The Basics
• Scores:
Johns Hopkins-22, Lafayette-5
Johns Hopkins-21, Lafayette-6
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Goldfarb Gym
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's fencing team returned to action for the first time in exactly one year and picked up a pair of wins over visiting Lafayette Sunday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins swept all three weapons in the first meeting with Lafayette, losing only five combined bouts. Eight different fencers competed in the Sabre (8-1) for the Blue Jays, with junior Paul Lam leading the way with two wins. In the Epee, sophomore Danny Comer and freshman Gabe Insler won three bouts each as JHU earned a 7-2 win. Senior Eashan Gupta went 3-0 to lead the Foil squad (7-2), while junior Noah Park won both of his bouts.
• In round two, the Blue Jays once again swept all three weapons with just six total losses. Junior Devon Osgood led the Sabre squad (8-1) with a pair of wins. Comer once again led the Epee squad to a 7-2 win as he won all three of his bouts. And in the Foil, it was Gupta again leading the way with three wins while junior Matthew Jacobs went 2-0.
 
What it Means
• The Blue Jays improve to 57-5 all-time against the Leopards and have now won 23 straight in the series.
 
The Records • Sabre (16-2)
• David DeScherer • 2-0
• Jake Desman • 1-2
• William Hu • 2-0
• Eryk Kokosinski • 2-0
• Paul Lam • 2-0
• Sachin Mehta • 2-0
• Devon Osgood • 3-0
• Qilin Tong • 2-0
 
The Records • Epee (14-4)
• Danny Comer • 6-0
• Gabe Insler • 5-1
• Kyle Kennedy • 1-2
• Kent Kotaka • 2-1
 
The Records • Foil (13-5)
• Eashan Gupta • 6-0
• Matthew Jacobs • 4-1
• Zach Ortiz • 0-2
• Noah Park • 3-2