A meteoric season for Northwestern’s women’s fencing team faced its steepest trajectory yet this past weekend. The purple swords sliced toward Columbus, Ohio en route to the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference Championships, where they faced each of their conference foes along with Detroit Mercy, who participated in the duals unaffiliated with the CFCC.
No. 5 Northwestern shares a conference with No. 6 Ohio State, Denison, Cleveland State, Lawrence and Wayne State. The six squads converged on the Buckeyes’ campus for a packed day of bouts.
Leading up to the conference tourney, the ‘Cats had endured one of their most intense stretches of the season.