PHILADELPHIA (Penn) - It was nearly a perfect day for No. 7 Temple fencing, as the Owls went 5-1 on the first day of the Philadelphia Invitational hosted by Penn. Temple (12-4) won its first five matches before falling to No. 8 Northwestern.
Meet Results
> The sabre squad went undefeated with a perfect mark of 6-0.
> The Owls started out with a 22-5 win vs. FDU and followed it with a 21-6 win vs. NYU.
> In their third straight match before lunch, Temple bested NJIT, 17-10.
> To start the afternoon, the Owls beat Duke 16-11 before toppling Cornell, 19-8.