Northwestern moved from seventh to fifth in the latest USFCA Coaches Poll.Northwestern moved from seventh to fifth in the latest USFCA Coaches Poll.

Wildcats Move Up Two Spots In Latest Coaches Poll

Feb. 22, 2006

EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern's women's fencing team moved up two spots in the latest USFCA College Fencing Coaches Poll to No. 5. The Wildcats opened the season ranked No. 7. NU is currently 35-4 and is next in action at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships held in South Bend, Ind. Top-ranked Notre Dame is the host.

The USFCA Coaches top-10 is below.

1. Notre Dame (1)
2. Penn State (2)
3. Harvard (5)
4. Columbia-Barnard (3)
5. Northwestern (7)
6. St. John's (NY) (6)
t. Ohio State (4)
8. Pennsylvania (9)
9. Princeton (9)
10. Temple (--)

Other votes -- Stanford, Duke, Wayne State (MI), North Carolina, UC-San Diego, Air Force, Brown, MIT