PRINCETON, N.J. – First year Sophie Liu of the Yale women's fencing team won the Ivy League crown in saber on Sunday afternoon at the conference championships hosted by Princeton. Liu recorded a perfect 15-0 record to help lead the Bulldogs to a 3-3 record and a fourth-place team finish overall.

Columbia won the team title with a 6-0 record during the two-day event. Harvard placed second, followed by Princeton, Yale, Penn, Brown, and Cornell.

Match Results

• Princeton 14, Yale 13
• Yale 16, Penn 11
• Columbia 17, Yale 10
• Yale 20, Brown 7
• Yale 17, Cornell 10
• Harvard 20, Yale 7

Match Notes

• Liu is Yale's first Ivy League champion since teammate Kristina Petrova won the conference title in foil in 2024.
• Classmate Jia Chen finished in second place in foil, earning All-Ivy League honors in the event. Chen recorded a fantastic 13-2 record.
• Michelle Lee was Yale's top performer in epee, recording a ninth-place finish.
• The Bulldogs improved on last year's conference championship result by two places. The team avenged losses to Cornell and Penn at Ivy's in 2025.
• Yale concludes the 2026 head-to-head portion of the schedule with a 23-6 record and a .793 win percentage, its best in over a decade.

All-Ivy Honorees

• Sophie Liu – Saber (1^st place)
• Jia Chen – Foil (2^nd place)

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Select Yale athletes will compete at NCAA Regionals in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. on Sunday, March 8.