Madison, NJ- In its first team meet of the year, the Denison women's fencing team finished its weekend at the Drew Invitational with a 9-2 record. Across the weekend, the Big Red defeated four Division I teams: Lafayette, Long Island University, NJIT, and Wagner College.
Up Next for the Big Red
Denison travels to Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, November 8, to compete in the OSU Elite Invitational, hosted by the Ohio State University. For the full schedule for the weekend click HERE.
Drew Invitational-Day One (11/1/2025)
Denison women's fencing finished day one of the Drew Invitational with a record of 5-1, beating Haverford 25-2, Division I New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) 22-5, Drew University 24-3, and in a tightly contested matchup against No. 4 Wellesley, the Big Red came out on top 16-11. Denison's lone team loss of the day was against No. 11 Division I Cornell, by a score of 19-8.
Heading into this weekend the Pre-Season Coaches Poll was released and put Denison Women's Fencing as No. 3 on the Division III poll. The top five were NYU, Johns Hopkins, Denison, Wellesley, and M.I.T.
Highlights from Day One
The sabre squad had a close match with No. 11 Cornell, ultimately falling to Cornell 5-4. When the Big Red faced Wellesley, it was the lone top-five matchup amongst the competing Division III institutions, which solidified Denison's belonging at the top of the coaches poll rankings. It was a team effort victory over Wellesley, with sabre leading the way with a 7-2 squad result. In foil the Big Red came out on top 6-3, and epee fell to Wellesley 6-3.
Drew Invitational Day Two (11/2/2025)
Denison women's fencing continued its day one success on day two of the Drew Invitational, this time in a pool of 13 teams and more Division I institutions. The Big Red went 4-1, starting the day with a pair of wins over Division I Long Island University (20-7) and No. 8 in Division III Stevens Institute of Technology (22-5). After a short break, Denison faced off with No. 2 Division III Johns Hopkins University. It was a nailbiter that went back and forth, with the foil squad leading the way with a 6-3 record. However, the Big Red ultimately fell 13-14 to the Blue Jays.
Denison would bounce back in style, though, ending the day with two big wins over two Division I opponents--Lafayette College (24-3) and Wagner College (18-9).
Highlights from Day Two
Foil fencer, junior Lal Ertün, was named MVP on the weekend with an incredible 28-2 record (93% win rate). Other outstanding performances came from senior Delaney Brown in sabre with a 21-6 record and freshman Tessa Randleman in epee with a 20-10 record.
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