Penn State used outstanding performances from its women in all three weapons and a pair of top-four efforts from its men to record its sixth consecutive National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships title March 23-26 at Stanford.

The Nittany Lions ended with a team score of 175 points, edging runners-up Notre Dame and St. John's (New York) by four points. Stanford placed fourth with 163 points, and Princeton took fifth with 133. The second-place finish was the fifth straight for Notre Dame.

Penn State, coached by Emmanuil Kaidanov, has won eight of the 11 team titles since fencing became an NCAA combined championship in 1990.

Freshman Jessica Burke highlighted the Nittany Lions' women's showing by winning the individual epee championship. Burke topped two St. John's opponents in the medal rounds to win the title. She nipped Arlene Stevens in the semifinals, 15-14, and edged Emese Takcs, 15-13, in the first-place bout.

Stephanie Eim finished third in women's epee for Penn State after placing second in 1999.

Carla Esteva and Charlotte Walker both advanced to the medal rounds of the women's foil. Walker lost to eventual champion Eva Petschnigg of Princeton, 15-14, and Esteva fell to 1999 titlist Monique de Bruin of Stanford, 15-8, in the semifinals.

In the championship bout, Petschnigg ended de Bruin's hope of repeating with a 15-13 win.

Stephanie Tam placed sixth and Austin O'Neill was 11th for Penn State in the women's sabre, which was contested for the first time in the championships. Caroline Purcell of MIT won the event with a 15-6 triumph over North Carolina's Kim Treiber in the championship bout.

Daniel Landgren took a similar path as Burke to capture Penn State's second individual title. Landgren won the men's epee competition by beating a pair of St. John's fencers in the medal rounds. He upended Doron Levit, 15-11, in the semifinals and defending champion Alex Roytblat, 15-12, in the finals.

Penn State's Gang Lu added a fourth-place finish in men's foil. He lost, 15-9, to Felix Reichling of Stanford in the semifinals. Reichling went on to repeat as champion by outpointing Ozren Debic of Notre Dame, 15-10.

The men's sabre title went to Gabor Szelle of Notre Dame. He registered 15-12 victories in both of his medal-round bouts -- over St. John's Ivan Lee in the semifinals and Jakub Krochmalski of Wayne State (Michigan) in the final.

1. Penn St., 175; 2. (tie) Notre Dame and St. John's (N.Y.), 171; 4. Stanford, 163; 5. Princeton, 133; 6. Columbia-Barnard, 109; 7. Yale, 101; 8. Pennsylvania, 79; 9. Northwestern, 69; 10. Rutgers, 53; 11. North Carolina, 50; 12. Ohio St., 42; 13. Brandeis, 40; 14. MIT, 37; 15. New York U., 36; 16. Wayne St. (Mich.), 31; 17. Brown, 30; 18. Cleveland St., 29; 19. Air Force, 25; 20. Temple, 24; 21. Harvard, 18; 22. Duke, 16; 23. Fairleigh Dickinson, 14; 24. James Madison, 11; 25. Johns Hopkins, 9; 26. Cornell, 6; 27. Lawrence, 5; 28. Tufts, 3.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Semifinals: Gabor Szelle, Notre Dame, def. Ivan Lee, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-12; Jakub Krochmalski, Wayne St. (Mich.), def. Tim Morehouse, Brandeis, 15-13.

Third place: Lee def. Morehouse, 15-8.

Championship: Szelle def. Krochmalski, 15-12.

Round-robin standings: 1. Gabor Szelle, Notre Dame, 20-3; 2. Tim Morehouse, Brandeis, 20-3; 3. Jakub Krochmalski, Wayne St. (Mich.), 19-4; 4. Ivan Lee, St. John's (N.Y.), 17-6; 5. Andrzej Bednarski, Notre Dame, 17-6; 6. Patrick Durkan, Columbia, 16-7; 7. Robert Owens, Stanford, 15-8; 8. Aaron Stuewe, Penn St., 15-8; 9. Michael Golia, Pennsylvania, 14-9; 10. David LaValle, Stanford, 14-9; 11. Thomas Hergenhan, St. John's (N.Y.), 14-9; 12. James Wallen, Princeton, 10-13; 13. Paul Friedman, Brown, 10-13; 14. Mitsu Sudo, Yale, 9-14; 15. Daniel Pratt, Princeton, 8-15; 16. Daniel Mazor, Rutgers, 8-15; 17. Michael Baughman, Duke, 7-16; 18. Peter Casalino, New York U., 7-16; 19. Phillip Miller, MIT, 6-17; 20. Michael Stahlhut, Penn St., 5-18; 21. Michael Topper, Brandeis, 5-18; 22. Andrew Mahen, Duke, 5-18; 23. John Tedeschi, Rutgers, 5-18; 24. Chaun Shaahid, Cleveland St., 4-19.

Men's foil

Semifinals: Felix Reichling, Stanford, def. Gang Lu, Penn St., 15-9; Ozren Debic, Notre Dame, def. Ayo Griffin, Yale, 15-8.

Third place: Griffin def. Lu, 15-7.

Championship: Reichling def. Debic, 15-10.

Round-robin standings: 1. Felix Reichling, Stanford, 22-1; 2. Ozren Debic, Notre Dame, 20-3; 3. Ayo Griffin, Yale, 19-4; 4. Gang Lu, Penn St., 16-7; 5. Alex Wood, Stanford, 16-7; 6. (tie) David Cohen, Pennsylvania, and Joseph Fisher, St. John's (N.Y.), 16-7; 8. Raphael Bruckner, Columbia, 15-8; 9. Yale Cohen, Pennsylvania, 14-9; 10. Martin Koren, Cleveland St.,13-10; 11. Donald McGill, Penn St., 13-10; 12. Jed Dupree, Columbia, 13

-10; 13. Aleksandr Nazarov, New York U., 13-10; 14. Forest Walton, Notre Dame, 13-10; 15. Davis Merritt, St. John's (N.Y.), 9-14; 16. Michael Pasinkoff, New York U., 9-14; 17. Dustin Reagan, Princeton, 7-16; 18. Aaron Filner, Princeton, 6-17; 19. Brian Sirlin, Brandeis, 5-18; 20. Chris Jones, Air Force, 5-18; 21. Matthew Catino, Rutgers, 5-18; 22. Jeffrey Peyton, Lawrence, 5-18; 23. David Bright, Duke, 3-20; 24. Christopher Peng, Rutgers, 3-20.

Men's epee

Semifinals: Alex Roytblat, St. John's (N.Y.), def. Jan Viviani, Notre Dame, 7-6; Daniel Landgren, Penn St., def. Doron Levit, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-11.

Third place: Viviani def. Levit, 15-12.

Championship: Landgren def. Roytblat, 15-12.

Round-robin standings: 1. Alex Roytblat, St. John's (N.Y.), 20-3; 2. Daniel Landgren, Penn St., 18-5; 3. Doron Levit, St. John's (N.Y.), 17-6; 4. Jan Viviani, Notre Dame, 17-6; 5. Eric Tribbett, Stanford, 17-6; 6. Jason Burrell, Princeton, 17-6; 7. Kraig Peterson, North Carolina, 13-10; 8. Yevgeni Niyzov, Rutgers, 12-11; 9. Seth Kelsey, Air Force, 12-11; 10. Javier Garcia-Albea, Pennsylvania, 12-11; 11. Geoff Kane, Ohio St., 12-11; 12. Charles Hamann, Pennsylvania, 11-12; 13. Matthew Rosen, Columbia, 11-12; 14. Cameron Hill, Yale, 10-13; 15. Henry Pruitt, Columbia, 10-13; 16. Alan Jones, Ohio St., 10-13; 17. Boris Moyston, Brandeis, 10-13; 18. Brian Casas, Notre Dame, 9-14; 19. Steven Wang, Princeton, 8-15; 20. Marcus Weickel, Yale, 8-15; 21. Tom Hunt, Stanford, 7-16; 22. Brendan Baby, Penn St., 7-16; 23. Michael Lee, Rutgers, 7-16; 24. Neal Devaraj, MIT, 1-22.

Semifinals: Caroline Purcell, MIT, def. Megan Kates, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-12; Kim Treiber, North Carolina, def. Vivian Imaizumi, Northwestern, 15-14.

Third place: Kates def. Imaizumi, 15-10.

Championship: Purcell def. Treiber, 15-6.

Round-robin standings: 1. Caroline Purcell, MIT, 19-4; 2. Kim Treiber, North Carolina, 18-5; 3. Vivian Imaizumi, Northwestern, 17-6; 4. Megan Kates, St. John's (N.Y.), 16-7; 5. Carly Wells, Northwestern, 16-7; 6. Stephanie Tam, Penn St., 16-7; 7. Meghan Neumann, North Carolina, 15-8; 8. Helen Liu, Yale, 15-8; 9. Marisa Mustilli, St. John's (N.Y.), 14-9; 10. Natalia Mazur, Notre Dame, 13-10; 11. Austin O'Neill, Penn St., 12-11; 12. Allison Schwartz, James Madison, 11-12; 13. Caprice Gray, MIT, 11-12; 14. Cathleen Ferris, Fairleigh Dickinson, 10-13; 15. Katie Stephan, Stanford, 10-13; 16. Laura Napoli, Columbia-Barnard, 10-13; 17. Sarah Walsh, Johns Hopkins, 9-14; 18. Sophie Jones, Yale, 9-14; 19. Carianne McCullough, Notre Dame, 9-14; 20. Alexa Chew, Princeton, 7-16; 21. Diane Boudalis, Stanford, 7-16; 22. Elizabeth Caputo, Princeton, 6-17; 23. Amanda Henry, Brown, 4-19; 24. Jamie Rasmussen, Air Force, 2-21.

Semifinals: Monique de Bruin, Stanford, def. Carla Esteva, Penn St., 15-8; Eva Petschnigg, Princeton, def. Charlotte Walker, Penn St., 15-14.

Third place: Esteva def. Walker, 15-10.

Championship: Petschnigg def. de Bruin, 15-13.

Round-robin standings: 1. Monique de Bruin, Stanford, 23-0; 2. Charlotte Walker, Penn St., 20-3; 3. Eva Petschnigg, Princeton, 18-5; 4. Carla Esteva, Penn St., 16-7; 5. Magda Krl, Notre Dame, 16-7; 6. Susan Jennings, Columbia-Barnard, 15-8; 7. Fane Groes, Ohio St., 15-8; 8. Ute Breden, Stanford, 14-9; 9. Melinda Rostal, Princeton, 14-9; 10. Nele Foellmer, Rutgers, 13-10; 11. Emily Katz, Harvard, 13-10; 12. Liza Boutsikaris, Notre Dame, 12-11; 13. Marta Roselli, Cleveland St., 12-11; 14. Hannah Appel, Yale, 11-12; 15. Elizabeth Thottham, St. John's (N.Y.), 9-14; 16. Kristen Dorf, Northwestern, 9-14; 17. Sarah Weeks, Yale, 9-14; 18. Jaime Beecher, Temple, 8-15; 19. Emily deVilla, New York U., 7-16; 20. Ellen Blount, Columbia-Barnard, 7-16; 21. Gina De Ieso, Temple, 6-17; 22. Lauren Staudinger, Pennsylvania, 5-18; 23. Annmarie Cholankeril, Tufts, 3-20; 24. Nyasha London, Duke, 1-22.

Semifinals: Jessica Burke, Penn St., def. Arlene Stevens, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-14; Emese Takcs, St. John's (N.Y.), def. Stephanie Eim, Penn St., 15-6.

Third place: Eim def. Stevens, 15-6.

Championship: Burke def. Takcs, 15-13.

Round-robin standings: 1. Arlene Stevens, St. John's (N.Y.), 21-2; 2. Stephanie Eim, Penn St., 19-4; 3. Emese Takcs, St. John's (N.Y.), 18-5; 4. Jessica Burke, Penn St., 18-5; 5. Kate Rudkin, Northwestern, 17-6; 6. Lindsay Campbell, Princeton, 17-6; 7. Sarah Hobstetter, Brown, 16-7; 8. Maya Lawrence, Princeton, 15-8; 9. Anna Carnick, Notre Dame, 14-9; 10. Marta Sciubisz, Wayne St. (Mich.), 12-11; 11. Monica Conley, Columbia-Barnard, 12-11; 12. Meagan Call, Notre Dame, 11-12; 13. Whitney Anderson, Yale, 11-12; 14. Julia Korony, Temple, 10-13; 15. Jennifer Greenebaum, Northwestern, 10-13; 16. Annie Simpson, Stanford, 10-13; 17. Jessica Lisagor, Stanford, 8-15; 18. Kimberly Linton, Pennsylvania, 7-16; 19. Elia Burrill, Air Force, 6-17; 20. Siobhan Cully, Cornell, 6-17; 21. Toya Holland, Ohio St., 5-18; 22. Elnaz Firoz, Harvard, 5-18; 23. Janeen Hicks, North Carolina, 4-19; 24. Catie Webb, Fairleigh Dickinson, 4-19.