DETROIT, Mich.-  The Cleveland State men's and women's fencing team competed against Oakland, Western Ontario University, Michigan State, and Detroit over the weekend.

The Vikings men's team improved their record to 19-4, defeating Oakland 23-4, Western Ontario University 19-8, and Michigan State 20-7.  The women posted a win over Oakland 17-10 improving their record to 15-8.

The men went 3-1 on the day in Detroit.  Leading the men with perfect days where Phelan Spence, going 10-0 and Paul Duchow who was 9-0 on the day.  Tom Bienvenu and David Schultz posted strong results for the day as well.  Bienvenu was 11-1 for the day, Schultz was 10-2.

Head Coach Andy Tulleners had his thoughts on the teams performance at Detroit Duals.  "After a rather flat start at last weekend's home meet, the men really picked it up this weekend.  David Schultz really applied what we worked on during the week and had his best performance of the season thus far,"  said a happy Tulleners.

On the women's side, the Vikings went 1-3 on the day.  Samantha Finster went 9-1 for the day and Christine Bocci also had a great showing, posting a 9-3 record.

"The women as a whole fenced much better this weekend.  I saw improvement across the whole team.  The biggest improvements were from our women's epee team with Caitlin Thompson and Claire Lewis," said Tulleners.

"Northwestern will be our toughest meet of the season.  This weekend is what we have been preparing for all season." 

The Vikings will travel to compete at Northwestern on Sunday (Feb. 2).