POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Yeshiva University women's and men's fencing teams competed in the Vassar Invitational at the Walker Field House on Sunday. The women's team earned a 14-13 victory over Hunter, while dropping contests to Incarnate Word, Tufts, Fairleigh Dickinson, West Point, Haverford, Sacred Heart, and Wellesley. The men's team went 2-6, earning wins against Hunter (14-13) and Incarnate Word (15-12).  

For the women, senior Jamie Baum earned 14 victories in epee bouts. Junior Rebecca Kerzner produced ten wins, classmate Noam Dery won six, while freshman Meira Weisblatt won one.

In foil, freshman Shoshana Ciment earned eight wins, senior Nili Greenberg produced four wins, and junior Channah Bickford had three.

Junior Gal Gir led the sabre fencers with three wins, sophomore Elana Muller picked up a pair of victories, while classmate Sarah Graff won her first collegiate fencing bout in her career.

On the men's side, junior Spencer Brasch led the way in foil, winning 18 out of 23 bouts. Sophomore Jonathan Sidlow was right behind him with 16 victories, while junior Jonah Taurog picked up his first three wins of his collegiate career.

In sabre, senior Jonathan Hoffman produced 13 wins, while senior Samuel Retter won four bouts. Sophomore Jason Siev's fencing career got off to an impressive start with three victories and junior Akiva Mager Garfield won his first career duel.

In epee, sophomore James Alavosus led the way with eight wins, while senior Alexander Koppel produced seven. Classmate Abraham Budow earned one win and sophomore Nolan Edmonson picked up his first collegiate fencing victory.

The men's fencing team will compete in the MACFA "A" vs. "B" event this Sunday at Hunter College, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The women's team will return to Vassar College on Sunday, for the Matt Lampell Hudson River Invitational, beginning at 10:00 a.m.