The Basics
• Scores:
#11 Penn-22, #15 Johns Hopkins-5
#9 Temple-20, #15 Johns Hopkins-7
#15 Johns Hopkins-14, St. John's-13
#1 Princeton-26, #15 Johns Hopkins-1
#7 Penn State-17, #15 Johns Hopkins-10
• Location: Philadelphia, PA • McGonigle Hall
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's fencing team, ranked number one in Division III and 15^th overall, went 1-4 at the Temple Invitational.
 
How it Happened
Hopkins opened the day with a 22-5 loss to 11^th-ranked Penn, with the Quakers sweeping all three weapons. The Blue Jays then faced host and ninth-ranked Temple and dropped a 20-7 decision. The JHU Foil squad earned a 6-3 win, led by junior Delphine Tan, who won all three of her bouts.

Hopkins then beat St. John's, 14-13, to earn its first win over the Red Strom since 1991. The Foil squad picked up another big win (7-2), led by sophomore Czarina Alfonso's three wins. The Sabre squad lost a tough one, 5-4, with sophomore Jenny Song winning two of her bouts.

The Blue Jays faced another tough task in taking on top-ranked Princeton. The Tigers took a 26-1 win as sophomore Jasmine Shen earned the lone Blue Jay win. Hopkins closed out the day with a 17-10 loss to seventh-ranked Penn State. The Foil squad pulled a 5-4 win, led by Shen and Tan, who won two bouts each. Sophomore Diya Kulkarni earned two wins to lead the Epee squad in a tough 5-4 loss.  
 
The Records • Epee (10-35)
• Diya Kulkarni • 4-5
• Katelyn McShine • 2-7
• Alex Szewc • 2-10
• Maya Zhang • 1-5
• Rachel Zhang • 1-8
 
The Records • Foil (20-25)
• Czarina Alfonso • 5-4
• Alex McDonald • 5-10
• Jasmine Shen • 3-3
• Delphine Tan • 7-8
 
The Records • Sabre (7-38)
• Jasmine Shen • 1-8
• Jenny Song • 4-11
• Alex Szewc • 0-3
• Maya Zhang • 0-3
• Cherlin Zhu • 2-13
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, March 5 at the 2022 NIWFA Championships in Madison, NJ.