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Duke Closes Out Time in Philly Saturday on a High Note

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Duke fencing team rounded out its second meet of the 2020 season Saturday afternoon at the Philadelphia Invitational. The ninth-ranked Blue Devil men went 4-1 on the day while the women played to a 3-2 ledger.

The men defeated NJIT (18-9), Lafayette (26-1), NYU (14-13) and Sacred Heart (22-5) and fell to No. 10 Penn (14-13). On the women's side, Duke took down NJIT (19-8), Lafayette (24-3) and Haverford (27-0) and fell to No. 10 Penn (17-10) and Cornell (16-11).

This weekend marks the second straight the Duke women blanked Haverford.