The New York University women's fencing team won two of its three matches on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the Coles Sports Center in Manhattan. 

The Violets, now 10-13 this season, defeated Vassar College (19-8) and Sacred Heart University (18-9), before falling to Columbia University (23-4).

In their first match of the evening vs. Vassar, the Violets won 8-1 in both sabre and foil, but lost 6-3 in epee. Zoe Evans and Amanda Rysling won all three of their foil bouts, while co-captains Alyxandra Mattison and Eliza Friar, as well Lisa Verzino, won both of their sabre bouts.

In the team's second match against Sacred Heart, the Violets went a perfect 9-0 in foil, won sabre 5-4 and lost epee 5-4. Evans and Rysling again won all three of their foil bouts, as did Sophie Ciaravino. Verzino won all three of her sabre bouts, while Amy Alkenwon two sabre bouts.

In their final match of the evening, the Violets lost in all three weapons to Columbia. NYU fell in sabre and epee by identical 8-1 scores, and in foil 7-2.

Overall, Evans and Rysling led the team with seven victories each on the evening.

The team returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 28, when they compete at the Intercollegiate Fencing Championships (IFA) Championships at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.