Jan. 25, 2009
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Bulldogs hit the road this weekend for a series of challenging matches at the NYU Invitational in New York, N.Y. The Bulldogs faced Notre Dame, which finished second at the NCAA Championship last year, and fell 4-23. Northwestern, also a strong team, outlasted Yale by 9-18. Against Wayne State, a team the Bulldogs beat last year, Yale posted a 25-2 victory. They followed that victory up with a 19-8 victory against NYU, effectively avenging their loss at last year's invitational. Ohio State, last year's national champions, ended the tournament for Yale with a 3-24 defeat.
Captain Lidia Gocheva commented on the tournament's results:
"We obviously have some serious work to do in order to reach the level of teams like Notre Dame and Ohio State, but I am very optimistic about the remainder of the season. I hope that we will be able to apply what we learned today against our main opponents at the Ivy League Championship."
Full Results:
vs Notre Dame (4-23) (defeat)
Sabre 1-8
Katherine Arden 1-2
Jennifer Ivers 0-3
Farrah Kimovec 0-3
Foil 2-7
Lidia Gocheva 0-3
Katharine Pitt 0-3
Valeria Makeeva 2-1
Epee 1-8
Rebecca Moss 1-2
Abigail Fraeman 0-3
Tasha Garcia 0-2
Pruittiporn Kerdchoochuen 0-1
vs Northwestern (9-18) (defeat)
Sabre 4-5
Katherine Arden 2-1
Jennifer Ivers 2-1
Farrah Kimovec 0-3
Foil 4-5
Lidia Gocheva 1-2
Katharine Pitt 2-1
Valeria Makeeva 1-2
Epee 1-8
Rebecca Moss 1-2
Abigail Fraeman 0-3
Tasha Garcia 0-3
vs Wayne State (25-2) (victory)
Sabre 9-0
Katherine Arden 3-0
Jennifer Ivers 3-0
Farrah Kimovec 3-0
Foil 9-0
Lidia Gocheva 3-0
Katharine Pitt 3-0
Valeria Makeeva 3-0
Epee 7-2
Rebecca Moss 3-0
Abigail Fraeman 3-0
Tasha Garcia 0-2
Pruittiporn Kerdchoochuen 1-0
vs NYU (19-8) (victory)
Sabre 6-3
Katherine Arden 2-1
Jennifer Ivers 2-1
Farrah Kimovec 2-1
Foil 5-4
Lidia Gocheva 2-1
Katharine Pitt 2-1
Valeria Makeeva 1-2
Epee 8-1
Rebecca Moss 3-0
Abigail Fraeman 3-0
Pruittiporn Kerdchoochuen 2-1
vs Ohio State (3-24) (defeat)
Sabre 1-8
Katherine Arden 1-2
Jennifer Ivers 0-3
Farrah Kimovec 0-2
Malika Rakhmankulova 0-1
Foil 0-9
Lidia Gocheva 0-3
Katharine Pitt 0-3
Valeria Makeeva 0-3
Epee 2-7
Rebecca Moss 2-1
Pruittiporn Kerdchoochuen 0-3
Abigail Fraeman 0-2
Alexia Cesar 0-1
The Bulldogs host Sacred Heart and Drew University next Saturday. Competition begins at 1:00 p.m.
Report filed by Dominique Fenton '10, Yale Sports Publicity