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Current Ranking: Men - 5th; Women - 4th

9/28 vs. OSU Open - No Team Score
9/29 vs. OSU Duals - M 8-0; W 8-0
11/16 @ Elite Invitational (Philadelphia, PA) - M 3-2; W 3-2
11/23-24 @ Penn State Open (State College, PA) - No Team Score

1/4 @ January NAC (Charlotte, NC) - No Team Score
1/12 @ Detroit Mercy Invitational (Detroit, MI) - W 4-0
1/18 @ St. John's Duals (New York, NY) - M 4-1; W 4-1
1/19 @ Philadelphia Invitational (Philadelphia, PA) - M 1-4; W 4-1
2/1-2 @ Nothwestern Duals (Evanston, Ill) - M 8-2; W 8-3
2/22-23 vs. Midwest Conference Championships - M - 1st; W - 1st
3/7 @ NCAA Regionals (Detroit, MI) - No Team Scores

After a 6th place finish at last year's NCAA championships, the Buckeyes return a solid squad and bring on 9 new freshman, to compete for a national title this year.

The Buckeyes dominated the competition at the OSU Open on Saturday, earning 13 total medals and 3 gold medals. OSU competed against varsity teams and clubs from Michigan, Michigan State, Florida, Xavier, Louisville and Wayne State, as well as several individuals from non-NCAA clubs. Here are the Buckeye results:

Women's Sabre: Julieta Toledo (1st), Alexsandra Kolmykova (3rd), Stephanie Miller (3rd)
Women's Epee: Alexanne Verret (1st), Jessica Thow (2nd)
Women's Foil: Gabriela Cecchini (1st)

Men's Sabre: Stephen Chou (2nd), Shanvanth Arnipalli (3rd)
Men's Epee: Matthew Comes (2nd), John Culpepper (3rd)
Men's Foil: Liam Smith (3rd), James Flanagan (3rd)

Next up, Ohio State is competing in their own meet, the OSU Duals.

The Buckeyes wrapped up their weekend at the OSU Duals, and won in dominant fashion. Both the men and women finished with 8-0 records.

Women:

vs. Cleveland State - W 23-4
vs. Michigan State - W 24-3
vs. Oberlin - W 24-0
vs. Michigan - W 20-7
vs. Denison - W 25-2
vs. Indiana - W 27-0
vs. Florida - W 23-4
vs. Case Western - W 25-2

Men:

vs. Cleveland State - W 20-7
vs. Michigan State - W 26-2
vs. Oberlin - W 23-1
vs. Michigan - W 25-2
vs. Denison - W 25-2
vs. Indiana - W 26-1
vs. Florida - W 25-2
vs. Case Western - W 24-3

Next up, Ohio State will head to the Elite Invitational hosted by the University of Pennsylvania on November 16.

The Buckeyes competed in their first duels in over a month this Saturday, where both the men's team and the women's team each went 3-2. Here were their results:

Men:

vs. #4 Penn State - W 15-12
vs. #9 Penn - W 15-12
vs. #RV North Carolina - L 14-13
vs. #1 Notre Dame - W 15-12
vs. #8 Yale - L 15-12

Women:

vs. #3 Penn State - L 16-11
vs. #RV Penn - W 16-11
vs. #RV North Carolina - W 22-5
vs. #5 Northwestern - W 14-13
vs. #9 Yale - L 12-5

Next up, Ohio State will head to Penn State next Saturday and Sunday for the Penn State Open.

The Buckeyes wrapped up their weekend at the Penn State Open. Overall, the team recorded a team record of 144-144 against some of the best competition in the nation.

In the Sabre, top ten finishers included Hudson Santana (T-3rd) and Domenik Koch (5th). In Epee, top ten finishers included, Henry Lange (2nd), Bence Bende (T-3rd), Matthew Comes (5th), and Kaiden Crotchett (9th). Finally, in Foil, no Buckeys finished in the top 10, but the top finisher was Nathan Wreidt (14th).

Next up, Ohio State will compete at the St. John's Duals on January 18th, and the Philadelphia Invitational on January 18th and 19th.

The Buckeyes competed at the January North American Cup in Charlotte on January 4th, and performed very well. In men's epee, OSU's best finisher was Henry Lange, who finished in 6th. In men's sabre, Stephen Chou finished in 47th place. In the last men's event, men's foil, Nathan Wreidt led the Buckeyes with a 50th place finish.

The only competitor on the women's side for the Buckeyes was Aleksandra Kolmykova who finished tied for 108th in the women's sabre.

The women's team competed at the Detroit Mercy Invitational over the weekend, where finished with a perfect 4-0 record. They picked up wins over Detroit Mercy, Wayne State, Cleveland State and Lawrence.

Next up, the Buckeyes will have a dual meet and host Denison on Wednesday, before heading back to tournament competition over the weekend.

In this week's rankings, both the men and the women have jumped up to #5 rankings.

The #5-ranked Ohio State men’s and women’s fencing teams trekked to New York to compete in the annual St. John’s Invitational. All teams in attendance are ranked in the Top 10 of CollegeFencing360’s first coaches poll of the season. Both squads went 4-1 putting them both in first; the men tied with St. John’s and Penn State at the top, where the trophy was ultimately presented to St. John's.

Men's results are as follows:
Round 1: Ohio State def. Notre Dame 14-13 (F: 2-7 E: 7-2 S: 5-4)
Round 2: Ohio State def. St. John’s 17-10 (F: 2-7 E: 8-1 S: 7-2)
Round 3: Ohio State def. Columbia 17-10 (F: 3-6 E: 8-1 S: 6-3)
Round 4: Ohio State def. Harvard 14-13 (F: 2-7 E: 5-4 S: 7-2)
Round 5: Penn State def. Ohio State 14-13 (F: 7-2 E: 4-5 S: 3-6)

Women's results are as follows:
Round 1: Notre Dame def. Ohio State 16-11 (F: 6-3 E: 6-3 S: 4-5)
Round 2: Ohio State def. St. John’s 16-11 (F: 5-4 E: 5-4 S: 7-2)
Round 3: Ohio State def. Columbia 16-11 (F: 5-4 E: 5-4 S: 6-3)
Round 4: Ohio State def. Harvard 17-10 (F: 6-3 E: 6-3 S: 5-4)
Round 5: Ohio State def. Penn State 18-9 (F: 7-2 E: 6-3 S: 5-4)

Ohio State is next competing in day two of the Philadelphia Invitational on Sunday.

Competing in day two of the Philadelphia Invitational, the ladies team fared very well, while competition proved to be a struggle for the men. Results were as followed.

Men:
vs. NYU - L 17-10
vs. Yale - W 14-13
vs. Penn - L 18-9
vs. Columbia - L 16-11
vs. St. John's - L 16-11

Women:
vs. NYU - W 23-4
vs. Temple - W 16-11
vs. Penn - W 16-11
vs. Columbia - L 16-11
vs. St. John's W 15-12

Next up, Ohio State will travel to Evanston on February 1-2 for the Northwestern Duals.

The Buckeyes wrapped up a solid weekend of competition on Sunday at the Northwestern Duals, with an overall record of 16-5. The men's team finished at 8-2, while the women's team finished at 8-3.

Men:
vs. Lawrence - W 24-3
vs. Duke - W 14-13
vs. Princeton - L 17-10
vs. North Carolina - W 17-10
vs. Northwestern (Club) - W 27-0
vs. Stanford - L 14-13
vs. Incarnate Word - W 24-3
vs. Air Force - W 17-10
vs. UC San Diego - W 17-10
vs. Detroit Mercy - W 27-0

Women:
vs. Princeton - L 15-12
vs. Duke - W 15-12
vs. Cornell - W 15-12
vs. Notre Dame - L 18-9
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson - W 22-5
vs. Stanford - W 21-6
vs. Northwestern - W 14-13
vs. Incarnate Word - W 24-3
vs. Air Force - L 14-13
vs. Temple - W 17-10
vs. UC San Diego - W 19-8

Next up, Ohio State competes in the Midwest Conference Championships, February 22-23 at the French Fieldhouse in Columbus.

It was an absolutely dominant weekend for the Buckeyes in Columbus, as they dominated the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships. Not only did they win the team championship, but they swept all the individual conference titles. The final athletes won individual titles: Alexanne Veret (Women's Epee), Camilla Rivano (Women's Foil), Julieta Toledo (Women's Sabre), Henry Lange (Men's Epee), Diego Cervantes (Men's Foil), and Roscoe Swartz (Men's Sabre).

The conference consists of teams from the following schools: Case Western, Chicago, Cleveland State, Denison, Detroit Mercy, Indiana, Lawrence, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Oakland, Ohio State, Purdue, Xavier, Wayne State.

Next up, Ohio State will compete in the NCAA Regional Qualifiers March 7-8.

When the qualifiers are announced for the NCAA Championships on Tuesday, expect to see a boat load of Buckeye names on that list for the championships. OSU sent 22 fencers to compete for spots at the championships to the regional competition on Saturday in Detroit, which just so happens to be where the NCAA Championships will be hosted.

Of those 22 athletes, 19 of them placed in the top 10 at regionals. The following were the top finisher for the men and women in each weapon class.

Saber:
Men - Rosecoe Swartz (1st)
Women - Julieta Toledo (2nd)

Epee:
Men - Henry Lange (1st)
Women - Alexanne Verret (2nd)

Foil:
Men - Diego Cervantes (3rd)
Women - Camilla Rivano (2nd)

Ohio State will now wait until Tuesday to find out which of their athletes made the NCAA Championships.

The field for the NCAA Championships were announced on Tuesday, and the Buckeyes will be sending a number of athletes to compete for a national title. The following Buckeyes qualified for the championships:

Bence Bende (Men's Epee)
Henry Lange (Men's Epee)
Diego Cervantes (Men's Foil)
Nathan Wriedt (Men's Foil)
Domenik Koch (Men's Sabre)
Roscoe Swartz (Men's Sabre)

Alexanne Verret (Women's Epee)
Montserrat Viveros (Women's Epee)
Gabriela Cecchini (Women's Foil)
Camilla Rivano (Women's Foil)
Sarah Merza (Women's Sabre)
Julieta Toledo (Women's Sabre)

There were only a few schools that were able to do this, and Ohio State was one of them, as they were able to qualify the max number of athletes of 2 in each event.

The Championship is March 19-22 in Detroit.

Final Season Rankings:

Men's Rankings: #5 (Receiving 1 first place vote)
Women's Rankings: #4