DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke men’s and women’s fencing teams are set to kick off the 2019 season Sunday, Jan. 13 at the Penn State Duals in the White Building on the campus of Penn State. Both squads will match up against the Nittany Lions, Columbia, Haverford, North Carolina and Yale while the Blue Devil women will also square off against Temple.
The Blue Devils are coming off a historic 2018 season as the then ninth-ranked Duke men made history on Feb. 24, cruising to a 19-8 victory over the second-ranked team in the country, Notre Dame, and also defeating North Carolina (19-8) and Boston College (24-3) en route to the crown.