{"id":104965,"date":"2025-02-25T10:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=104965"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:05:51","slug":"watch-northwestern-womens-fencing-team-hosts-inaugural-schiller-duals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/watch-northwestern-womens-fencing-team-hosts-inaugural-schiller-duals\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Northwestern women\u2019s fencing team hosts inaugural Schiller Duals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Amanda Pirkowski<br \/>\n<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medill Reports<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Northwestern <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">women\u2019s fencing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> team prepared with heightened aim for the newly named Schiller Duals, which took place on Feb. 1 and 2 at Ryan Fieldhouse, the team\u2019s home turf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Northwestern Fencing Schiller Duals\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1059954172?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zach Moss, Northwestern women\u2019s fencing coach<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> \u201cThis year, we are naming our annual home meet in February \u2018the Schiller Duals.\u2019 It is a meet that\u2019s been in existence for a long, long time. And we are naming it in honor of Laurie Schiller, who is my predecessor. He was the head coach for 38 years. \u2026 He was the winningest coach in Northwestern history, of any sport, so it\u2019s just great to immortalize him in this way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rob Lichten, sports administrator for Northwestern fencing<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> \u201cI think it\u2019s a fantastic college fencing event. \u2026 For some of the dual meets, you know, they\u2019re rivals. And so, you get Northwestern against Ohio State, Northwestern against Notre Dame.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Moss:<\/strong> \u201cAt the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeCicco Duals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this weekend, the team performed really well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Team chant:<\/strong> \u201cN-U, Epee, N-U, Epee, Go Cats!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Damratoski, Northwestern fencer<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> \u201cI went undefeated and specifically, against Notre Dame, which was great. \u2026 I am so excited to go into next weekend into Schiller Duals. \u2026 I\u2019m glad that we have a lot of forward momentum \u2013 just me, myself and also as a team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christina Liu, Northwestern fencer:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cEvery time I get on the strip, I just feel so much energy and like everyone cheering for me just makes me feel so like supported.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Allison Wade, Northwestern fencing parent:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly nerve-wracking to watch. I get very, very nervous. My hand moves as if I\u2019m actually fencing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Moss:<\/strong> \u201cWhen someone\u2019s trying to hit you with a sword and all of your biological instinct is \u2018run away, run away.\u2019 And so, it\u2019s just a really cool sport that kind of balances all of those components in a really intense and fun way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Wade:<\/strong> \u201cAnd when she gets a touch, it\u2019s incredibly invigorating and exciting and to hear her team cheering with her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Kaylin Nguyen, Northwestern fencer:<\/strong> \u201cLast weekend at DeCicco&#8217;s, Ava (Wade-Currie) and I created a dance to get their energy up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Team cheer:<\/strong> \u201cGet-ya, get-ya, get-ya, hey boy, I\u2019m gonna get-ya.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Nguyen:<\/strong> \u201cAnd we\u2019re going to do that this weekend at Schiller\u2019s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Moss:<\/strong> \u201cWhat\u2019s really great about the two events we fenced last weekend and this weekend \u2026 DeCicco and Schiller duals is an opportunity to both evaluate our team, what we need to work on individually, prepare for specific opponents, but then collectively, how do we show up at conference at our sharpest, most supportive and bring home a championship?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amanda Pirkowski is a graduate student at Medill, specializing in sports media. 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