Hamza, Kwak Lead Fencers at NCAA Regional

Saturday, March 9

Easton, Pa.

All Day

Princeton University

NCAA Regional

Daniel Kwak and Mohamed Hamza each finished second in his weapon at the NCAA Regionals.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

March 09, 2019 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing

Rookie Mohamed Hamza and sophomore Daniel Kwak led the Princeton fencers Saturday at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional at Lafayette as Hamza and Kwak each finished second in his weapon.

The NCAA regional counts for 60 percent of a fencer's NCAA selection résumé while regular-season performance counts for the other 40 percent. There are seven NCAA Championship spots allocated from the Mid-Atlantic/South region toward the 24 in each weapon. Teams can qualify a maximum 12 fencers, two per weapon, for the NCAA Championships, with each of those fencers competing in 23 bouts and each of those wins adding a point to the team's standing in pursuit of the combined men's/women's team title.

Hamza was second among 36 participants in the men's foil competition and Kwak was second in men's épée. Tatijana Stewart led the Tiger women with a fourth-place finish in épée. Complete results are available here.

The qualifiers list for this year's NCAA finals will be announced Tuesday, and the NCAA Championships are set for March 21-24 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Men's Épée (34 participants)
6. Wesley Yuan
8. Wesley Johnson
10. Michael Popovici
13. Dylan Kim

Men's Foil (36 participants)
2. Mohamed Hamza
7. Cameron Levy
11. Julian Knodt
12. Samuel Barmann

Women's Épée (36 participants)
4. Tatijana Stewart

Women's Foil (36 participants)
10. Dolly Lampson-Stixrud
14. Alexandra Park

Women's Saber (36 participants)
12. Galen Cadley
14. Riya Dave

Men's Saber (36 participants)
2. Daniel Kwak
14. Zachary Johnson
20. Alex Lam