MADISON, N.J. - The Haverford men's fencing team went 5-1 across six completed duals Saturday at the Drew Invitational, defeating Vassar, Lawrence, Wayne State, along with Division I foes Cleveland State and Detroit Mercy before falling to Denison by the narrowest of margins inside the Simon Forum.
Round 1: Haverford 18, Vassar 9
Haverford opened with an 18-9 victory, taking foil and epee by 7-2 scores. In sabre, Brandon Lim went 3-0, Sam Ridky finished 1-2 and Stephen Yarosh went 0-3. Dean Myers led foil at 3-0, with Conrad Seib-Levinson and Oliver Po each going 2-1. Jackson Richards went 3-0 in epee, while Asher Albers and Ian Alvarez each finished 2-1.
Round 2: Haverford 16, Lawrence 11
The Fords won all three weapons against Lawrence, taking sabre and foil, 5-4, and epee, 6-3. Max Gerstmann and Ridky each went 2-1 in sabre, while Lim finished 1-2. Sam Lippman went 3-0 in foil; Dean Myers was 1-0, Seib-Levinson 1-2 and Henry Bishop 0-2. Albers led epee at 3-0, with Eric Chen going 2-1 and Kenji Gullo 1-2.
Round 3: Haverford 15, Wayne State 12
Haverford earned a 15-12 win behind a 6-3 result in sabre and a 5-4 edge in epee. Ridky went 3-0 in sabre, Stephen Yarosh was 2-1, Greg Roumiantsev 0-2 and Gerstmann 1-0. Po finished foil at 3-0, while Seib-Levinson went 1-2 and Bishop 0-3. Chen and Richards each went 2-1 in epee, and Gullo finished 1-2.
Round 4: Haverford 15, Cleveland State 12
The Fords secured their fourth straight victory with an 8-1 performance in epee. Chen and Alvarez each went 3-0, while Richards added a 2-1 mark. Gerstmann led sabre at 2-1, with Ryotaro Sakazaki going 1-2 and Yarosh 0-3. Seib-Levinson went 3-0 in foil, while Sam Lippman finished 1-2 and Bishop 0-3.
Round 5: Haverford 17, Detroit Mercy 10
Haverford took sabre, 6-3, and foil, 7-2, to earn its fifth victory. Gerstmann went a perfect 3-0 in sabre, Lim was 2-1 and Sakazaki 1-1; Robert Li fenced once. In foil, Lippman and Myers each went 3-0, while Bishop finished 1-2. Gullo and Alvarez each went 2-1 in epee; Albers and Richards also saw action.
Round 6: Denison 14, Haverford 13
In the closest dual of the day, Denison edged the Fords, 14-13 in a showdown of Division III heavyweights. Haverford took foil, 5-4, as Myers went 2-1, Po 2-0 and Seib-Levinson 1-2; Bishop fenced once. Lim went 3-0 in sabre, Ridky finished 1-1, and Sakazaki and Li also competed for Haverford. Richards led epee at 2-1, while Gullo went 1-1, Albers 1-2 and Alvarez fenced once.
Haverford now returns to action on the second day of tournament action in the Garden State, as the Drew Invitational wraps up Sunday at 9 a.m. inside the Simon Forum.
