AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Stanford junior Joy Yun was nearly perfect on the first day of Stanford's fencing season.
Yun won 11 of her 12 sabre bouts as the Stanford women went 2-3 on the first of two days in the 10-team event at the Air Force Academy. The Cardinal men went 0-4.
The Stanford women opened with a 15-12 victory over Ohio State and also beat NJIT, 16-11. The Cardinal lost to Northwestern, 20-7, Harvard, 15-12, and Columbia, 18-9.
The top weapon for Stanford was sabre, with the Cardinal going 22-23 in individual bouts in the five team competitions. Of those Yun, accounted for half of Stanford's victories.
An All-American as a freshman, Yun went 3-0 against Ohio State, Northwestern, and Columbia, and went 2-1 against Harvard. Among her biggest victories was 5-4 over Northwestern's Sky Miller, the 2021 NCAA runner-up, 5-3 over Ohio State's Julieta Toledo, a two-time All-American, and 5-3 over Columbia's Nora Burke, a 2019 third-team All-American.
Yun's only loss was to defending NCAA champion Elizabeth Tartakovsky of Harvard, 5-4.
Stanford freshman Crystal Qian made a great first impression. She won all three of her foil bouts against her first opponent, Ohio State. She also went 2-1 against Columbia and 8-6 overall on her first day of collegiate competition.
Stanford's two-time men's All-American, Donghwan Park, went 2-1 against Harvard, 2-1 against Ohio State, and 3-0 against New Jersey Institute of Technology. His results against Columbia were not readily available.
Stanford's Sunday schedule (Pacific time) begins at 7 a.m. against Incarnate Word. The Cardinal resumes at 10 a.m. against North Carolina, noon against Air Force, and finishes with a 1:30 p.m. match against UC San Diego.
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Western Invitational
At Air Force Academy
Day 1
Men
Team standings (first of two days): Columbia 5-0, Ohio State 5-1, Harvard 4-1, North Carolina 3-2, NJIT 2-2, Air Force 1-3, UC San Diego 1-4, Stanford 0-4, Incarnate Word 0-4.
Stanford scores
Ohio State 17, Stanford 10
NJIT 16, Stanford 11
Harvard 18, Stanford 9
Columbia 19, Stanford 8
Other scores
North Carolina 14, UCSD 13
Harvard 23, Incarnate Word 4
Ohio State 18, Air Force 9
Columbia 25, Incarnate Word 2
Harvard 22, North Carolina 5
UCSD 15, NJIT 12
Air Force 14, North Carolina 13
Columbia 18, UCSD 9
Ohio State 22, Incarnate Word 5
Columbia 21, Air Force 6
Ohio State 16, UCSD 11
North Carolina 18, Incarnate Word 9
North Carolina 18, NJIT 9
Ohio State 14, Harvard 13
NJIT 18, Air Force 9
Columbia 16, Ohio State 11
Harvard 19, UCSD 8
Women
Team standings (first of two days): Harvard 6-0, Columbia 5-0, Northwestern 4-1, North Carolina 3-3, Air Force 1-1, Stanford 2-3, Ohio State 2-3, UC San Diego 1-4, NJIT 0-4, Incarnate Word 0-5.
Stanford scores
Stanford 15, Ohio State 12
Northwestern 20, Stanford 7
Stanford 16, NJIT 11
Harvard 15 Stanford 12
Columbia 18, Stanford 9
Other scores
Northwestern 19, NJIT 8
North Carolina 16, UC San Diego 11
Harvard 22, Incarnate Word 5
Columbia 23, Incarnate Word 4
Harvard 20, North Carolina 7
UCSD 14, NJIT 13
Columbia 15, UCSD 12
Harvard 17, Northwestern 10
Ohio State 21, Incarnate Word 6
Columbia 23, Air Force 4
Ohio State 17, UCSD 10
North Carolina 17, Incarnate Word 10
North Carolina 17, NJIT 10
Northwestern 21, Incarnate Word 6
Harvard 16, Ohio State 11
Air Force 15, NJIT 12
Columbia 16, Ohio State 11
Northwestern 15, North Carolina 12
Harvard 17, UCSD 10
Yun Nearly Perfect on Opening Day
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