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