HAVERFORD, PA – The Johns Hopkins men's fencing team wrapped up the 2023 portion of its schedule with a dominating performance at Haverford's D'Arnstein '09 Invitational on Saturday. The Blue Jays beat Maryland, Swarthmore, Haverford and Drexel.
 
Hopkins opened the day with a 27-0 win over Maryland. Juniors Alan Zheng and Pranav Shibu and freshman Yi Peng Sha led the Foil squad to a 9-0 win. Senior Gabe Insler and freshman Ethan Insler and Ayan Bhatnagar went a combined 9-0 for the Epee squad. The Terps did not field a Sabre squad.
 
JHU then beat Swarthmore by the same score. Sophomores Larry Cai and Alex Jeffords and freshman Miles Zhou each went 3-0 to lead the Sabre squad to a 9-0 win. Shibu, Sha and sophomore Spencer Grossman Smisek did the same for the Foil squad. And in the Epee, Gabe and Ethan Insler and sophomore Jorge Gana turned the same trick.
 
The Blue Jays then beat the host Fords, 22-5. Seniors William Hu and Qilin Tong each won three bouts as the Sabre squad earned an 8-1 win. Sha and Grossman Smisek went 3-0 each to lead the Foil squad to a 7-2 win. Gana also won all three of his bouts to lead the Epee squad to a 7-2 win.
 
Hopkins closed out the meet with a 27-0 win over Drexel. Jeffords, Zhou and freshman Leonid Kotov won three bouts each and the Sabre squad won 9-0. Shibu, Grossman Smisek and Zheng also won three bouts apiece in a 9-0 win over the Foil squad. The Inslers and Bhatnagar combined for nine wins for the Epee squad.
 
Zheng earned his 200^th career win and is the 17^th Foilist in JHU history to reach the mark. Hu moved into a tie for 19^th in program history with 170 career Sabre wins.
 
Hopkins returns to action on January 19-20 at the Philadelphia Invitational.