EVANSTON, Ill. – The Duke fencing team traveled to the snowy and cold state of Illinois over the weekend for the Northwestern Duals and came away with much success as the eighth-ranked Duke women went 9-2 on the two-day meet while the 10th-ranked men went 9-1 overall.
The Blue Devil women faced off against five teams tabbed in the top 10 of the latest CollegeFencing360 Coaches Poll and were victorious over No. 5 Ohio State (18-9), No. 6 Princeton (17-10) and No. 10 Temple (17-10). Additionally, the women defeated Wayne State (24-3), Air Force (21-6), Cal Tech (27-0), Cleveland State (26-1), Stanford (19-8) and UCSD (17-10) and fell to only No.