PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Cornell fencing team had a solid 1-2 effort on day one of the 2025 Ivy League Fencing Championship on Saturday afternoon at the Palestra. The Big Red moved to 33-13 on the season.

Cornell suffered a pair of losses to national powers Harvard and Princeton to begin the day, falling to the No. 1 and No. 4 ranked teams in the country. It bounced back in a big way with a narrow 15-12 victory over Brown to close out the evening, earning a 6-3 win in epee.

The top individual performer on day one was Nora Weber in epee, posting a 6-2 individual record and a +6 touch margin. She was the lone Big Red fencer with a positive touch margin against many of the nation's top fencers. Both Renata Chusid and Rei Weintraub were 4-4 with the foil to rank in the top six with the weapon after four rounds.

The Big Red will fence three more matches on Sunday, meeting No. 3 Columbia at 12:15 p.m. before meeting the host Penn Quakers at 1:30 p.m. and No. 12 Yale following that at 2:45 p.m. Cornell owns triumphs over both Penn and Yale this season.

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#1 HARVARD 21, #8 CORNELL 6
Foil: 1-8
Epee: 3-6
Sabre: 2-7

#4 PRINCETON 18, #8 CORNELL 9
Foil: 3-6
Epee: 4-5
Sabre: 1-8

#8 CORNELL 15, BROWN 12
Foil: 5-4
Epee: 6-3
Sabre: 4-5

Foil (9-15)
Renata Chusid: 4-4
Mia Jo: 1-7
Rei Weintraub: 4-4

Epee (13-14)
Elaine Hong: 3-3
Ketki Ketkar: 1-4
Natalie Leung: 2-4
Emma Ni: 1-1
Nora Weber: 6-2

Sabre (7-20)
Emma Brown: 1-3
Isabella Carvalho: 1-5
Erika Chin: 1-4
Sarah Lacson: 1-2
Samantha Marsee: 3-4
Diana Piovanetti: 0-2