SAN DIEGO — UC San Diego fencing concluded the West Invitational on Sunday with winning records for both the men's and women's teams. The men finished with a 4-2 mark while the women went 6-3 across the two-day competition.

Competition took place at the SolCity Sports Center on the Alliant International University campus in San Diego. The invitational was UC San Diego's second competitive event of the fall.

ON THE MEN'S SIDE
The Tritons went 3-1 on Saturday, including a 15-12 victory over Ohio State that was the Buckeyes' only loss of the invitational. UC San Diego then went 1-1 on Sunday. The defeat was a narrow 13-14 result to defending national champions Harvard.

Junior Sunny Sharma (epee) and sophomore Hananiah So (saber) both went 12-6 on the weekend. The charge on foil was led by junior Brandon Kim, who earned a 9-4 record. Both epee and foil finished the invitational 5-1.

MEN'S RESULTS

• Incarnate Word 21-6
• Brandeis 14-13
• Ohio State 15-12
• Stanford 12-15
• Harvard 13-14
• Air Force 15-12

ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE
Saturday's 4-2 record featured a 16-11 win over Stanford, the team's first since 2021. The Tritons then finished the competition with a 2-1 Sunday that culminated with all three weapons out-scoring Tufts for a 20-7 victory.

The women's top performer was freshman Katherine Kim, who finished with a 19-7 record in foil. Epee was the team's best weapon at the invitational with a 7-2 record, with junior Renee Zuhars (11-6) and sophomore Natalie Brooke Gebala (11-7) capturing the best individual marks. Junior Zara Fearns had the Tritons' best saber record at 15-7.

WOMEN'S RESULTS

• Incarnate Word 19-8
• Brandeis 24-3
• Ohio State 11-16
• Stanford 16-11
• Northwestern 12-15
• Tufts 18-9
• Harvard 10-17
• Air Force 17-10
• Tufts 20-7

QUOTABLE
"Our goal this season is clear: To be prepared to compete against any team, regardless of their ranking. This weekend, we proved to ourselves that we are capable of doing just that," said UC San Diego head coach Juan Ignacio Calderon. "We continue to strengthen our performance across all squads, enhancing the depth and versatility needed to compete at the highest level. The West Invitational is one of the toughest meets of the season, and we certainly rose to the occasion."

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will next be in action in mid January, taking part in the two-day Philadelphia Invitational beginning Jan. 17.

About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.