PHILADELPHIA - After a six year Ivy championship drought from 2010-2015, The University of Pennsylvania men's fencing team will be going for the second three-peat in its program's history this weekend when they travel to Princeton for the Ivy League Championships. Penn won eight Ivy titles in a row from 1976-1983 and have won the last two going 4-1 last season and defeating Harvard in the final bout the year prior to clinch. 

The Quakers will need a quick bounce back after last weekend when they went 2-3 for the second time in a weekend this season. The Red and Blue defeated UC-San Diego and Air Force while narrowly falling to Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Stanford. 

Penn will fence both Saturday and Sunday at Jadwin Gymnastium in Princeton, N.J. 

Ivy League Championship Bout Schedule (PDF)

* Saturday, February 10 - Rounds begin at 10 a.m.

Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Harvard
Round 3: Cornell

* Sunday, February 11 - Rounds begin at 10 a.m.

Round 4: Yale
Round 5: Princeton
Round 6: Columbia
Round 7: Brown

BROADCAST INFORMATION
The 2018 Fencing Round-Robins will be carried live on The Ivy League Network (ILN), which is available on Apple TV and Roku. The network can be found at IvyLeagueNetwork.com

DIRECTIONS TO JADWIN GYMNASIUM
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Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, NJ 08549     
Parking for Jadwin Gymnasium is available in Lot 21, which is accessible from Faculty Rd. and Fitzrandolph Rd.

* Previewing Penn

* The Quakers come into the weekend having gone 22-8 this season. 

* Penn has had bouts against two Ivy opponents this year. They fell 14-13 to Columbia who ranks third in the nation at the Penn State Invitational while defeating Brown 22-5 at the Tse Center during the Philadelphia Invitational. 

* Leading the way for the Quakers this season has been the foil team. Prior to losing two of their last three, they were 25-2. Willie Upbin leads the way with a 41-17 record. 

* Over the past two years, The Red and Blue have gone a combined 8-2 at the Ivy Championships. 

* Seniors Zsombor Garzo, Jake Raynis, and John Vaiani will be competing in their final Ivy Championships. 

Team Leaders

Foil (26-4)

Willie Upbin: 41-17
Michael Li: 35-16
Alexandre Amice: 34-14

* Leading the way for foil is Willie Upbin. As a sophomore, Upbin has a career high 41 individual wins this season. He has gone an undefeated 3-0 in bouts four times which is second in foil behind Michael Li and Alexandre Amice who have each done it on five occasions. 25-2 prior to losing two of their last three, the Quakers will need a strong performance this weekend from their foil team if they are to three-peat. 

Saber (20-10)

Raphael Van Hoffelen: 37-18
Andrew Sun: 36-19
Adam Green: 34-25

* Raphael Van Hoffelen leads men's saber with a 67.2% win percentage this season. With 37 wins he is just two wins short of tying his career high of 39 that he put up as a freshman. Saber has lost five of its last seven prior to starting 18-5. 

Epee (23-7)

Jake Raynis: 46-19
Zsombor Garzo: 43-19
Sean Wilson: 35-21

* Epee has been one of the Quakers' stronger units this season lead by the experience of seniors Jake Raynis and Zsombor Garzo combined with the youth of freshman Sean Wilson. At the Philadelphia Invitational, Garzo became the first Penn fencer to surpass the 200 win mark for his career. 

* Previewing the Ivy

* The Quakers have gone 8-2 the last two years at the Ivy Championships, but will face their fair share of tough competition. The only two losses have come to Princeton. 

* Columbia currently is ranked 3rd in the nation by College Fencing 360 while Harvard is ranked five and Princeton is No. 6. 

* Penn is 1-1 against Ivy opponents this season. They have one loss to Columbia while defeating Brown. 


* What's Next

The season is not over for the Quakers after the Ivy Championships. They will fence at Temple February 24 to prepare for NCAA's in March.