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Mar 29, 2010 9:11:47 AM

The NCAA News

 

Penn State won its second consecutive National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships team title with a rally on the final day of competition.

The Nittany Lions collected 191 victories over the four-day tournament to win the 2010 title March 28 at Cambridge, Massachusetts. [More]

Team scores

1. Penn St., 191; 2. St. John's (NY), 182; 3. Notre Dame, 180; 4. Ohio St., 139; 5. Harvard, 137; 6. Princeton, 135; 7. Columbia, 98; 8. Penn, 81; 9. Stanford, 70; 10. Duke, 59; 11. Northwestern, 53; 12. Air Force, 52; 13. Temple, 38; 14. Yale, 37; 15. Wayne St. (MI), 33; 16. New York U., 32; 17. UC San Diego, 22; 18. Sacred Heart, 20; 19. Cornell, 19; 20. North Carolina, 18; 21. Brown, 17; 22. Boston College, 16; 23. Vassar, 10; 24. Haverford, 7; 25. Brandeis, 6; 26. Cleveland St., 3; 27. Caltech, 1.

Individual champions

Men's sabre: Daryl Homer, St. John's (NY), def. Daniel Bak, Penn St., 15-10.

Men's epee: Marat Israelian, St. John's (NY), def. Peter French, Air Force, 14-10.

Men's foil: Gerek Meinhardt, Notre Dame, def. David Willette, Penn St., 15-9.

Women's sabre: Caroline Vloka, Harvard, def. Rebecca Ward, Duke, 15-13.

Women's foil: Nicole Ross, Columbia, def. Doris Willette, Penn St., 15-9.

Women's epee: Margherita Guzzi Vincenti, Penn St., def. Noam Mills, Harvard, 15-10.

 

Complete individual results

Men's sabre

Semifinals: Daniel Bak, Penn St., def. Aleksander Ochocki, Penn St., 15-12; Daryl Homer, St. John's (NY), def. Avery Zuck, Notre Dame, 15-10.

Championship: Homer def. Bak, 15-10.

Round-robin standings: 1. Daniel Bak, Penn St., 22-1; 2. Daryl Homer, St. John's (NY), 20-3; 3. Avery Zuck, Notre Dame, 19-4; 4. Aleksander Ochocki, Penn St., 16-7; 5. Bryan Cheney, Ohio St., 15-8; 2. Valentin Staller, Harvard, 15-8; 7. Jeff Spear, Columbia, 14-9; 8. Sean Buckley, St. John's (NY), 14-9; 9. Lucas Jansen, Stanford, 13-10; 10. Barron Nydam, Notre Dame, 13-10; 11. Evan Prochniak, Penn, 13-10; 12. Thomas Abend, Princeton, 11-12; 13. Max Stearns, Ohio St., 11-12; 14. Sam Roukas, New York U., 11-12; 15. Peter Souders, Boston College, 11-12; 16. Andrew Fischl, Vassar, 10-13; 17. Max Murphy, Stanford, 10-13; 18. Marty Williams, Sacred Heart, 9-14; 19. Jakub Gibczynski, Wayne St. (MI), 6-17; 20. John Stogin, Princeton, 6-17; 21. Michael Tom, Harvard, 6-17; 22. Anthony Lin, Duke, 5-18; 23. Kevin Ziechmann, North Carolina, 4-19; 24. Colin Mills, Yale, 2-21.

 

Men's epee

Semifinals: Marat Israelian, St. John's (NY), def. Dwight Smith, Columbia, 15-9; Peter French, Air Force, def. Nick Chinman, Penn St., 15-4

Championship: Israelian def. French, 14-10.

Round-robin standings: 1. Marat Israelian, St. John's (NY), 19-4; 2. Nick Chinman, Penn St., 16-7; 3. Peter French, Air Force, 16-7; 4. Dwight Smith, Columbia, 16-7; 5. Nicholas Vomero, St. John's (NY), 15-8; 6. Igor Tolkachev, Ohio St., 14-9; 7. Viacheslav Zingerman, Wayne St. (MI), 14-9; 8. Kevin Mo, Stanford, 14-9; 9. Jonathan Yergler, Princeton, 13-10; 10. James Kaull, Notre Dame, 12-11; 11. Kian Ameli, Stanford, 12-11; 12. Greg Schoolcraft, Notre Dame, 12-11; 13. Justin Dion, Sacred Heart, 11-12; 14. James Hawrot, Harvard, 11-12; 15. Byron Neslund, New York U., 10-13; 16. Karl Harmenberg, Harvard, 9-14; 17. Jacob Wischnia, Penn, 9-14; 18. Brian Heflich, Penn St., 9-14; 19. Marco Canevari, Ohio St., 9-14; 20. Graham Wicas, Princeton, 8-15; 21. Eric Hsieh, North Carolina, 8-15; 22. Daniel Trapani, Air Force, 7-16; 23. Tristan Jones, Duke, 6-17; 24. William Bedor, Brandeis, 6-17.

 

Men's foil

Semifinals: David Willette, Penn St., def. Enzo Castellani, Notre Dame, 15-11; Gerek Meinhardt, Notre Dame, def. Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-11.

Championship: Meinhardt def. Willette, 15-9.

Round-robin standings: 1. David Willette, Penn St., 20-3; 2. Miles Chamley-Watson, Penn St., 18-5; Gerek Meinhardt, Notre Dame, 17-6; 4. Enzo Castellani, Notre Dame, 16-7; 5. Ben Parkins, Ohio St., 16-7; 6. Nathaniel Botwinick, Yale, 16-7; 7. Alex Simmons, Penn, 14-9; 8. Dorian Cohen, Duke, 14-9; 9. Vidur Kapur, Penn, 13-10; 10. Alexis Landreville, St. John's (NY), 12-11; 11. Alexander Mills, Princeton, 12-11; 12. Tommaso DiRobilant, Harvard, 11-12; 13. Philip Jamesson, New York U., 11-12; 14. Colin Sutter, Ohio St., 10-13; 15. Adam Watson, St. John's (NY), 10-13; 16. Hao Meng, Harvard, 10-13; 17. Adam Pantel, Brown, 10-13; 18. David Mandle, Princeton, 9-14; 19. Michael Fong, UC San Diego, 9-14; 20. Nicholas Stockdale, Air Force, 8-15; 21. Ben Van Son, Haverford, 7-16; 22. Kevin Nadeau, North Carolina, 6-17; 23. John Gurrieri, Yale, 4-19; 24. Liran Gross, Cleveland St., 3-20.

 

Women's sabre

Semifinals: Rebecca Ward, Duke, def. Dagmara Wozniak, St. John's (NY), 15-7; Caroline Vloka, Harvard, def. Margarita Tschomakova, Ohio St., 15-10.

Championship: Vloka def. Ward, 15-13.

Round-robin standings: 1. Rebecca Ward, Duke, 22-1; 2. Margarita Tschomakova, Ohio St., 19-4; 3. Caroline Vloka, Harvard, 19-4; 4. Dagmara Wozniak, St. John's (NY), 18-5; 5. Sarah Borrmann, Notre Dame, 17-6; 6. Caitlin Thompson, Penn St., 16-7; 7. Eileen Hassett, Notre Dame, 16-7; 8. Eliza Stone, Princeton, 15-8; 9. Samantha Roberts, Columbia, 14-9; 10. Martyna Wieczorek, St. John's (NY), 13-10; 11. Jackie Jacobson, Columbia, 12-11; 12. Dominika Franciszkowicz, Penn, 11-12; 13. Joanna Cichomski, Princeton, 11-12; 14. Kamali Thompson, Temple, 10-13; 15. Olivia Benedek, Penn St., 10-13; 16. Alison Miller, Ohio St., 9-14; 17. Beverly Yang, Cornell, 9-14; 18. Heather Nelson, Air Force, 8-15; 19. Caitlin Taylor, Brown, 7-16; 20. Danielle Kamis, Penn, 6-17; 21. Elena Helgiu, Harvard, 6-17; 22. Alicia Gurrieri, Northwestern, 5-18; 23. Madeline Oliver, Yale, 2-21; 24. Laura Decker, Caltech, 1-22.

 

Women's foil

Semifinals: Nicole Ross, Columbia, def. Evgeniya Kirpicheva, St. John's (NY), 15-8; Doris Willette, Penn St., def. Dayana Sarkisova, Northwestern, 15-2.

Championship: Ross def. Willette, 15-9.

Round-robin standings: 1. Nicole Ross, Columbia, 21-2; Dayana Sarkisova, Northwestern, 20-3; 3. Doris Willette, Penn St., 19-4; 4. Evgeniya Kirpicheva, St. John's (NY), 19-4; 5. Hayley Reese, Notre Dame, 16-7; 6. Brianna Martin, Princeton, 16-7; 7. Oksana Dmytruk, Ohio St., 14-9; Olivia Dobbs, Wayne St. (MI), 13-10; 9. Irina Koroleva, St. John's (NY), 12-11; 10. Allison Henvick, Ohio St., 12-11; 11. Shelby MacLeod, Harvard, 12-11; 12. Misha Goldfeder, Harvard, 12-11; 13. Katharine Pitt, Yale, 10-13; 14. Melissa Parker, Temple, 9-14; 15. Rocky Rothenberg, Princeton, 9-14; 16. Olga Ostatnigrosh, Penn St., 8-15; 17. Jessica Wacker, Stanford, 8-15; 18. Mikayla Varadi, Temple, 7-16; 19. Pilar Alicea, UC San Diego, 7-16; 20. D'Meca Homer, Columbia, 7-16; 21. Devynn Patterson, Northwestern, 7-16; 22. Aida Abdikulova, Penn, 7-16; 23. Darsie Malynn, Notre Dame, 6-17; 24. Jennifer Colacino, Boston College, 5-18.

 

Women's epee

Semifinals: Noam Mills, Harvard, def. Anastasia Ferdman, Penn St., 8-7; Margherita Guzzi Vincenti, Penn St., def. Courtney Hurley, 15-11.

Championship: Guzzi Vincenti def. Mills, 15-10.

Round-robin standings: 1. Noam Mills, Harvard, 21-2; 2. Margherita Guzzi Vincenti, Penn St., 19-4; 3. Courtney Hurley, Notre Dame, 19-4; 4. Anastasia Ferdman, Penn St., 18-5; 5. Sanne Gars, St. John's (NY), 18-5; 6. Kelley Hurley, Notre Dame, 17-6; 7. Susannah Scanlan, Princeton, 16-7; 8. Francesca Bassa, Stanford, 13-10; 9. Simone Barrette, Air Force, 13-10; 10. Christa French, Northwestern, 13-10; 11. Kristin Howell, Temple, 12-11; 12. Emily D'Agostino, Duke, 12-11; 13. Tetyana Novakovska, St. John's (NY), 12-11; 14. Julia Tichonova, Ohio St., 10-13; 15. Phoebe Caldwell, Princeton, 9-14; 16. Kayley French, Northwestern, 8-15; 17. Stephanie Wheeler, Penn, 8-15; 18. Lydia Kopecky, Columbia, 8-15; 19. Victoria Mo, UC San Diego, 6-17; 20. Neely Brandfield-Harvey, Columbia, 6-17; 21. Adelaide McDonnell, Cornell, 5-18; 22. Felicia Sun, Harvard, 5-18; 23. Katherine Thompson, Cornell, 5-18; 24. Madeline Buxton, Yale, 3-10.