Penn State claimed the 2009 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships Sunday with dominating performances by both its men’s and women’s squads.

Competing at home, the host Nittany Lions posted a total of 195 victories to claim their 11th national title in 20 years. Notre Dame finished second with 182 wins and Ohio State was third with 165 overall victories.

The Penn State men claimed individual championships in two weapons. In the foil, Nicholas Chinman engineered come-from-behind win to capture the national championship. He edged Gerek Meinhardt of Notre Dame, 15-14. Meinhardt held a commanding 12-7 lead during the bout before Chinman responded to earn the one-touch victory. Kurt Getz of Columbia and Miles Chamley-Watson of Penn State tied for third. 

In the men’s saber, it was Penn State freshman Aleksander Ochocki taking the title in another close bout. Ochocki narrowly defeated Daryl Homer of St. John’s (New York), 15-14 to earn the men’s saber. Mike Momtselidze of Ohio State and Daniel Bak of Penn State tied for third.

Wayne State (Michigan) junior Slava Zingerman captured his third straight national championship in men’s epee. Just the second athlete to claim three consecutive titles in the discipline since NCAA competition began in 1941, Zingerman defeated Princeton’s Graham Wicas, 15-7, on Friday.

Zingerman joins New York University’s Risto Hurme as the only men’s epee student-athletes to win three straight titles. He advanced to the championship round after defeating Harvard’s Benji Ungar, 15-11, in the semifinals. Wicas won his semifinal bout against Jason Pryor of Ohio State by a narrow 15-14 margin to set up the championship.

Michael Lofton of New York University is the only four-time individual national champion. Lofton earned four straight titles in the saber from 1984 to 1987.

The Penn State women’s teams also claimed individual championships in two of the three weapons. Doris Willette earned her second epee individual championship with a 15-5 victory over Hayley Reese from Notre Dame. Fellow Nittany Lion Anastasia Ferdman captured the women’s foil title. Ferdman downed Noam Mills of Harvard, 15-9, in the championship bout. 

Rebecca Wood of Duke registered a 15-4 win over Caroline Vloke to claim the individual championship in women’s saber.

Team scores

1. Penn St., 195; 2. Notre Dame, 182; 3. Ohio St., 166; 4. Columbia, 151; 5. Harvard, 116; 6. St. John's (N.Y.), 115; 7. Penn, 103; 8. Princeton, 94; 9. Stanford, 73; 10. Yale, 68; 11. Duke, 57; 12. Northwestern, 56; 13. Temple, 49; 14. Wayne St. (Mich.), 38; 15. New York U., 36; 16. Air Force, 32; 17. UC San Diego, 30; 18. Brandeis, 24; 19. Cornell, 23; 20. (tie) Brown and North Carolina, 16; 22. Fairleigh Dickinson, 9; 23. Boston College, 8; 24. (tie) MIT and Vassar, 5; \

Individual champions

Men’s sabre: Aleksander Ochocki, Penn St., def. Daryl Homer, St. John’s (N.Y.), 15-14.

Men’s epee: Slava Zingerman, Wayne St. (Mich.), def. Graham Wicas, Princeton, 15-7.

Men’s foil: Nicholas Chinman, Penn St., def. Gerek Meinhardt, Notre Dame, 15-14.

Women’s sabre: Rebecca Ward, Duke, def. Caroline Vloka, Harvard, 15-4.

Women’s foil: Doris Willette, Penn St., def. Hayley Reese, Notre Dame, 15-5.

Women’s epee: Anastasia Ferdman, Penn St., def. Noam Mills, Harvard, 15-9.

Complete individual results

Men’s saber

Semifinals: Daryl Homer, St. John’s (N.Y.), def. Mike Momtselidze, Ohio St., 15-10; Aleksander Ochocki, Penn St., def. Daniel Bak, Penn St., 15-13.

Championship: Aleksander Ochocki def. Daryl Homer, 15-14.

Round-robin standings: 1. Mike Momtselidze, Ohio St., 19-4; 2. Aleksander Ochocki, Penn St., 19-4; 3. Daniel Bak, Penn St., 18-5; 4. Daryl Homer, St. John's (N.Y.), 17-6; 5. Avery Zuck, Notre Dame, 17-6; 6. Jonathan Berkowsky, Penn, 17-6; 7. Jeff Spear, Columbia, 17-6; 8. Max Stearns, Ohio St., 16-7; 9. Lucas Janson, Stanford, 14-9; 10. Barron Nydam, Notre Dame, 13-10; 11. Alejandro Rojas, St. John's (N.Y.), 13-10; 12. Max Murphy, Stanford, 11-12; 13. Bobby Ziechmann, North Carolina, 10-13; 14. Andrew Bielen, Penn, 9-14; 15. Valentin Staller, Harvard, 9-14; 16. Peter Truszkowski, Duke, 8-15; 17. Sam Roukas, New York U., 8-15; 18. Peter Souders, Boston College, 8-15; 19. John Stogin, Princeton, 7-16; 20. Jakub Gibczynski, Wayne St. (Mich.), 7-16; 21. Kevin Ziechmann, North Carolina, 6-17; 22. Adam Austin, Brandeis, 6-17; 23. Andrew Fischl, Vassar, 5-18; 24. Jon Ott, UC San Diego, 2-21.

Men’s epee

Semifinals: Slava Zingerman, Wayne St. (Mich.), def. Benji Ungar, Harvard, 15-14; Graham Wicas, Princeton, def. Jason Pryor, Ohio St., 15-14.

Championship: Zingerman def. Wicas, 15-7.

Round-robin standings: 1. Graham Wicas, Princeton, 17-6; 1. Slava Zingerman, Wayne St. (Mich.), 17-6; 3. Benji Ungar, Harvard, 15-8; 4. Jason Pryor, Ohio St., 15-8; 5. Daniel Trapani, Air Force, 14-9; 6. James Moody, Penn St., 14-9; 7. Peter French, Air Force, 14-9; 8. Michael Pearce, Yale, 14-9; 9. Mykhaylo Mazur, Wayne St. (Mich.), 14-9; 10. Karol Kostka, Notre Dame, 13-10; 11. Igor Tolkachev, Ohio St., 13-10; 12. Benjamin Wieder, Penn, 13-10; 13. Mike Elfassy, Princeton, 12-11; 14. Lorenzo Casertano, Columbia, 12-11; 15. Maxwell Dettlinger, Penn St., 11-12; 16. Clayton Kenney, Stanford, 10-13; 17. Kevin Mo, Stanford, 10-13; 18. Greg Schoolcraft, Notre Dame, 9-14; 19. Stanley Vaksman, St. John's (N.Y.), 8-15; 20. Jonathan Parker, Duke, 8-15; 21. Nicholas Vomero, St. John's (N.Y.), 7-16; 22. Dwight Smith, Columbia, 7-16; 23. Karl Harmenberg, Harvard, 6-17; 24. Alexander Cohen, Yale, 3-20.

Men’s foil

Semifinals: Nicholas Chinman, Penn St., def. Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-14; Gerek Meinhardt, Notre Dame, def. Kurt Getz, Columbia, 15-9.

Championship: Chinman def. Meinhardt, 15-14.

Round-robin standings: 1. Miles Chamley-Watson, Penn St., 19-4; 2. Gerek Meinhardt, Notre Dame, 19-4; 3. Kurt Getz, Columbia, 18-5; 4. Nicholas Chinman, Penn St., 17-6; 5. Collin Sutter, Ohio St., 16-7; 6. Daniel Cohen, Duke, 15-8; 7. Andras Horanyi, Ohio St., 14-9; 8. Enzo Castellani, Notre Dame, 13-10; 9. Benjamin Dorn, UC San Diego, 13-10; 10. Shiv Kachru, Yale, 12-11; 11. Adam Pantel, Brown, 12-11; 12. Alexander Mills, Princeton, 12-11; 13. Sherif Farrag, Columbia, 11-12; 14. Will Friedman, Brandeis, 10-13; 15. Vidur Kapur, Pennsylvania, 9-14; 16. Alex Khoshnevissan, Stanford, 9-14; 17. Zane Grodman, Penn, 9-14; 18. Alexis Landreville, St. John's (N.Y.), 8-15; 19. John Gurrieri, Yale, 6-17; 20. Kai Itameri-Kinter, Harvard, 6-17; 21. Dorian Cohen, Duke, 4-19; 22. Alexander Kao, New York U., 4-19; 23. Jonathan Yu, Brown, 4-19; 24. Michael Fong, UC San Diego, 3-20.

Women’s saber

Semifinals: Rebecca Ward, Duke, def. Daria Schneider, Columbia, 15-9; Caroline Vloka, Harvard, def. Dagmara Wozniak, St. John’s (N.Y.), 15-11.

Championship: Ward def. Vloka, 15-4.

Round-robin standings: 1. Rebecca Ward, Duke, 22-1; 2. Caroline Vloka, Harvard, 20-3; 3. Dagmara Wozniak, St. John's (N.Y.), 19-4; 4. Daria Schneider, Columbia, 19-4; 5. Monica Aksamit, Penn St., 19-4; 6. Eileen Hassett, Notre Dame, 15-8; 7. Jackie Jacobson, Columbia, 15-8; 8. Dora Varga, St. John's (N.Y.), 15-8; 9. Margarita Tschomakova, Ohio St., 14-9; 10. Falencia Miller, Ohio St., 14-9; 11. Caitlin Thompson, Penn St., 14-9; 12. Dominika Franciszkowicz, Penn, 12-11; 13. Sarah Borrmann, Notre Dame, 12-11; 14. Danielle Kamis, Penn, 10-13; 15. Eva Jellison, Stanford, 8-15; 16. Kamali Thompson, Temple, 8-15; 17. Anna Hanley, Brandeis, 8-15; 18. Audrey Barroso, Temple, 7-16; 19. Whitney White, Northwestern, 6-17; 20. Alexandra Heiss, Cornell, 6-17; 21. Lisa Verzino, New York U., 5-18; 22. Robin Shin, MIT, 5-18; 23. Alyxandra Mattison, New York U., 2-21; 24. Alicia Trigeiro, UC San Diego, 1-22.

Women’s foil

Semifinals: Hayley Reese, Notre Dame, def. Oksana Dmytruk, Ohio St., 13-11; Doris Willette, Penn St., def. Emily Cross, Harvard, 8-7.

Championship: Willette def. Reese, 15-5.

Round-robin standings: 1. Oksana Dmytruk, Ohio St., 22-1; 2. Emily Cross, Harvard, 21-2; 3. Doris Willette, Penn St., 20-3; 4. Hayley Reese, Notre Dame, 19-4; 5. Nicole Ross, Columbia, 19-4; 6. Samantha Nemecek, Northwestern, 17-6; 7. Allison Glasser, Penn St., 16-7; 8. Katharine Pitt, Yale, 15-8; 9. Adi Nott, Notre Dame, 14-9; 10. Melissa Parker, Temple, 12-11; 11. Sophie Ciaravino, New York U., 12-11; 12. Pilar Alicea, UC San Diego, 11-12; 13. Devynn Patterson, Northwestern, 11-12; 14. Lucile Jarry, Princeton, 11-12; 15. Laura Paragano, Penn, 10-13; 16. Abigail Caparros-Janto, Columbia, 10-13; 17. Shelby MacLeod, Harvard, 10-13; 18. Lindsay Knauer, Ohio St., 9-14; 19. Alyssa Lomuscio, Fairleigh Dickinson, 9-14; 20. Jessica Tranquada, Cornell, 7-16; 21. Valeria Makeeva, Yale, 7-16; 22. Jessica Wacker, Stanford, 6-17; 23. Andrea Oliva, Princeton, 5-18; 24. Amanda Rysling, New York U., 5-18; 25. Nora Szita, St. John's (N.Y.), 2-21.

Women’s epee

Semifinals: Noam Mills, Harvard, def. Ewa Nelip, Notre Dame, 15-13; Anastasia Ferdman, Penn St., def. Courtney Hurley, Notre Dame, 15-13.

Championship: Ferdman def. Mills, 15-9.

Round-robin standings: 1. Noam Mills, Harvard, 21-2; 2. Courtney Hurley, Notre Dame, 21-2; 3. Anastasia Ferdman, Penn St., 17-6; 4. Ewa Nelip, Notre Dame, 17-6; 5. Susannah Scanlan, Princeton, 17-6; 6. Neely Brandfield-Harvey, Columbia, 16-7; 7. Christa French, Northwestern, 16-7; 8. Tanya Novakovska, St. John's (N.Y.), 14-9; 9. Stephanie Wheeler, Penn, 14-9; 10. Kristin Howell, Temple, 13-10; 11. Jasjit Bhinder, Princeton, 13-10; 12. Joanna Guy, St. John's (N.Y.), 12-11; 13. Nina Westman, Penn St., 11-12; 14. Rebecca Moss, Yale, 11-12; 15. Grace Wu, Temple, 9-14; 16. Julia Tikhonova, Ohio St., 8-15; 17. Maria Larsson, Harvard, 8-15; 18. Tess Finkel, Columbia, 7-16; 19. Tasha Hall, Cornell, 7-16; 20. Kayley French, Northwestern, 6-17; 21. Miriam Baranov, Ohio St., 6-17; 22. Kersten Schnurle, Stanford, 5-18; 23. Simone Barrette, Air Force, 4-19; 24. Sallie Dietrech, Cornell, 3-20.