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Did You Know?: Ohio Northern's Men’s Fencing team wins 1931 league title in second year of existence

Did You Know?: Ohio Northern's Men’s Fencing team wins 1931 league title in second year of existence
November 2, 2020

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Ohio Northern won its first league title in Men's Fencing in just its second season of existence in 1931.

Founded in 1930 by Major Cliffe Deming, a faculty member at ONU, the Fencing program enjoyed a great deal of success from 1930 until WWII shelved all sports at ONU in 1941.

The Polar Bears posted a 9-0 record in 1931 and won the Ohio Intercollegiate Fencing Association title.

After finishing 3-2 in its inaugural season in 1930, Northern defeated Toledo, Wittenberg, Cincinnati and Ohio Wesleyan twice each and edged Mansfield to go undefeated.