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Maia Weintraub became Princeton's second women's foil champion and sixth women's individual fencing champion.
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Weintraub Wins NCAA Foil Championship
March 25, 2022 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
For the sixth time in Princeton women's fencing history and fifth in the last decade, a Princeton Tiger is headed home with an NCAA individual weapon championship.
Maia Weintraub, making her NCAA Championships debut as a freshman, won a weapon-best 18 bouts to earn the top seed in the four-fencer individual championship competition, closed on a 5-0 run to defeat fourth-seeded Sylvie Binder of Columbia to make the final, and then weathered a comeback attempt from third-seeded Amita Berthier of Notre Dame that saw a 14-4 lead close to 14-9 before Weintraub had the winning touch.
Weintraub is the second Princeton woman to win an NCAA foil title, joining Eva Petschnigg, who won in 2000. Petschnigg stood as the only Princeton woman to win an NCAA individual title, but, now with Weintraub, four others have joined her in the last decade, in Eliza Stone '13 (saber), Anna Van Brummen '17 (épée), Kasia Nixon '21 (épée) and Weintraub.
Chamberlain, a senior, came within two wins of becoming the first Tiger, on the men's or women's side, to win two NCAA Championships, before falling to eventual champion Elizabeth Tartakovsky of Harvard 15-13 in the semifinals.
Weintraub and Chamberlain were two of Princeton's five All-American honorees on the women's side, along with Galen Cadley (seventh, saber), Jessica Lin (fifth, épée) and Lola Constantino (ninth, épée). It is the first All-American honor for all except Chamberlain, who closed her career with three, along with 2017 and 2018.
In the team standings, Princeton stands second with 90 wins, behind only Notre Dame's 102.
The men's competition will begin on Saturday at 9 a.m. for épée, 11 a.m. for foil and 1:30 p.m. for saber, continuing through the afternoon. It will close on Sunday with all three weapons starting 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 on Sunday will start at 1 p.m. in the order of épée, foil and saber, followed by the finals. The semifinals and finals will be streamed on ESPN3.
Results are available here.
Maia Weintraub, making her NCAA Championships debut as a freshman, won a weapon-best 18 bouts to earn the top seed in the four-fencer individual championship competition, closed on a 5-0 run to defeat fourth-seeded Sylvie Binder of Columbia to make the final, and then weathered a comeback attempt from third-seeded Amita Berthier of Notre Dame that saw a 14-4 lead close to 14-9 before Weintraub had the winning touch.
Weintraub is the second Princeton woman to win an NCAA foil title, joining Eva Petschnigg, who won in 2000. Petschnigg stood as the only Princeton woman to win an NCAA individual title, but, now with Weintraub, four others have joined her in the last decade, in Eliza Stone '13 (saber), Anna Van Brummen '17 (épée), Kasia Nixon '21 (épée) and Weintraub.
NATIONAL CHAMPION!
— Princeton Fencing (@TigerFencing) March 25, 2022
Maia Weintraub wins the foil title in her #NCAAFencing Championships debut, becoming Princeton's second foil champion, first in 22 years, and sixth NCAA individual fencing champion in program history! pic.twitter.com/vZFHLUwT96
Chamberlain, a senior, came within two wins of becoming the first Tiger, on the men's or women's side, to win two NCAA Championships, before falling to eventual champion Elizabeth Tartakovsky of Harvard 15-13 in the semifinals.
Weintraub and Chamberlain were two of Princeton's five All-American honorees on the women's side, along with Galen Cadley (seventh, saber), Jessica Lin (fifth, épée) and Lola Constantino (ninth, épée). It is the first All-American honor for all except Chamberlain, who closed her career with three, along with 2017 and 2018.
In the team standings, Princeton stands second with 90 wins, behind only Notre Dame's 102.
The men's competition will begin on Saturday at 9 a.m. for épée, 11 a.m. for foil and 1:30 p.m. for saber, continuing through the afternoon. It will close on Sunday with all three weapons starting 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 on Sunday will start at 1 p.m. in the order of épée, foil and saber, followed by the finals. The semifinals and finals will be streamed on ESPN3.
Results are available here.
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