Men's Fencing

Six Programs Crowned 2024 Ivy League Fencing Champions

COMPLETE WOMEN'S RESULTS | COMPLETE MEN'S RESULTS

PRINCETON, N.J. - There were multiple champions in both the 2024 Ivy League men’s and women’s fencing championships with three-way ties atop both standings. Columbia, Princeton, and Penn finished the day with 5-1 records to claim Ivy League women’s fencing crown while Columbia, Princeton, and Harvard each went 3-1 on the men’s side to win the title. 

WOMEN’S RECAP
Princeton won its 13th overall Ivy League championship, Penn won its first Ivy League title in 20 years and 11th overall, and Columbia won its first title since 2020 and 14th overall after finishing 5-1 on the weekend. Yale (3-3) took fourth place, Harvard finished in fifth (2-4), and Cornell (1-5) and Brown (0-6) rounded out the final two places, respectively.

Zoe Kim of Harvard took the top spot in women’s sabre with a 14-4 record, Kristina Petrova of Yale, who took home the women's foil title, and Rachael Kim of Columbia topped the women’s foil standings with 13-1 records, and Emily Vermeule from Harvard led women’s epee with a 15-3 mark. 

On the women’s side, Penn earned a key win over Princeton, 14-13 to improve to 4-1 and keep three teams in contention for the title heading into the final round. Penn sabreist Sabrina Cho clinched te match for the Quakers to give Penn a late chance. In round seven, Columbia defeated Harvard, 16-11, Princeton took down Yale, 18-9, and Penn edged Cornell, 16-11 as each program moved to 5-1 and tie for the women's title. 
 
WOMEN’S ALL-IVY FIRST TEAM:
 
Epee:
Emily Vermeule, Harvard*
Ariana Rausch, Princeton
Ketki Ketkar, Cornell
Faith Park, Harvard
Sydney Tyler, Princeton
 
Foil:
Kristina Petrova, Yale*
Rachael Kim, Columbia
Sabrina Cho, Penn
 
Sabre:
Zoe Kim, Harvard*
Alexandra Lee, Princeton
Honor Johnson, Princeton
Ryan Jenkins, Princeton
 
WOMEN’S ALL-IVY SECOND TEAM:
 
Epee:
Grace Hu, Penn
Victoria Kuznetsov, Penn
 
Foil:
Katina Proestakis-Ortiz, Penn
Evelyn Cheng, Columbia
Sabrina Fang, Princeton
 
Sabre:
Stella Berman, Cornell
Tamar Gordon, Columbia
 
MEN’S RECAP
Columbia won its 42nd overall men’s fencing championship and second since 2022, Princeton rallied to win its first title since 2017 and 17th overall, and Harvard won its final match to win its second-straight Ivy League title and 13th overall, as all three teams went 3-1 on the weekend. Penn finished the weekend 1-3 for fourth place and Yale (0-4) completed the men's standings.

Winning men’s saber was Yale’s Jordan Silberzweig with a record of 9-3, James Chen of Harvard and Samarth Kumbla of Columbia were 10-2 in men’s foil with Kumbla winning the individual men's foil championship, and Jonas Hansen topped men’s epee standings with a 10-2 record. 

The men's competition also came down to the wire. The Columbia men clinched at least a share of the championship following round four, taking down Yale by a score of 19-9 while Princeton and Harvard remained in contention to share the title heading into the final round. The fifth and final men's round featured Princeton vs. Columbia with Princeton needing to secure the win to earn at least a share of the title. WIth the match tied, 12-12 with three bouts to go, Princeton rattled off three consecutive wins in foil, sabre and epee to win the match 15-12 and secure a share of the championship. Meanwhile, Harvard defeated Yale, 16-11 to share the title as well.

MEN’S ALL-IVY FIRST TEAM
 
Epee:
Jonas Hansen, Harvard*
Alec Brooke, Princeton
Skyler Liverant, Columbia
Henry Lawson, Harvard
 
Foil:
Samarth Kumbla, Columbia*
James Chen, Harvard
Blake Broszus, Penn
 
Sabre:
Jordan Silberzweig, Yale*
Ronald Anglade, Princeton
Matthew Limb, Princeton
 
MEN’S ALL-IVY SECOND TEAM
 
Epee:
Tristan Szapary, Princeton
Mihir Kumashi, Harvard
 
Foil:
Jasper Levy, Princeton
Bryce Louie, Penn
Bogdan Hamilton, Columbia
 
Sabre:
Jaden Callahan, Columbia
Charlson Kim, Yale
Matt Linsky, Harvard

*notes individual champions