The New York University women's fencing team hosted its annual invitational at the Jerome S. Coles Sports Center in Manhattan on Sunday, Jan. 25.

Four teams ranked in the U.S. College Fencing Coach's poll competed at the invitational: #2 University of Notre Dame, #3 Ohio State University, #4 Columbia University, and #6 Northwestern University.

The Violets won one of their six matches in the competition, making their overall record 5-8 on the season.

After falling to Ohio State in the first round, NYU rebounded to trounce Wayne State University 20-7, including 8-1 marks in both sabre and foil.

The Violets then dropped the third and fourth rounds to St. John's University and Yale University, despite a 5-4 victory over St. John's and a narrow 4-5 loss to Yale by the foil team.

After the lunch break, NYU dropped their fifth round to Notre Dame and their sixth to Northwestern, although both the sabre and foil teams boasted 4-5 performances against the sixth-ranked Wildcats.

The top performer for the Violets was junior co-captain Alyxandra Mattison, who went 9-7 in sabre on the day and posted 3-0 performances against Wayne State, Yale and Northwestern.

The NYU women's fencing team will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 31, as it travels to Medford, MA, to face off against Tufts University.

Below are the results of all the matches:

Round 1:
Ohio State 21, NYU 6
Notre Dame 23, Yale 4
St. John's 26, Wayne State 1
Columbia 16, Northwestern 11

Round 2:
NYU 20, Wayne State 7
Columbia 14, Notre Dame 13
Ohio State 18, St. John's 9
Northwestern 18, Yale 9

Round 3:
St. John's 21, NYU 6
Ohio State 17, Columbia 10
Yale 25, Wayne State 2
Notre Dame 18, Northwestern 9

Round 4:
Yale 19, NYU 8
Columbia 26, Wayne State 1
Notre Dame 22, St. John's 5
Ohio State 15, Northwestern 12

Round 5:
Notre Dame 25, NYU 2
Ohio State 24, Yale 3
St. John's 15, Columbia 12
Northwestern 26, Wayne State 1

Round 6:
Northwestern 19, NYU 8
Ohio State 14, Notre Dame 13