MADISON, NJ – Johns Hopkins won all six of its matches on the second day of the Ranger Invitational at Drew University Sunday. The Blue Jays improve to 10-1 on the season.
Hopkins opened the day with a 19-8 win over Lawrence, sweeping the weapons.
Noah Zeng led the Sabre squad to a 6-3 win as he won all three of his bouts.
Borna Andric and
Yi Peng Sha combined for all six wins to lead the Foil squad to the win. And in the Epee,
Nathan Kim led the Blue Jays with three wins as the squad won 7-2.
JHU then earned a tough 14-13 win over Denison, thanks to wins in the Sabre (6-3) and Foil (5-4). Zeng again won each of his three bouts to lead the Sabre squad, while Sha did the same in the Foil, including the clinching win. Kim won a pair of bouts in the Epee, but the Big Red won 6-3.
The Blue Jays followed that with a 20-7 win over the Cleveland State Vikings, getting a pair of 6-3 wins in the Foil and Epee and an 8-1 win in the Sabre.
Alex Chterental and
Alexander Pi earned three wins each in the Sabre to pace the Jays. Andric did the same for the Foil squad. In the Epee,
Ayan Bhatnagar,
James Knox and
Ethan Insler won two bouts each.
Hopkins then won 21-6 over Wheaton (MA), sweeping the weapons. Pi won all three of his bouts to lead the Sabre squad to a 7-2 win. Andric and Sha combined for all six wins to lead the Foil squad while in the Epee,
Athreya Aravind and Insler won three each in an 8-1 win for the Jays.
In the penultimate round, JHU pulled out a 15-12 win over Wayne State. Chterental won three bouts to pace the Sabre squad to a 6-3 win, while Kim did the same in the Epee. In the Foil, Sha had a pair of wins in the Blue Jays 6-3 loss. Hopkins then wrapped up the weekend with a 22-4 win over Detroit Mercy. Zeng led the Sabre squad (8-1) with three wins, while Insler did the same in the Epee (9-0). In the Foil, with just two fencers on each side, the Blue Jays earned a 5-3 win with Andric earning two wins.
Hopkins returns to action on Sunday, November 15 at the Elite Invitational hosted by Penn.