BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins men's fencing team won four of its five matches on Sunday and tied the program's single-season wins record with 26. JHU is now 26-10 overall on the season.
Hopkins dropped its first match of the day, falling to NJIT 16-11. Junior
Qilin Tong won two of his three bouts in a tough 5-4 loss for the Sabre squad. Junior
Anthony Bae, freshman
Spencer Grossman Smisek and sophomore
Alan Zheng won one bout each in a 6-3 loss for the Foil squad. Freshman
Matthew Dao earned two wins to lead the Epee squad in a 5-4 loss.
JHU bounced back with a 20-7 win over Stevens. Seniors
Sachin Mehta and
David DeScherer and junior
William Hu each won two bouts as the Sabre squad earned a 6-3 win. Grossman Smisek won all three of his bouts to lead the Foil squad to a 7-2 win. Dao turned the same trick as he led the Epee squad to a 7-2 victory.
The Blue Jays followed that with a 26-1 win over the Army Black Knights. Tong and DeScherer combined for six wins to lead the Sabre squad to a 9-0 win. Grossman Smisek and sophomore
Pranav Shibu did the same as the Foil squad won 9-0. And in the Epee, it was junior
Gabe Insler and senior
Danny Comer with a combined six wins as the squad won 8-1.
Hopkins then beat Yeshiva 27-0. Tong again won all three of his bouts and the Sabre squad earned a 9-0 win. Shibu also won each of his three bouts to lead the Foil squad to a 9-0 victory. Dao and Comer won a combined six bouts to lead the Epee squad to a 9-0 win.
JHU wrapped up the day with a 27-0 win over Hunter. Freshman
Alex Jeffords won all three of his bouts to lead the Sabre squad in a 9-0 win. Bae, Grossman Smisek and Shibu combined for nine wins for the Foil squad. And in the Epee, Dao, Insler and Comer won all nine of their bouts.
Foil (37-8)
Anthony Bae • 9-3
David DeScherer • 1-0
Jorge Gana • 2-0
Ethan Kim • 1-0
Spencer Grossman Smisek • 12-2
Pranav Shibu • 10-1
Alan Zheng • 2-2
Epee (37-8)
Danny Comer • 9-1
Matthew Dao • 12-1
Jorge Gana • 5-3
Gabe Insler • 8-1
Ethan Kim • 3-2
Sabre (37-8)
Larry Cai • 5-0
David DeScherer • 7-1
William Hu • 5-2
Alex Jeffords • 7-1
Sachin Mehta • 5-3
Qilin Tong • 8-1
