PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Cornell fencing team went 1-3 to complete a challenging day at the Philadelphia Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Penn's Tse Center. The Big Red moved its record to 24-8 on the season.

After suffering losses to UCSD (20-7) and No. 2 Notre Dame (19-8) to begin the day, the Big Red was able to claim all three weapons in a dominant 19-8 victory over Johns Hopkins, its second victory of the season against JHU. In a back-and-forth affair to close out the day, No. 6 Duke held off the Big Red 15-12 despite Cornell winning two of the three weapons.

Epeeists Elaine Hong (6-3) and Ketki Ketkar (5-2) paced the way for a unit that was 16-20 on the day against some of the nation's top teams. Mi Jo (6-5) posted a winning record with the foil, with Isabela Carvalho (5-4) doing the same with the sabre.

Cornell closes out the regular season at the Northwestern Duals on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 8-9 in Evanston, Ill.

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UCSD 20, #8 CORNELL 7
Foil: 3-6
Epee: 2-7
Sabre: 2-7

#2 NOTRE DAME 19, #8 CORNELL 8
Foil: 4-5
Epee: 2-7
Sabre: 2-7

#8 CORNELL 19, JOHNS HOPKINS 8
Foil: 6-3
Epee: 7-2
Sabre: 6-3

#6 DUKE 15, #8 CORNELL 12
Foil: 2-7
Epee: 5-4
Sabre: 5-4

Foil (15-21)
Sumajja Denysiuk: 0-1
Mia Jo: 6-5
Breanna Lee: 4-5
Rei Weintraub: 5-6
Natalie Yeung: 0-4

Epee (16-20)
Elaine Hong: 6-3
Ketki Ketkar: 5-2
Natalie Leung: 3-3
Emma Ni: 1-5
Nawal O'Neil: 0-0
Nora Weber: 1-7

Sabre (15-21)
Emma Brown: 1-5
Isabela Carvalho: 5-4
Erika Chin: 3-4
Sarah Lacson: 4-4
Fiona Neibart: 2-2
Diana Piovanetti: 0-2