The Cleveland State Fencing team had it's first meet at Ohio State on Saturday Oct 4th. The men's team posted and 5-1 record and the women's team were 4-2 for the day.
Senior, Phelan Spence led the men's team with a 18-0 record, including a 3-0 record vs. OSU. Paul Duchow led the men's epee squad for the day. Duchow represented CSU in the 2014 NCAA Championships and was 17-1 on the day with a 2-1 record vs. OSU. Freshman Matthew Gebbett was 14-1 for the day and was 1-1 vs. OSU.
The women's team was 4-2 for the day and was led by freshman Sarah Mok. Mok went 10-4 for the day and was 1-2 vs. OSU. Following Mok was foilist Samantha Finster who was 9-5 on the day. Rounding out the leaders of the Viking women was senior saber fencer Christine Bocci who was 7-5 on the day.
"We performed better than I expected for the day overall. Even though we lost to the OSU men's foil squad; that we pushed their squad as much as we did is a great testament to how hard the team has been working leading into this meet. I am very pleased with our progress and I look forward to our meet at CASE" said coach Tulleners