Facing mostly inferior competition from club teams, the men's and women's fencing teams dominated at the Northeast Conference Meet in Cambridge Sunday. Brandeis finished with a 9-1 record, good for second at the competition. The men's team went undefeated at 4-0, while the women's team had just one blemish and finished 5-1."We expected to roll," captain and saberist Brendan Doris-Pierce '07 said.

Tufts University and Wellesley College were the only other schools beside Brandeis with varsity teams at the meet.

"The competition wasn't really strong, but we had a nice day over all," coach Bill Shipman said. "We were really dominant."

The men's team easily outscored its four opponents, Boston University, Tufts, the University of Massachusetts and the University of New Hampshire, by a combined score of 87-21, highlighted by an impressive showing from Will Friedman '09 in foil.

Friedman registered 35 touches and allowed just five en route to a 7-0 performance. He shut out his opponents 5-0 in five of his seven bouts at the meet.

"[Going 7-0] was a personal boost for me and kept up the tremendous momentum of the team," Friedman said.

Doris-Pierce said he would like to see the men improve in saber, even singling out himself.

"The sabers struggled toward the beginning," he said. "I'd like to see more focus and more intensity from [the saber team], myself included."

The women's team was impressive in its own right, picking up victories against BU, Tufts, UMass, New Hampshire and Smith College by an average score of 20-7. The Judges' lone defeat was a hard-fought 14-13 loss to Wellesley College.

Anna Poteete '07 paced the squad by going 12-2 in foil. Also in foil, Jessie Newhall '09 helped the Judges pick up three of their 13 bouts against Wellesley.

"We fenced really well and had a lot of energy," epee Caitlin Kozel '10 said.

The women's team was forced to overcome large deficits in individual bouts throughout the meet, but still managed to go 5-1.

"We had a little bit of a slow start," Newhall said. "The girls did really well at staying calm and level-headed."

The Judges will face much tougher competition after the Thanksgiving vacation, when both teams host the Brandeis invitational Dec. 3, and later when the Judges compete with Harvard University Dec. 7.