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Foil Squad Leads Brandeis to Win over MIT at Beanpot Tournament

Foil Squad Leads Brandeis to Win over MIT at Beanpot Tournament

From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis University women's fencing team rode a big win from its foil squad to victory over MIT tonight as the Judges posted a 1-2 record in the annual Fencing Beanpot Tournament with local rivals Harvard and Boston College tonight.

RESULTS
l. #7 Harvard, 8-19 (S6-F2-E0)
l. Boston College, 11-16 (S6-F4-E1)
def. MIT, 15-12 (S4-F6-E5)

  • Senior Jessica Gets (Morganville, NJ / Freehold Township) paced the foil squad with a team-best 7-2 record. She was 2-1 against Harvard and BC and 3-0 against MIT.
  • In the match against the Engineers, rookie Samantha Shortall (Norwell, Mass./Norwell) also went 3-0, as the squad's 6-3 win helped offset a 5-4 split in the other two weapons.
  • The women's saber squad went 2-0 in the first two matches before falling, 4-5, in the win over MIT. Rookies Jessica Morales (Wilmington, Mass./Wilmington) and Maggie Shealy (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) were both 5-3. Morales was 2-0 against Harvard, who only sent two sabre fencers, while Shealy was 3-0 against BC.
  • Junior Madeleine Vibert (Las Vegas, Nev. / West Career and Tech. Academy) also went 3-0 against MIT for the epee squad, helping them to their lone win of the night, 5-4. She finished with four wins.