MADISON, NJ – Johns Hopkins won all seven of its matches on day one of the Ranger Invitational Saturday at Drew University. The Sabre and Foil squads each went 7-0 on the day, while the Epee squad finished at 5-2. Mariela Abramson and Ky McSweeney each reached the 100-win milestone on the day.
 
In the opener against Denison (19-8), Angelina Tse, Annie Xiong and Maddie Huang each won two bouts to lead the Sabre squad to the win (6-3). Eleanor Li, Julianna Wu and Nina Markovsky did the same in the Foil (6-3). And in the Epee (7-2), Nicole Yu and Thansi Garikipati combined for six wins.
 
Hopkins followed with a 17-10 win over Wayne State, earning wins in the Sabre (8-1) and Foil (5-4). Tse and Xiong combined for six wins to lead the Sabre squad, while Li and Jasmine Wang won two each for the Foil quad. Wu got the clinching win in the final bout in the Foil. The Epee squad dropped a close 5-4 match, led by Annika Kale's three wins.
 
The Blue Jays then cruised to a 24-3 win over the Detroit Mercy Titans. Maya Balakumaran won each of her three bouts to lead the Sabre squad to a 7-2 win. Kale and Garikipati did the same in an 8-1 win for the Epee squad. And in the Foil, Adrianne Lin, Camille Oteyza and Yi Ling Sha combined for all nine wins.
 
JHU then won 21-6 over Lawrence, winning each of the three weapons by the same 7-2 score. Balakumaran, Markovsky and Yu each won all three of their bouts to lead the Sabre, Foil and Epee squads to victory. In its closest match of the day, Hopkins earned wins in the Sabre (7-2) and Foil (5-4) and lost a tight 5-4 match in the Epee to beat Cleveland State, 16-11. Tse and Wu won three bouts each to pace the Sabre and Foil squad, while Yu won a pair for the Epee squad.
 
The Blue Jays followed that with a 23-4 win over the Haverford Fords, dominating the Sabre and Foil to secure the win. Huang, Alexis Li and McSweeney combined for all nine wins in the Sabre, while Lin, Oteyza and Wang did the same for the Foil squad. In the Epee, the Blue Jays pulled out a 5-4 win to complete the weapons' sweep. Abramson and Garikipati won two bouts each and Abramson clinched the win in the final bout.
 
Hopkins closed out the day with a 24-3 win over NJIT. Balakumaran went 3-0 to lead the Sabre squad to a 7-2 win. In the Foil, Eleanor Li, Markovsky and Sha combined for nine wins while in the Epee, it was Yu and Garikipati winning three bouts each.