PHILADELPHIA – The Sacred Heart men's fencing team faced off against many of the top programs in the nation at the Philadelphia Invitational. Notre Dame, Penn, NJIT and UC San Diego were all ranked in the national coaches' poll. 
 
The highlight of the day was a 16-11 victory over NJIT. In foil, David Belluomo and Chaissen Costello both went 3-0, and in epee David Bailey and Damien Nguyen were each undefeated. 
 
Against seventh-ranked Penn, the foil squad posted a 6-3 victory. Costello, Belluomo and Jacob Bartel were all 2-1. 
 
Against North Carolina, Belluomo was 2-1. 
 
TEAM RESULTS 
 
SHU 16, No. 15 NJIT 11 
No. 2 Notre Dame 25, SHU 2 
North Carolina 21, SHU 6 
No. 7 Penn 16, SHU 11 
No. 15 UC San Diego 17, SHU 10 
 
WHAT'S NEXT 
 
The Pioneers face ninth-ranked Yale on Feb. 1