Men's Fencing Coach of the Year, All-Ivy Teams Announced

PRINCETON, N.J. -- After a vote by the six Ivy League head coaches, the inaugural men's Fencing Coach of the Year award goes to Harvard's Peter Brand.

In his 16th season, Brand won his seventh men's Ivy League fencing championship at the Round-Robins last Monday. The Crimson went 4-1 en route to sharing the crown with Columbia.

As announced on Monday at the Round-Robins, the 2015 men's fencing All-Ivy teams have been selected. The top three finishers in each weapon earn All-Ivy first team honors, and the next three fencers in each weapon earn second-team honors.

COACH OF THE YEAR
Peter Brand, Harvard

SABER CHAMPION
Eli Derschwitz, Harvard

FOIL CHAMPION
John Vaiani, Penn

EPÉE CHAMPION
Alex House, Princeton 

FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
Eli Dershwitz, Harvard (Fr., Saber ­– Sherborn, Mass.)
Will Spear, Columbia (Sr., Saber Wynantskill, N.Y.)
Shaul Gordon, Penn (Jr., Saber – Richmond, B.C.)
John Vaiani, Penn (Fr., Foil  – Wall, N.J.)
Jerry Chang, Harvard (Jr., Foil – Mountain View, Calif.)
Adam Mathieu, Columbia (Jr., Foil – Union City, N.J.)
Alex House, Princeton (So., Epée – Upton, Mass.)
Alexander Eldeib, Harvard (So., Epée – Burke, Va.)
Simon Jones, Brown (Jr., Epée – Louisville, Colo.)

SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
Duncan O'Brien, Harvard (Jr., Saber – Wellesley, Mass.)
Michael Josephs, Columbia (Sr., Saber – Chevy Chase, Md.)
Edward Chin, Princeton (Fr., Saber – Livingston, N.J.)
Geoffrey Loss, Columbia (Jr., Saber – Laguna Beach, Calif.)
Steven Yang, Penn (Sr., Saber – Princeton Junction, N.J.)
Thomas Dudey, Princeton (Fr., Foil – Bellaire, Texas)
Jason Chang, Penn (Sr., Foil – Mountain View, Calif.)
Ira Schlosberg, Penn (Jr., Foil – Bellaire, Texas)
Jack Hudson, Princeton (Jr., Epée – Houston)
Jake Hoyle, Columbia (Jr., Epée – Philadelphia)
Samuel Koch, Brown (So., Epée – Los Angeles)