home) each recorded victories to give the Judges the 6-3 victory. 

Wellesley senior Kathryn Ledbetter led the way for the Blue in epee, going a perfect 3-0 in her bouts. Charlotte Treadwell and Vanessa Willoughby also competed for the Blue in epee.

Brandeis took a 5-2 advantage in sabre before the Blue rallied to take the final two bouts. Deborah Abiri (Old Westbury, N.Y. / North Shore), Nina Sayles(Mamaroneck, N.Y. / Loomis-Chaffee) and Jaclyn Hammond (Bernardsville, N.J. / Gill St. Bernards) went a perfect 3-0 in the first round of bouts versus the Blue's Alice Xu, Madeline Barowsky and Jasmine Davis. However, Both Xu and Davis bounced backed in the second round, with Xu defeating Laura Broffman (East Norwich, N.Y. / Oyster Bay), 5-3, and Davis earning a 5-2 victory over Abiri. Hammond then hung on to win a tight 5-4 victory over Barowsky. 

Broffman secured the Brandeis victory in sabre with a 5-2 victory over Davis before Wellesley's Xu grabbed her second victory in-a-row and Barowsky notched her first to end the sabre competition with a 5-4 score.

The Blue earned the victory in foil, this time taking a 5-4 decision of their own. Both Camille Samulski and Pamela Wang went 2-1 in their bouts, while Taylor Hood also secured a victory in addition to dropping a pair of close 5-3 decisions. Hood's victory over the Judges' Anna Craven secured the 5-4 Wellesley victory in the final bout of the evening.

For the Judges, Emilia Dwyer (New York, N.Y. / Hunter H.S.) went 2-0 in foil, while Zimeng Xue (Beijing, China / Peking Univ. Affiliated) and Eva Ahmad(Brooklyn, N.Y. / Brooklyn Tech) also secured victories.