MADISON, NJ – Johns Hopkins won five of its six matches to wrap up day two of the Ranger Invitational Sunday at Drew. The Blue Jays are now 11-1 on the season.
Hopkins opened the day with an easy 24-3 win over Stevens.
Alexis Li,
Angelina Tse and
Ky McSweeney combined for nine wins to lead the Sabre squad.
Camille Oteyza,
Jasmine Wang and
Nina Markovsky did the same for the Foil squad. In the Epee,
Anike Kale Mariela Abramson and
Thansi Garikipati won two bouts each in a 6-3 win for the Jays.
JHU then picked up wins in the Sabre (8-1) and Foil (9-0) earn a 21-6 win over Lawrence. McSweeney and
Adele Dai led the way for the Sabrists with three wins each.
Adrianne Lin and Oteyza turned the same trick in the Foil. The Vikings took a close 5-4 win in the Epee with the Blue Jays getting two wins from Abramson.
The Blue Jays then suffered their first loss of the season, falling 16-11 to the Denison Big Red. The Sabre squad got a 5-4 win behind three wins from
Annie Xiong.
Yi Ling Sha then won all three of her bouts to lead the Foil squad to a 6-3 win. The Big Red then blanked the Blue Jays in the Epee to take the team win.
Hopkins rebounded with a 17-10 win over Cleveland State, thanks to a pair of 7-2 wins in the Sabre and Foil. Xiong again led the Sabre squad with three wins and Lin did the same in the Foil. CSU took the Epee with a 6-3 win.
JHU followed up with a 16-11 win over NYU in a battle of the top two teams in Division III. Tse, Xiong and
Maddie Huang won two bouts each to lead the Sabre squad to a 6-3 win. Markovsky and
Julianna Wu won two each as the Foil squad pulled out a 5-4 win. Markovsky clinched the win in the final bout. The Epee squad also earned a tight 5-4 win, led by Kale and Yu with two wins each, and Kale clinching the win in the last bout of the round.
Hopkins closed out the weekend with a 17-10 win over Wayne State, led by Wins in the Foil (9-0) and Epee (5-4). Markovsky, Sha and
Eleanor Li combined for all nine wins in the Foil while Yu won each of her three bouts, and Kale clinched the win for the Epee squad.
Hopkins returns to action next Sunday at the Elite Invitational, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania.
