Penn State rallied from a six-point deficit midway through the National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships to return to the top spot March 21-24 at Drew.

The Nittany Lions compiled 195 points in winning again after claiming six straight titles from 1995 through 2000. Defending champion St. John's (New York) was second with 190 points, followed by Notre Dame with 186.

Nonpatat Panchan and Alex Weber spurred Penn State's rally. St. John's women scored 100 points during the first two days of the championships to give the Red Storm a three-point advantage over Notre Dame and the six-point lead over Penn State.

Panchan won 21 of a possible 23 round-robin bouts in the men's foil, and Weber recorded 20 victories in the men's sabre. A team receives one point for each win in round-robin action recorded by one of its fencers.

Adam Wiercioch also provided Penn State with 18 points in the men's epée.

Panchan went on to win the foil, defeating Steve Gerberman of Stanford, 15-6, in the semifinals, and Jonathan Tiomkin of St. John's, 15-13, in the finals.

"Non's victory is a landmark," Penn State head coach Emmanuil Kaidanov said. "It was a superb athletic performance. I don't even have enough words in my vocabulary to describe it."

Stephanie Eim was the leading Penn State woman, as she won all 23 of her round-robin bouts in epée. She lost in the finals, however, by a 15-13 count to Notre Dame's Kerry Walton.

"You can say it was magnificent," Kaidanov said of his team's performance. "It's great for the kids."

Ivan Lee and Árpád Horváth both won weapon titles for St. John's. Lee repeated as the men's sabre champion and Horváth claimed the men's epée.

Alicja Kryczalo joined Walton as a women's champion for Notre Dame. Kryczalo beat teammate Andrea Ament, 15-6, in the foil first-place bout, after going 23-0 in round-robin play. Ament was 22-1, with her only loss coming to Kryczalo.

Sada Jacobson of Yale joined Lee as a two-time individual winner as she won her second consecutive women's sabre crown.

The championship was Penn State's ninth overall in the 13 years that the competition has been a combined men's and women's event.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Penn St., 195; 2. St. John's (N.Y.), 190; 3. Notre Dame, 186; 4. Ohio St., 140; 5. Columbia-Barnard, 96; 6. (tie) Stanford and Yale, 92; 8. Princeton, 81; 9. Pennsylvania, 68; 10. Rutgers, 60; 11. New York U., 58; 12. (tie) Northwestern and Wayne St. (Mich.), 56; 14. Temple, 45; 15. Air Force, 39; 16. Brown, 29; 17. MIT, 28; 18. Brandeis, 25; 19. UC San Diego, 23; 20. Duke, 22; 21. Johns Hopkins, 18; 22. Harvard, 14; 23. Cal St. Fullerton, 13; 24. (tie) Cleveland St. and Drew, 8; 26. (tie) Boston College and North Carolina, 7.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Men's sabre

Semifinals: Ivan Lee, St. John's (N.Y.), def. Jason Rogers, Ohio St., 15-11; Jakub Krochmalski, Wayne St. (Mich.), def. Alex Weber, Penn St., 15-10.

Third place: Rogers def. Weber, 15-13.

Final: Lee def. Krochmalski, 15-9.

Round-robin standings: 1. Ivan Lee, St. John's (N.Y.), 21-2; 2. Alex Weber, Penn St., 20-3; 3. Jakub Krochmalski, Wayne St. (Mich.), 19-4; 4. Jason Rogers, Ohio St., 18-5; 5. André Crompton, Notre Dame, 18-5; 6. Darrin Whitmer, St. John's (N.Y.), 17-6; 7. Amir Rahimi, Penn St., 17-6; 8. Colin Parker, Ohio St., 15-8; 9. Paolo Roselli, Columbia, 13-10; 10. Andrew Sohn, Columbia, 13-10; 11. Paul Friedman, Brown, 12-11; 12. David La Valle, Stanford, 10-13; 13. Andrew Mahen, Duke, 10-13; 14. Matthew Fabricant, Notre Dame, 9-14; 15. Byron Igoe, Yale, 9-14; 16. Joseph Zampieri, Rutgers, 8-15; 17. Ed Chou, Princeton, 8-15; 18. Mitsuhiro Sudo, Yale, 8-15; 19. Richard Frank, Drew, 8-15; 20. Wesley Newkirk, North Carolina, 7-16; 21. Benjamin Cohen, Duke, 6-17; 22. Dan Vincent, Pennsylvania, 4-19; 23. Tal Ben-Yaacov, Brandeis, 3-20; 24. Andrew Anfora, UC San Diego, 3-20.

Men's foil

Semifinals: Nonpatat Panchan, Penn St., def. Steve Gerberman, Stanford, 15-6; Jonathan Tiomkin, St. John's (N.Y.), def. Ozren Debic, Notre Dame, 15-10.

Third place: Gerberman def. Debic, 15-9.

Final: Panchan def. Tiomkin, 15-13.

Round-robin standings: 1. Nonpatat Panchan, Penn St., 21-2; 2. Ozren Debic, Notre Dame, 18-5; 3. Jonathan Tiomkin, St. John's (N.Y.), 17-6; 4. Steve Gerberman, Stanford, 17-6; 5. Mark Mulholland, Stanford, 16-7; 6. Jeffrey Breen, Pennsylvania, 15-8; 7. Derek Snyder, Notre Dame, 15-8; 8. Ian Schlaepfer, Penn St., 14-9; 9. Aleksandr Nazarov, New York U., 13-10; 10. Michael Pasinkoff, New York U., 12-11; 11. Jesse Schibilia, Rutgers, 12-11; 12. Roland Breden, Cal St. Fullerton, 11-12; 13. Kevin Eriksen, Columbia, 11-12; 14. Ryan Dunn, Air Force, 10-13; 15. Nathan Weir, Ohio St., 10-13; 16. Jeremy Sinkin, Columbia, 9-14; 17. Andrew Radu, Pennsylvania, 9-14; 18. James McBean, Brandeis, 9-14; 19. Oliver Chadwick, MIT, 8-15; 20. Eric McConkey, Cleveland St., 8-15; 21. Eric Stodala, Princeton, 6-17; 22. Ben Schmidt, Harvard, 5-18; 23. Stephen Townley, Yale, 5-18; 24. Bryan Bishe, Johns Hopkins, 5-18.

Men's epée

Semifinals: Soren Thompson, Princeton, def. Adam Wiercioch, Penn St., 15-11; Árpád Horváth, St. John's (N.Y.), def. Weston Kelsey, Air Force, 14-9.

Third place: Kelsey def. Wiercioch, 15-5.

Final: Horváth def. Thompson, 15-9.

Round-robin standings: 1. Soren Thompson, Princeton, 20-3; 2. Árpád Horváth, St. John's (N.Y.), 20-3; 3. Weston Kelsey, Air Force, 18-5; 4. Adam Wiercioch, Penn St., 18-5; 5. Jan Viviani, Notre Dame, 17-6; 6. Anton Gurevich, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-8; 7. Donovan Holtz, Rutgers, 15-8; 8. Mark Dembitz, Brown, 14-9; 9. Ranjeet Singh, New York U., 13-10; 10. Michal Sobieraj, Notre Dame, 12-11; 11. Alexander Tsinis, New York U., 11-12; 12. Daniel Landgren, Penn St., 11-12; 13. Michael Yablon, Columbia, 11-12; 14. Scott Eriksen, Pennsylvania, 10-13; 15. Brian Gross, Ohio St., 10-13; 16. Spencer Jones, Ohio St., 8-15; 17. Wojciech Dudek, Wayne St. (Mich.), 8-15; 18. Graham Allen, Stanford, 8-15; 19. (tie) Matthew Fitzgerald, Princeton, and Ken Jung, Stanford, 8-15; 21. James Benson, Pennsylvania, 7-16; 22. Matthew Bouloubasis, Johns Hopkins, 5-18; 23. Cameron Hill, Yale, 5-18; 24. Neal Devaraj, MIT, 4-19.

Women's sabre

Semifinals: Sada Jacobson, Yale, def. Sakinah Shaahid, Temple, 15-13; Louise Bond-Williams, Ohio St., def. Julia Gelman, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-9.

Third place: Gelman def. Shaahid, 15-14.

Final: Jacobson def. Bond-Williams, 15-9.

Round-robin standings: 1. Sada Jacobson, Yale, 22-1; 2. Louise Bond-Williams, Ohio St., 21-2; 3. Julia Gelman, St. John's (N.Y.), 19-4; 4. Sakinah Shaahid, Temple, 16-7; 5. Christina Crane, St. John's (N.Y.), 16-7; 6. Heather Brosnan, Penn St., 16-7; 7. Meghan Everett, Stanford, 16-7; 8. Lauren Dunn, Northwestern, 15-8; 9. Stephanie Tam, Penn St., 13-10; 10. Alexis Jemal, Rutgers, 12-11; 11. Caroline Purcell, MIT, 12-11; 12. Carianne McCullough, Notre Dame, 12-11; 13. Helen Liu, Yale, 12-11; 14. Heidi Tinter, New York U., 9-14; 15. Aziza Hassan, Temple, 9-14; 16. Catherine Pack, Princeton, 9-14; 17. Sarah Walsh, Johns Hopkins, 8-15; 18. Destanie Milo, Notre Dame, 8-15; 19. Tracy Marien, Brandeis, 8-15; 20. Leah Tracy, Ohio St., 7-16; 21. Mindy Nguyen, Pennsylvania, 6-17; 22. Jennifer McKeehan, MIT, 4-19; 23. Andrea Rix, Air Force, 3-20; 24. Sharon Sonenblum, Brown, 3-20.

Women's foil

Semifinals: Alicja Kryczalo, Notre Dame, def. Hannah Thompson, Ohio St., 15-5; Andrea Ament, Notre Dame, def. Irina Khouade, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-13.

Third place: Thompson def. Khouade, 15-10.

Final: Kryczalo def. Ament, 15-6.

Round-robin standings: 1. Alicja Kryczalo, Notre Dame, 23-0; 2. Andrea Ament, Notre Dame, 22-1; 3. Irina Khouade, St. John's (N.Y.), 18-5; 4. Hannah Thompson, Ohio St., 18-5; 5. Metta Thompson, Ohio St., 18-5; 6. Inga Wallrabenstein, Wayne St. (Mich.), 18-5; 7. Iris Zimmermann, Stanford, 17-6; 8. Julia Földi, Northwestern, 14-9; 9. Marta Grochal, Penn St., 14-9; 10. Kathryn Cavan, Columbia-Barnard, 14-9; 11. Elizabeth Thottam, St. John's (N.Y.), 13-10; 12. Meredith Chin, Penn St., 12-11; 13. Zane Selkirk, Yale, 11-12; 14. Ellen Blount, Columbia-Barnard, 10-13; 15. Kristen Dorf, Northwestern, 10-13; 16. Jennifer Joseph, Yale, 10-13; 17. Stephanie Izzolino, Temple, 9-14; 18. Emmanuelle Humblet, Pennsylvania, 6-17; 19. Erin Black, Duke, 6-17; 20. Lauren Staudinger, Pennsylvania, 4-19; 21. Ellen Schulz, Harvard, 3-20; 22. Keeley Vega, UC San Diego, 3-20; 23. Christy Stewart, Cal St. Fullerton, 2-21; 24. Jeanne Browne, Temple, 1-22.

Women's epée

Semifinals: Stephanie Eim, Penn St., def. Kate Rudkin, Northwestern, 15-9; Kerry Walton, Notre Dame, def. Emese Takács, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-12.

Third place: Rudkin def. Takács, 15-11.

Final: Walton def. Eim, 15-12.

Round-robin standings: 1. Stephanie Eim, Penn St., 23-0; 2. Emese Takács, St. John's (N.Y.), 19-4; 3. Kerry Walton, Notre Dame, 18-5; 4. Kate Rudkin, Northwestern, 17-6; 5. Jessica Burke, Penn St., 16-7; 6. Lindsay Campbell, Princeton, 16-7; 7. Arlene Stevens, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-8; 8. Alexandra Shklar, Ohio St., 15-8; 9. Maya Lawrence, Princeton, 14-9; 10. Anna Carnick, Notre Dame, 14-9; 11. Raelyn Jacobson, UC San Diego, 13-10; 12. Monica Conley, Columbia-Barnard, 12-11; 13. Anna Vinnikov, Wayne St. (Mich.), 11-12; 14. Erica Korb, Yale, 10-13; 15. Sara Forsythe, Temple, 10-13; 16. Elia Burrill, Air Force, 8-15; 17. Kimberly Linton, Pennsylvania, 7-16; 18. Tiffany White, Boston College, 7-16; 19. Cassia Overk, Rutgers, 7-16; 20. Rebecca Kehoe, Rutgers, 6-17; 21. Tamara Knutsen, Harvard, 6-17; 22. Jessica Lewis-Turner, Brandeis, 5-18; 23. Jo Roberts, UC San Diego, 4-19; 24. Kimberly Bush, Columbia-Barnard, 3-20.