BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins men's fencing team won all five of its matches on Sunday at its annual JHU Invitational. In addition, senior Sachin Mehta earned his 200^th career win in the Sabre.
 
Hopkins opened the day with a 22-5 win over Lafayette. Sophomore Alan Zheng and freshman Spencer Grossman Smisek each won two bouts to lead the Foil squad to a 6-3 win. Senior Danny Comer and freshman Jorge Gana did the same in a 7-2 win by the Epee squad. Senior David DeScherer and freshman Alex Jeffords won three bouts each as the Sabre squad went 9-0.
 
The Blue Jays then beat the Drew Rangers, 21-6. Grossman Smisek earned two wins in a tough 5-4 loss for the Foil squad. Gana, freshman Matthew Dao and sophomore Ethan Kim combined for six wins to lead the Epee squad to an 8-1 win. The Sabre squad once again went 9-0, led by a combined six wins from DeScherer and junior Qilin Tong.
 
JHU followed that with a 21-6 win over Rutgers. Zheng and Grossman Smisek again won two bouts each and the Foil squad won 6-3. Gana won all three of his bouts and the Epee squad won 8-1. Jeffords won all three of his bouts to lead the Sabre squad to a 7-2 win.
 
Hopkins then defeated Cornell, 25-2. Zheng, Grossman Smisek and junior Anthony Bae combined to lead the Foil squad to a 9-0 win. Gana went 3-0 and the Epee squad picked up a 7-2 win. Mehta, junior William Hu and freshman Larry Cai combined to lead the Sabre squad to a 9-0 win.
 
The Blue Jays wrapped up the day with a 26-1 win over the Rowan Profs. Bae and Grossman Smisek won three bouts each and the Foil squad won 8-1. In the Epee, Comer and Zheng won three bouts each to lead their squad to a 9-0 victory. And in the Sabre, Cai won all three of his bouts as the squad won 9-0.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Sunday, February 19 with the MACFA B vs C round robin at Goldfarb Gym.
 
Notes: Mehta becomes the 13^th Sabre fencer in program history to earn 200 wins • Hopkins now has 22 wins on the season • This is the eighth 20-win season under head coach Austin Young and 23^rd all-time • The 22 wins are four shy of the program record.
 
Foil (33-12)
Anthony Bae • 9-1
Jorge Gana • 2-1
Spencer Grossman Smisek • 12-3
Pranav Shibu • 2-3
Alan Zheng • 8-4
 
Epee (39-6)
Danny Comer • 9-2
Matthew Dao • 6-3
Jorge Gana • 10-0
Gabe Insler • 5-1
Ethan Kim • 6-0
Alan Zheng • 3-0
 
Sabre (43-2)
Larry Cai • 6-0
David DeScherer • 9-2
William Hu • 7-0
Alex Jeffords • 8-0
Sachin Mehta • 7-0
Qilin Tong • 6-0