Breakout men's fencing star Eugene Vortsman '08 was the sixth-best foilist in the country after the first day of the NCAA championships in Houston, until the second day of competition finally brought him back down to earth.
There will now be a third Brandeis fencer at the NCAA Championships. Will Friedman '09 received one of the two men's foil at-large bids in the nation to join teammates Eugene Vortsman '08 and Jeremy Simpson '06 in Houston March 16-19.Friedman finished 11th in the men's foil competition at the NCAA northeast regionals last Sunday, but still qualified thanks to a strong regular season, which included a 31-13 record and an individual championship in the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference.
Eugene Vortsman '08 had been a rock all day for the men's fencing team against New York University, but with Brandeis trailing the Violets 13-12 he found himself behind three touches to one, and the team's chance for a UAA championship was slipping away.
Two fencers looking for redemption stole the show for the Brandeis men's and women's fencing teams at the NCAA Northeast Regionals at Harvard University Sunday, as Jeremy Simpson '06 and Eugene Vortsman '08 qualified for the NCAA Championships to take place in Houston, Texas on March 16-19, with fourth and fifth place overall finishes in the men's saber and men's foil events, respectively.
Carrying the momentum from their championship performances at the Brandeis Invitational last week, the newly crowned University Athletic Association champion men's and women's fencing teams shined once again at the Duke University Invitational.
With the championship title of the University Athletic Association conference hanging in the balance, rookie foilist J.D.
In the final conference meet of the season, the Northeast Conference Meet, the men's and women's fencing teams each won three of four matches, each earning a second-place finish in the conference.
On an emotionally charged Saturday afternoon that marked the final career home meet for the men's and women's swimming and diving team's 10 seniors, the women emerged victorious over Worcester Polytechnic Institute 145-130, while the men dropped their final four races to lose 150-141.
The men's and women's swimming and diving team teams traveled to Cambridge for a meet against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Colby College on Saturday after facing Wheaton college at home Wednesday in the team's first week of action following its midseason training trip to Puerto Rico.With high hopes coming out of the break, the teams hit two consecutive road bumps with a loss to Wheaton followed by losses to both Colby and MIT.
The men's and women's swimming and diving team teams traveled to Cambridge for a meet against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Colby College on Saturday after facing Wheaton college at home Wednesday in the team's first week of action following its midseason training trip to Puerto Rico.With high hopes coming out of the break, the teams hit two consecutive road bumps with a loss to Wheaton followed by losses to both Colby and MIT.
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