Jan. 24, 2006

The Johns Hopkins men's fencing team returned to action on Sunday, January 22 at the University of Pennsylvania and suffered losses to Penn (17-10), Haverford (15-12), North Carolina (14-13) and Rutgers (21-6) to fall to 12-10 on the year.

In their closest match of the day the Blue Jays fell to North Carolina, 14-13. The foil was the only weapon the Blue Jays won as they picked up a narrow 5-4 win over the Tar Heels. Freshman James Einsiedler (Falmouth, ME/Waynflete) won all three of his bouts in the foil to lead the way against North Carolina, but the `Heels picked up 5-4 wins in both the saber and epee to pull out the one-point team victory. Sophomore Aaron Fernandes (Short Hills, NJ/Millburn) won 2-of-3 in the saber and freshman Max Mealy (Davis, CA/Davis) won 2-of-3 in the epee.

Senior Jason Park (Franklin Lakes, NJ/Ramapo) won 2-of-3 in the saber against both Penn and Haverford and fueled a 5-4 win in the saber against Haverford, but the Fords took the epee (6-3) and foil (5-4) to pull out the 15-12 win.

Penn won all three weapons, while Rutgers won the sabre (9-0) and epee (8-1), before the Blue Jays took a 5-4 decision in the foil. Junior Nick Marchuk (Ringoes, NJ/Hun) was both of his bouts in the foil to help lead the way in the 5-4 win against the Scarlet Knights.

Johns Hopkins will return to action on Sunday, January 29 when the Blue Jays host their own Invitational.

Philadelphia Invitational Team Results

Penn-17, Johns Hopkins-10

Haverford-15, Johns Hopkins-12

North Carolina-14, Johns Hopkins-13

Rutgers-21, Johns Hopkins-6