The Northwestern fencing team knew it would have a difficult time in New York.
And on Saturday the Wildcats found themselves sliding down the hill and at the bottom of the heap
NU went 1-2 at the Columbia Duals, falling to No. 5 Columbia-Barnard 17-10 and No. 6 Yale 15-12. The Cats (27-4) beat Brown 17-10 for their only victory.
Although NU lost twice, the team got what it came for: tough competition.
“I’m not overly disappointed since the matches were close,” NU coach Laurie Schiller said. “We are obviously as good a team as they are. We went there to get good competition and we got good competition.”
In addition to fencing some of the best teams in the country, NU did so without top
