LA JOLLA, Calif. – Stanford fencing had a strong weekend at the Western Invitational, with the men’s and women’s squads going a combined 11-2 with three ranked wins. The freshman class showed out across the competition, led by Chloe Tolsma’s 20-1 performance in individual bouts.
Tolsma and the Cardinal women finished the weekend 6-1, with the only loss coming to No. 6 Northwestern 14-13. The squad picked up ranked wins over No. 11 Ohio State (19-8), as well as No. 15 UC San Diego (16-11).
Tolsma’s 20 victories led all Stanford fencers, and helped guide the epee squad to a perfect 7-0 weekend. The women’s foil squad went 6-1, and saber went 5-2.
The men’s side only dropped a single competition as well, going 5-1 on the weekend. The Card dropped the first matchup of the weekend, falling 17-10 to No. 10 Ohio State. After that, the team won five straight including a win over No. 15 UC San Diego.
Foil led the way for the men’s team, going 6-0. Freshman Victor Lyu led the men’s team with 16 individual victories, only falling once.
In total, the freshmen class of Chris Hu (7-4), Jake Lo (13-4), Catelyn So (12-4), Victoria Zhang (17-3), Lyu (16-1) and Tolsma (20-1) went a combined 86-17.
Next up for the Cardinal is the November NAC, running Nov. 20-22 in Columbus, Ohio.