Ohio State won its first National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships team title, outscoring second-place Penn State by 34 points March 25-28 at Brandeis' Gosman Athletic Center.

The Buckeyes improved on last year's fourth-place finish in the championships with 194 points, while Penn State retained the runner-up status it earned at last year's event, scoring 160. Rounding out the top five were Notre Dame, St. John's (New York) and Columbia.

Ohio State posted the second-highest team score in the five years the championships have featured six weapons. The Buckeyes won 97 bouts in both the men's and women's competition.

Penn State has either won or placed second in every championship since the event was introduced in 1990.

In individual events, Ohio State's Adam Crompton defended his 2003 sabre crown, defeating Sergey Isayenko from St. John's, 15-14, in the title bout. Benjamin Igoe of Rutgers finished third.

Ohio State also was victorious in men's foil, with Boaz Ellis defeating Yale's Cory Werk, 15-8. Nitai Kfir of St. John's finished third.

In men's epee, St. John's took the top two spots with Arpad Horvath and Benjamin Bratton finishing first and second, respectively. Horvath defeated Bratton 15-7 in the final. Michal Sobieraj of Notre Dame rounded out the top three.

On the women's side, Notre Dame was dominant, winning two of the events and placing second in the third.

Valerie Providenza of Notre Dame won the women's saber, defeating Penn State's Sophia Hiss, 15-8. Louise Bond-Williams of Ohio State place third in the event.

Alicja Kryczalo and Andrea Ament, both of Notre Dame, finished first and second, respectively, in the foil, with Kryczalo defeating Ament, 15-7. Ohio State's Hanna Thomson finished third.

In the epee, Anna Garina of Wayne State (Michigan) defeated Notre Dame's Kerry Walton, 15-10, to win the event. Anne Kercsmar of Duke finished third.

Host Brandeis finished 17th of 33 schools, with 28 points, and was the highest-placing Division III school in the event. Brandeis also was the third-highest placing team from New England, behind Harvard and Yale.

Team results

1. Ohio St., 194; 2. Penn St., 160; 3. Notre Dame, 153; 4. St. John's (N.Y.), 149; 5. Columbia, 146; 6. Pennsylvania, 104; 7. Princeton, 79; 8. Harvard, 73; 9. Wayne St. (Mich.), 62; 10. Stanford, 60; 11. Northwestern, 50; 12. Duke, 48; 13. (tie) Rutgers and Yale, 44; 15. Cal St. Fullerton, 35; 16. Air Force, 34; 17. Brandeis, 28; 18. Temple, 25; 19. Cornell, 23; 20. New York U., 19; 21. Brown, 17; 22. Haverford, 14; 23. (tie) Drew and MIT, 12; 25. (tie) Tufts and North Carolina, 11; 27. Vassar, 8; 28. Johns Hopkins, 7; 29. (tie) Cal Poly, N.J. Inst. of Tech and UC San Diego, 6; 32. (tie) Hunter and Sacred Heart, 1.

Individual results

Men's saber

Semifinals: Adam Crompton, Ohio St., def. Marten Zagunis, Penn St., 15-10; Sergey Isayenko, St. John's (N.Y.), def. Benjamin Igoe, Rutgers, 15-12.

Third place: Benjamin def. Zagunis, 15-6.

Championship: Crompton def. Isayenko, 15-14.

Round-robin standings: 1. Adam Crompton, Ohio St., 21-2; 2. Sergey Isayenko, St. John's (N.Y.), 20-3; 3. Benjamin Igoe, Rutgers, 18-5; 4. Marten Zagunis, Penn St., 18-5; 5. Ian Farr, Penn St., 17-6; 6. Alexander Krul, Columbia, 16-7; 7. Darrin Whitmer, St. John's (N.Y.), 16-7; 8. Andrew Magee, New York U., 14-9; 9. Jason Paul, Ohio St., 14-9; 10. Patrick Ghattas, Notre Dame, 13-10; 11. Paul Reyfman, Columbia, 13-10; 12. David Jakus, Harvard, 12-11; 13. Curtis Andrus, Stanford, 12-11; 14. Matthew Stearns, Notre Dame, 10-13; 15. Christian Flanders, Haverford, 9-14; 16. Robert Owens, Stanford, 9-14; 17. Mark Kindrachuk, Pennsylvania, 9-14; 18. Justin Bernstein, Vassar, 8-15; 19. Bret Martin, UC San Diego, 6-17; 20. Phil Dolata, N.J. Inst. of Tech., 6-17; 21. Bobby Smith, Wayne St. (Mich.), 6-17; 22. Wesley Newkirk, North Carolina, 5-18; 23. Sam Bartron, Air Force, 3-20; 24. Randy Bresil, Hunter, 1-22.

Men's foil

Semifinals: Cory Werk, Yale, def. Nitai Kfir, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-12; Boaz Ellis, Ohio St., def. Jeremy Sinkin, Columbia, 15-11.

Third place: Kfir def. Sinkin, 15-12.

Championship: Ellis def. Werk, 15-8.

Round-robin standings: 1. Nitai Kfir, St. John's (N.Y.), 22-1; 2. Boaz Ellis, Ohio St., 22-1; 3. Jeremy Sinkin, Columbia, 18-5; 4. Cory Werk, Yale, 16-7; 5. Enoch Woodhouse, Harvard, 16-7; 6. Henry Kennard, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-8; 7. Ian Schlaepfer, Penn St., 14-9; 8. Andy Radu, Pennsylvania, 14-9; 9. Michael Galligan, Pennsylvania, 13-10; 10. Jesse Schibilia, Rutgers, 13-10; 11. Nathan Weir, Ohio St., 12-11; 12. Calvin Chen, Columbia, 12-11; 13. Eric Stodola, Princeton, 10-13; 14. Florian Reichling, Stanford, 10-13; 15. Benjamin Hendricks, Duke, 10-13; 16. Roland Breden, Cal St. Fullerton, 10-13; 17. Forest Walton, Notre Dame, 9-14; 18. Jake Clark, Penn St., 8-15; 19. Brian Fraser, Cal St. Fullerton, 8-15; 20. Frank Bontempo, Notre Dame, 7-16; 21. Alejandro Bras, Princeton, 6-17; 22. Willy Chang, New York U., 5-18; 23. Benji Rostoker, Brandeis, 4-19; 24. Jeremy Zeitlin, Brown, 2-21.

Men's epee

Semifinals: Arpad Horvath, St. John's (N.Y.), def. Denis Tolkachev, Ohio St., 11-10; Benjamin Bratton, St. John's (N.Y.), def. Michal Sobieraj, Notre Dame, 15-13.

Third place: Sobieraj def. Toklachev, 15-8.

Championship: Horvath def. Bratton, 15-7.

Round-robin standings: 1. Arpad Horvath, St. John's (N.Y.), 18-5; 2. Benjamin Bratton, St. John's (N.Y.), 18-5; 3. Michael Sobieraj, Notre Dame, 18-5; 4. Denis Toklachev, Ohio St., 16-7; 5. Adam Wiercioch, PennSt., 16-7; 6. William Verigan, Columbia, 16-7; 7. Marek Petraszek, Wayne St. (Mich.), 15-8; 8. Jason Henderson, Rutgers, 13-10; 9. Dana Sanford, Drew, 12-11; 10. William Jones, Ohio St., 12-11; 11. Jason Stockdale, Air Force, 12-11; 12. Wojciech Dudek, Wayne St. (Mich.), 12-11; 13. Martin Lee, Stanford, 12-11; 14. Michael Yablon, Columbia, 11-12; 15. Kai Keller, Brandeis, 10-13; 16. Timothy French, Air Force, 10-13; 17. Julian Rose, Harvard, 10-13; 18. Nathan Bragg, Duke, 10-13; 19. Ben Solomon, Princeton, 9-14; 20. Matthew Bouloubasis, Johns Hopkins, 7-16; 21. Fenil Ghodadra, Princeton, 6-17; 22. James Rohrbach, Yale, 6-17; 23. Andrew Sofer, Brandeis, 4-19; 24. Alex Bruske, Penn St., 3-10.

Women's saber

Semifinals: Sophia Hiss, Penn St., def. Emma Baratta, Columbia-Barnard, 15-13; Valeria Providenza, Notre Dame, def. Louise Bond-Williams, Ohio St., 15-14.

Third place: Bond-Williams def. Baratta, 15-14.

Championship: Providenza def. Hiss, 15-8.

Round-robin standings: 1. Emma Baratta, Columbia-Barnard, 20-3; 2. Louise Bond-Williams, Ohio St., 20-3; 3. Valeria Providenza, Notre Dame, 18-5; 4. Sophia Hiss, Penn St., 18-5; 5. Annika Eiremo, Pennsylvania, 17-6; 6. Christina Crane, St. John's (N.Y.), 16-7; 7. Katelyn Sherry, Pennsylvania, 15-8; 8. Heather Brosnan, Penn St., 14-9; 9. Ibtihaj Muhammad, Duke, 13-10; 10. Marguerite Plekhanov, Ohio St., 13-10; 11. Mina Morova, Princeton, 11-12; 12. Rachel Leibing, Cal St. Fullerton, 10-13; 13. Aziza Hassan, Temple, 9-14; 14. Lauren Van Gieson, Northwestern, 9-14; 15. Christian Robinson, Columbia-Barnard, 9-14; 16. Angela Vincent, Notre Dame, 8-15; 17. Ivana Zgaljic, Cornell, 8-15; 18. Mai Van Vu, Northwestern, 7-16; 19. Katherine Zouein, Tufts, 6-17; 20. Abigail Burma, Haverford, 5-18; 21. Louisa May Zouein, Tufts, 5-18; 22. Julia Gelman, St. John's (N.Y.), 4-19; 23. Eunice Yi, Harvard, 4-19; 24. Marisa Romero, Air Force, 3-20.

Women's foil

Semifinals: Alicja Kryczalo, Notre Dame, def. Jacqueline Leahy, Princeton, 15-14; Andrea Ament, Notre Dame, def. Hanna Thompson, Ohio St., 7-6.

Third place: Thompson def. Leahy, 15-6.

Championship: Kryczalo def. Ament, 15-7.

Round-robin standings: 1. Alicja Kryczalo, Notre Dame, 21-2; 2. Hanna Thompson, Ohio St., 20-3; 3. Andrea Ament, Notre Dame, 19-4; 4. Jacqueline Leahy, Princeton, 18-5; 5. Metta Thompson, Ohio St., 17-6; 6. Eva Petschnigg, Stanford, 17-6; 7. Anna Donath, Penn St., 15-8; 8. Julia Foldi, Northwestern 15-8; 9. Meredith Chin, Penn St., 14-9; 10. Cassidy Luitjen, Columbia-Barnard, 13-10; 11. Chloe Stinetorf, Harvard, 13-10; 12. Erzsebet Garay, St. John's (N.Y.), 12-11; 13. Jessica Florendo, Northwestern, 12-11; 14. Alisa Mendelsohn, Yale, 9-14; 15. Amy Delahanty, St. John's (N.Y.), 8-15; 16. Christina Kaneshige, Pennsylvania, 8-15; 17. Sara Jew-Lim, Princeton, 8-15; 18. Emmanuelle Humblet, Pennsylvania, 7-16; 19. Jenna Remmert, Temple, 7-16; 20. Senta Breden, Cal St. Fullerton, 7-16; 21. Anne Austin, Harvard, 6-17; 22. Kathleen Reckling, Columbia-Barnard, 5-18; 23. Susannah Dorfman, MIT, 4-19; 24. Leanda Ferland, Sacred Heart, 1-22.

Women's epee

Semifinals: Anna Garina, Wayne St. (Mich.), def. Anne Kercsmar, Duke, 15-12; Kerry Walton, Notre Dame, def. Meghan Phair, Cornell, 9-8.

Third place: Kercsmar def. Phair, 15-7.

Championship: Garina def. Walton, 15-10.

Round robin standings: 1. Anna Garina, Wayne St. (Mich.), 20-3; 2. Kerry Walton, Notre Dame, 17-6; 3. Meghan Phair, Cornell, 15-8; 4. Anne Kercsmar, Duke, 15-8; 5. Ruth Schneider, Brown, 15-8; 6. Katarzyna Trzopek, Penn St., 14-9; 7. Kaela Brendler, Ohio St., 14-9; 8. Alexandra Shklar, Ohio St., 13-10; 9. Holly Buechel, Pennsylvania, 13-10; 10. Amy Orlando, Notre Dame, 13-10; 11. Erica Korb, Yale, 13-10; 12. Alexie Rubin, Columbia-Barnard, 13-10; 13. Jasmine McGlade, Harvard, 12-11; 14. Erin McGarry, Princeton, 11-12; 15. Jessica Lewis-Turner, Brandeis, 10-13; 16. Anna Vinnikov, Wayne St., (Mich.), 9-14; 17. Sara Forsythe, Temple, 9-14; 18. Case Szarwark, Penn St., 9-14; 19. Lucy Mendel, MIT, 8-15; 20. Livia Rurarz-Huygens, Pennsylvania, 8-15; 21. Sharon Sullivan, Northwestern, 7-16; 22. Apphia Taylor, Air Force, 6-17; 23. Courtney Krolikoski, North Carolina, 6-17; 24. Katherine Harvard, Cal Poly, 6-17.