HAVERFORD, PA – The Johns Hopkins women's fencing team cruised to four wins at the D'Arnstein Invitational Saturday at Haverford. The Blue Jays earned wins Maryland, Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Drexel.
 
Hopkins kicked off the day with a 27-0 win over Maryland. Sophomore Adelaide Benoit and freshmen Adele Dai and Ky McSweeney combined for nine wins to lead the Sabre squad to a win. The Terps did not field Foil or Epee squads.
 
JHU then beat Bryn Mawr by the same 27-0 score. Benoit, Dai and sophomore Josephine Chang won three bouts each in a 9-0 win for the Sabre squad. In the Foil, senior Jasmine Shen and sophomores Rosy Cepero and Bethany Lee did the same. Senior Diya Kulkarni, junior Katelyn McShine and freshman Janie McSweeney also won three bouts apiece for the Epee squad.
 
The Blue Jays followed with a 26-1 win over the host Fords. Chang and freshmen Victoria Li and Lauren Prieur led the Sabre squad to a 9-0 win. Lee and freshman Julianna Wu won three bouts each to lead the Foil squad to an 8-1 win. McShine, Kulkarni and sophomore Mickey Zhang combined for nine wins for the Epee squad.
 
Hopkins ended the day with a 27-0 win over Drexel. Dai, Prieur and Ky McSweeney combined for nine wins in the Sabre. Lee, Wu and senior Czarina Alfonso did the same for the Foil squad. Zhang, Janie McSweeney and sophomore Marlene Schaff also combined for nine wins for the Epee squad.  
 
Hopkins returns to action on January 19-20 at the Philadelphia Invitational.
 
Notes: Alfonso moved into 13^th place in JHU history with 125 career Foil wins • Cepero moved into a tie for 24^th with 89 career Foil wins • McShine now ranks 15^th with 112 career Epee wins • Kulkarni earned her 100^th career win on Saturday and is now 16^th with 107 career wins.