CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 4 Harvard men's fencing team (13-4) will travel to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., at Vassar College for the NCAA Northeast Regionals on March 13.
 
The Crimson will get underway at 10 a.m. ET, with the men's epee and foil up first.
 
For the epee squad, four Crimson fencers are set to compete. Leading the way is Jonas Hansen as the third seed, followed by Mihir Kumashi at No. 7. Josh Willcox and Anthony Malysz will round out the epee squad for the Crimson at No. 25 and No. 38, respectively.
 
On the foil side, all four Crimson fencers are seeded in the top 10. Andrew Chung earned himself the top seed in the event, followed by Kenji Bravo at No. 5, James Chen at No. 7, and Justin Liu at No. 9.
 
The sabre event will round out the regionals beginning at 1 p.m. ET
 
Harvard owns three of the top four seeds with Mitchell Saron (No. 1), Daniel Solomon (No. 2) and Filip Dolegiewicz (No. 4). Jason Oh finds himself in the top 20 as well at No. 17.
 
The last time Harvard was at this event was in 2020. That year Harvard placed four fencers in the top-three and eight in the top-10.
 
Bravo grabbed a silver medal, posting a 19-4 record throughout the day. Dolegiewicz earned a bronze medal and posted a 19-4 record as well.
 
Saron finished in the top 10 with a 15-8 record and Solomon posted a 9-3 record, while Josh Willcox went 12-4.
 

What to Know

• The Crimson sabre squad has a combined record of 141-39 throughout the season, including a team-best 48-6 record from Mitchell Saron. Daniel Solomon, meanwhile, is 40-13, Filip Dolegiewicz is 33-12 and Jason Oh is 20-8.

• Jonas Hansen has led the way for the epee squad with a 39-19 record, and Mihir Kumashi has tallied a 28-20 effort in 2021-22.

• For the foil team, each of the five fencers posted a .500 or better record this season. Kenji Bravo (34-18) has led the way, followed by Justin Liu (21-14), Andrew Chung (20-8), James Chen (18-12) and James Liao (13-7).
• The last competition for the Crimson was a second-place finish at the Ivy League Championships on Feb. 13.

At the Helm

Daria Schneider is in her third year as head coach of the Harvard men's and women's fencing programs in 2021-22. In her first season as head coach, Schneider led the men's team to a program record 20 dual wins and an outright Ivy League Championship. She led the women's team to the NCAA Regionals where four fencers placed in the top 10.
 

Up Next

Should the Crimson have athletes qualify for the NCAA Championships, the event will take place March 24-27 in Notre Dame, Ind.