To that end, in the preliminary rounds, co-captain Edward Shin scored the first touch against Egyptian Olympian El-Sayed from Long Island University, the eventual tournament champion. Shin lost his match by a 3-5 tally but showed flashes of brilliance. Shin and fellow returners Vivek Veluvali and co-captain Daniel Carvalho, all won enough in the prelims to make the Direct Elimination round. Shin and Veluvali placed 42nd and 44th, while Carvalho won his first D.E. and climbed the ladder up to a respectable 28th place finish.  Meanwhile, in the consolation pool, first-year walk-ons Raphael Yamamoto and Jack Lesher each picked up some wins, coming in seventh and 12th out of 16, respectively.

 

A sabre squad consisting entirely of walk-ons finished in reverse order of experience, with neophytes Kenneth Hsu and Deep Patel winning enough in the prelims to make the DEs, and placed 46th and 49th respectively. The more experienced Neville Linden and Jack Greff had shaky starts in the preliminaries, but pulled together to dominate in the consolation pool, with Linden placing second and Greff "The Ref" earning a solid fourth place showing.

 

A young but tough foil squad had the best overall finish on the day, with all four representatives qualifying into the DEs. Sophomore Jax Wittenberg and first year Michael Pyo managed wins in their first 15-touch bouts, then both ran out of gas in the round of 32, and finished 20 and 29 respectively. For the other first-years, local hero Andrew Strayer was 38th, and Henry Fedonchik a solid 42nd in a pool of 70 competitors representing the best on the East Coast.