User blog comment:Zolnir/RWBY V3E3: Quick Thoughts/@comment-186.45.79.208-20151115165339

'Speaking of which, since we know Coco and Yatsuhashi are 2nd year students, does that mean Emerald and Mercury are 2nd year as well?'

They stated back in ep 1 that age and school year are irrelevant to the match ups