It’s easy to lose yourself in the vitriol of some of Northwestern’s flailing sports teams.
Football sits in a deadlock with UMass-Amherst for having the worst record in the NCAA over the last 18 games (1-17). The men’s basketball team is a bit easier to watch, though back-to-back losses don’t particularly serve as fuel for enthusiasm. And the women’s basketball team putting up 12 points in the entire first half on Thursday versus Duke isn’t too thrilling, either.
But standing valiantly alongside an impressive women’s field hockey and soccer team is NU’s fencing squad. The all-female team is ranked eighth in the nation, sitting behind a bevy of Ivy Leagues and other northeast foes.