FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Harvard men's fencing went a perfect 5-0 at the Sacred Heart Invitational on Sunday, Dec. 4. The Crimson are now an impressive 14-1 on the season. 14-1 is the Crimson's best record through 15 games in team history.
 
The Crimson opened the invitational with a convincing 23-4 win against Vassar College. Both the sabre and foil squads shut out their opponents, winning 9-0. The win moves Harvard to 16-0 all time against Vassar.
 
Harvard stayed hot in their next matchup, beating Penn State 21-6. The foil and sabre teams again led the way for the Crimson. James Chen and Kenji Bravo from foil and Filip Dolegiewicz and Mitchell Saron from Sabre each won all three of their bouts in this match.
 
Up next, the Crimson earned their most dominate win of the day, defeating the hosts, Sacred Heart, 24-3. The foil squad earned their second 9-0 shutout out the day, their third of the season.
 
In the fourth match, Harvard faced off against the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Foil's Kenji Bravo and epee's Josh Willcox each earned three wins in their bouts to push the Crimson to a decisive 22-5 win.
 
The Crimson concluded the day with a 21-6 win over New York University. Sabre's 8-1 victory helped seal an undefeated day and their 12^th win in a row. The Crimson have also now won six in a row against NYU.
 

What to Know

• The Crimson's foil team remains undefeated on the year at 15-0.
• Harvard is on a 12 game winning streak, their longest winning streak since 2011 when they won 14 in a row.
• Harvard's record of 14-1 is the Crimson's best record through 15 games in team history.
• Sabre's Mitchell Saron went 12-0 on the day to lead the team in wins.

 

Up Next

 
The Crimson head to Queens, New York to compete in the St. John's Invitational on January 21.
 

Results

 
 

Vassar – W 23-4

 
Sabre (9-0)
Jason Oh (5-1) (5-3) (5-2)
Mitchell Saron (5-1) (5-1) (5-3)
Daniel Solomon (5-1) (5-1)
Filip Dolegiewicz (5-0)
 
Foil (9-0)
James Liao (5-4) (5-1)
James Chen (5-0) (5-2)
Andrew Chung (5-2) (5-2) (5-3)
Kenji Bravo (5-0)
Justin Liu (5-1)
 
Epee (5-4)
Josh Willcox (3-5)
Jonas Hansen (5-4) (5-0) (5-0)
Anthony Malysz (2-5) (4-5)
Ark Ma (3-5)
Mihir Kumashi (5-4) (5-3)
 

Penn State – W 21-6

 
Sabre (8-1)
Filip Dolegiewicz (5-1) (5-4) (5-1)
Mitchell Saron (5-3) (5-2) (5-0)
Jason Oh (5-4) (4-5)
Daniel Solomon (5-4)
 
Foil (8-1)
James Chen (5-2) (5-3) (5-2)
Kenji Bravo (5-1) (5-1) (5-2)
Justin Liu (0-5) (5-1) (5-3)
 
Epee (5-4)
Mihir Kumashi (5-3) (2-5) (4-5)
Jonas Hansen (4-3) (4-5) (4-5)
Ark Ma (5-3) (5-3) (5-0)
 

Sacred Heart – W 24-3

 
Sabre (7-2)
Mitchell Saron (5-2) (5-2) (5-2)
Daniel Solomon (5-3) (4-5) (4-5)
Jason Oh (5-2) (5-1) (5-0)
 
Foil (9-0)
Kenji Bravo (5-2) (5-0) (5-1)
James Chen (5-1) (5-4) (5-0)
Andrew Chung (5-3) (5-4) (5-0)
 
Epee (8-1)
Jonas Hansen (5-0) (5-1) (5-2)
Josh Willcox (5-1) (3-5) (5-2)
Mihir Kumashi (5-3) (5-3) 5-3)
 

NJIT – W 22-5

 
Sabre (8-1)
Filip Dolegiewicz
Jason Oh
Daniel Solomon
 
Foil (8-1)
Kenji Bravo (5-1) (5-3) (5-3)
Andrew Chung (5-4) (5-1) (1-5)
James Liao (5-1) (5-3) (1-5)
 
Epee (6-3)
Ark Ma (2-3) (5-4)
Jonas Hansen (2-3) (3-5) (3-2)
Josh Willcox (5-2) (5-3) (5-2)
Mihir Kumashi (5-2)
 

NYU – W 21-6

 
Sabre (8-1)
Filip Dolegiewicz (5-0) (5-2) (5-3)
Mitchell Saron (5-0) (5-2) (5-3)
Daniel Solomon (5-3) (1-5) (5-4)
 
Foil (6-3)
Andrew Chung (3-5)
James Chen (5-3) (5-3) (5-2)
Justin Liu (5-3) (5-2) (2-5)
James Liao (2-5) (5-2)
 
Epee (7-2)
Ark Ma (5-3) (5-2) (5-3)
Jonas Hansen (5-0) (5-3) (5-3)
Josh Willcox (3-5) (5-3) (4-5)