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NCAA Championships
Maia Chamberlain won the 2018 NCAA saber title and is among Princeton's NCAA qualifiers in 2022.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Fencers Set for NCAA Championships
March 21, 2022 | General, Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
Individual and team NCAA championships are at stake this weekend as Princeton gets set to head to Notre Dame for the national finals.
Princeton is one of four teams to qualify the maximum 12 fencers to the meet, along with Columbia, Notre Dame and Ohio State. Each fencer will compete against each of the other 23 fencers in their weapon, with each bout win earning a point toward Princeton's total. The team title is combined between men and women.
Women will compete on Thursday and Friday. Competition will get underway at 9 a.m. on Thursday for épée, 11 a.m. for foil and 1:30 p.m. for saber, continuing through the afternoon. On Friday, all three weapons will start at 9 a.m. to complete the round-robin bouts and determine the top four fencers in each weapon who will compete for the individual national titles, based on number of bouts won. The national semifinals will start at 1 p.m. in the order of épée, foil and saber, followed by the finals. The format will repeat on Saturday and Sunday for the men's competition.
The individual semifinal and final bouts will be streamed on ESPN3 (women's link | men's link). Live results will be available here.
Princeton won the NCAA team title in 2013 and has brought home top-four trophies seven times since Zoltan Dudas became head coach ahead of the 2006-07 season, finishing runner-up in 2012 and 2014, third in 2016, and fourth in 2011, 2015 and 2017.
Individually, Princeton has won eight men's and five women's NCAA championships all-time, including in all six weapons. Five of the combined 13 have come under Dudas, including Jonathan Yergler (2012, épée), Eliza Stone (2013, saber), Anna Van Brummen (2017, épée), Kasia Nixon (2018, épée), and current qualifier Maia Chamberlain (2018, saber). Princeton's last women's foil winner was Eva Petschnigg in 2000, last men's saber winner was Max Pekarev in 1996, and last men's foil winner was Bill Hicks in 1964. No Princetonian has won two NCAA individual fencing championships.
Here's a look at Princeton's 12 NCAA Championship qualifiers:
Women's Épée
Lola Constantino • Jr. • Warren, N.J.
Previous NCAAs: Qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships, which were canceled due to the pandemic; earned USFCA honorable mention All-America
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Jessica Lin • Fr. • Basking Ridge, N.J.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: Ivy League weapon champion, first-team All-Ivy, second-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Women's Foil
Tinney Mak • Fr. • Princeton, N.J.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Maia Weintraub • Fr. • Philadelphia, Pa.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South regional champion, Ivy League weapon champion, first-team All-Ivy, first-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Women's Saber
Maia Chamberlain • Sr. • Menlo Park, Calif.
Previous NCAAs: Finished third in 2017, earning All-America honors; won NCAA championship in 2018, earning All-America honors.
2022 Accolades: NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South regional champion, first-team All-Ivy, first-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Galen Cadley • Sr. • New York, N.Y.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Men's Épée
Nicholas Lawson • Fr. • New York, N.Y.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: Second-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Ryan Lee • Fr. • Arcadia, Calif.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: Second-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Men's Foil
Mohamed Hamza • Jr. • Pearland, Texas
Previous NCAAs: Sixth at the 2019 NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors
2022 Accolades: NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South regional champion, second-team All-Ivy, first-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Two-time Olympian with Egypt (2016, 2020), making the individual quarterfinals in Tokyo.
Jasper Levy • So. • Bellmore, N.Y.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Ivy, second-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Men's Saber
Andrew Johnson • So. • Ridgewood, N.J.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Ronald Anglade • Fr. • Alpharetta, Ga.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Princeton is one of four teams to qualify the maximum 12 fencers to the meet, along with Columbia, Notre Dame and Ohio State. Each fencer will compete against each of the other 23 fencers in their weapon, with each bout win earning a point toward Princeton's total. The team title is combined between men and women.
Women will compete on Thursday and Friday. Competition will get underway at 9 a.m. on Thursday for épée, 11 a.m. for foil and 1:30 p.m. for saber, continuing through the afternoon. On Friday, all three weapons will start at 9 a.m. to complete the round-robin bouts and determine the top four fencers in each weapon who will compete for the individual national titles, based on number of bouts won. The national semifinals will start at 1 p.m. in the order of épée, foil and saber, followed by the finals. The format will repeat on Saturday and Sunday for the men's competition.
The individual semifinal and final bouts will be streamed on ESPN3 (women's link | men's link). Live results will be available here.
Princeton won the NCAA team title in 2013 and has brought home top-four trophies seven times since Zoltan Dudas became head coach ahead of the 2006-07 season, finishing runner-up in 2012 and 2014, third in 2016, and fourth in 2011, 2015 and 2017.
Individually, Princeton has won eight men's and five women's NCAA championships all-time, including in all six weapons. Five of the combined 13 have come under Dudas, including Jonathan Yergler (2012, épée), Eliza Stone (2013, saber), Anna Van Brummen (2017, épée), Kasia Nixon (2018, épée), and current qualifier Maia Chamberlain (2018, saber). Princeton's last women's foil winner was Eva Petschnigg in 2000, last men's saber winner was Max Pekarev in 1996, and last men's foil winner was Bill Hicks in 1964. No Princetonian has won two NCAA individual fencing championships.
Here's a look at Princeton's 12 NCAA Championship qualifiers:
Women's Épée
Lola Constantino • Jr. • Warren, N.J.
Previous NCAAs: Qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships, which were canceled due to the pandemic; earned USFCA honorable mention All-America
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Jessica Lin • Fr. • Basking Ridge, N.J.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: Ivy League weapon champion, first-team All-Ivy, second-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Women's Foil
Tinney Mak • Fr. • Princeton, N.J.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Maia Weintraub • Fr. • Philadelphia, Pa.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South regional champion, Ivy League weapon champion, first-team All-Ivy, first-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Women's Saber
Maia Chamberlain • Sr. • Menlo Park, Calif.
Previous NCAAs: Finished third in 2017, earning All-America honors; won NCAA championship in 2018, earning All-America honors.
2022 Accolades: NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South regional champion, first-team All-Ivy, first-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Galen Cadley • Sr. • New York, N.Y.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Men's Épée
Nicholas Lawson • Fr. • New York, N.Y.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: Second-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Ryan Lee • Fr. • Arcadia, Calif.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: Second-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Men's Foil
Mohamed Hamza • Jr. • Pearland, Texas
Previous NCAAs: Sixth at the 2019 NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors
2022 Accolades: NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South regional champion, second-team All-Ivy, first-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Two-time Olympian with Egypt (2016, 2020), making the individual quarterfinals in Tokyo.
Jasper Levy • So. • Bellmore, N.Y.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Ivy, second-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Men's Saber
Andrew Johnson • So. • Ridgewood, N.J.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
Ronald Anglade • Fr. • Alpharetta, Ga.
Previous NCAAs: First-time qualifier
2022 Accolades: First-team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region
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