EVANSTON, Ill. - The men's and women's fencing teams were in action on Sunday at the Northwestern Megameet. Detroit went up against teams from Cal Tech, Stanford, Temple, Princeton, North Carolina, Fairleigh Dickenson, the University of California San Diego (UCSD), and host Northwestern.

The men's team came out with a 19-8 win over Cal Tech. The sabre team went 9-0 in that match as senior Tom Lorenzo (Avon, OH/St. Ignatius) was 4-10 on the day to lead the sabre squad.

The men's foil team won 7-2 over Cal Tech as the foil team put up the best individual numbers on the day. Junior Michael Purdy-Sachs (Port Huron, MI/Port Huron Northern & Ind. Studies) and senior Brad Coon (Jenison, MI/Hudsonville) each posted identical 7-4 marks while freshman Yaroslav Ivanov (Louisville, KY/Ballard), the third member of the men's foil team which has been successful this past year, went 5-6.

In addition to the win over Cal Tech, the men's squad went head-to-head with North Carolina (10-17), Princeton (3-24), Stanford (1-26), UCSD (4-23), and Northwestern (6-21)

On the women's side, the team of freshmen were led by Eva Berndt (Fremont, MI/Providence Christian) compiled a team-high five wins while Ariel Skellet (Flint, MI/Powers Catholic), Sarah Armitage (Canton, MI/Plymouth), and Shannon Canavan (Lake Orion, MI/Lake Orion) all tallied three wins over the course of the day.

The women's squad as a whole went head-to-head with Cal Tech (10-17), Stanford (1-26), Temple (1-26), Northwestern (0-27), Princeton (0-27), Fairleigh Dickenson (5-16), Northwestern (0-27), North Carolina (1-26), and UCSD (0-27).

“We have to continue to work and improve. Our newcomers continue to progress and some of our returners struggled today, but established programs are established for a reason and we will continue to take the experience from these types of meets,” stated head coach Todd Dressell.

The next event for the fencing teams will be the UDM Invitational held at Calihan Hall this Sunday. It is the lone home match-up of the 2010-11 season as Detroit will welcome Wayne State and Michigan State to the UDM campus. The event begins at 9:00 a.m., as Wayne State and Michigan will go head-to-head first with the Titans to follow immediately after around 10:30 a.m., against Michigan State first, followed by Wayne State.