INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Fencing Committee has announced the field of 144 competitors who will participate in the 2021 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships. This year’s fencing championships will consist of participants from 20 member institutions. Pennsylvania State University will host the championships at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania, March 25-28, 2021.
The National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships include individual events in each of six weapons (men’s épée, men’s foil, men’s sabre, women’s épée, women’s foil and women’s sabre).
Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round robin, the top-four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with winners fencing to determine first and second places, and non-advancing fencers being awarded a tie for third place.
An institution’s place finish in the championships will be based on points earned by each individual. A team will be awarded one point for each victory by its student-athletes during round-robin competition.
The following individuals were selected to participate in this year’s championships.
Men's Epee
| Name | Institution | Region |
| Russell Cha | Air Force | West |
| Matthew Han | Air Force | West |
| Daniel Gaidar | Boston College | Northeast |
| Will Smith | Boston College | Northeast |
| De'Mario Steele | Cleveland State | Midwest |
| Julio Arias | Drew | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Edward James | Drew | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Jason Post | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Brandon Benavides | Incarnate Word | West |
| Thomas Petrosewicz | Incarnate Word | West |
| Rourke Hillyer | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Robert Hondor | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Reza Merchant | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Henry Shugart | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Stephen Ewart | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Ariel Simmons | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Ryan Griffiths | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Jonathan Piskovatskov | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Troy Kapitzke | Sacred Heart | Northeast |
| Cameron Silver | Sacred Heart | Northeast |
| Nathan Vaysberg | St. John’s (NY) | Northeast |
| Ziad Khayat | UC San Diego | West |
| Vedran Markota | UC San Diego | West |
| Ramadan Dinkins | Wayne State (MI) | Midwest |
Men's Foil
| Name | Institution | Region |
| Nestor Levin | Air Force | West |
| Griffin Peter | Air Force | West |
| Bin Huang | Boston College | Northeast |
| Clayton Reid | Boston College | Northeast |
| Paul Di'Venti | Cleveland State | Midwest |
| Michael DeSando | Drew | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Finn Hossfeld | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Brycen Rushing | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Blake Ruffner | Incarnate Word | West |
| Jake Thayer | Incarnate Word | West |
| Cristian Candescu | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Thomas Manley | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| James Mulligan | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Andrew Machovec | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Marcello Olivares | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Sebastiano Bicego | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Arwen Borowiak | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Cesar Colon | St. John’s (NY) | Northeast |
| Maxime Tarasiewicz | St. John’s (NY) | Northeast |
| Benjamin Hadler | UC San Diego | West |
| Lawrence Song | UC San Diego | West |
| Skylar Pitcher | Wayne State (MI) | Midwest |
| Lawrence Tan | Sacred Heart | Northeast |
| William Badrigian | Drew | Mid-Atlantic/South |
Men's Sabre
| Name | Institution | Region |
| Matthew Goode | Air Force | West |
| William Nikolai | Air Force | West |
| Spencer Kuldell | Boston College | Northeast |
| Bolang Meng | Boston College | Northeast |
| Mason Moskowitz | Cleveland State | Midwest |
| Luca Rampazzo | Drew | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Stephen Kim | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Soravit Kitsiriboon | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Aaron Reece | Lawrence | Midwest |
| Joey D'Orazio | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Justin Petway | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Alec Mulvaney | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Benjamin Rabinowitz | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Luke Linder | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Jared Smith | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Inti Farfan- Bayerl | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Clement Perrier | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Vijay Ganta | Sacred Heart | Northeast |
| Eric Dreitlin | Drew | Northeast |
| Dalton Walker | St. John’s (NY) | Northeast |
| Donghwan Park | Stanford | West |
| Justin Cho | UC San Diego | West |
| Justin Park | UC San Diego | West |
| Calvin Zau | Stanford | West |
Women's Epee
| Name | Institution | Region |
| Nicole Agob | Air Force | West |
| Jocelyn Ratzlaff | Air Force | West |
| Laura Boden | Boston College | Northeast |
| Amanda Provance | Cleveland State | Midwest |
| Sarah Lurye | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Juliana Peceli | Incarnate Word | West |
| Laura Fekete | LIU | Northeast |
| Marina Arrese | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Dominika Pawlowska | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Darby Haskel | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Allegra Parker | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Blodwen Bindas | Northwestern | Midwest |
| Julia Falinska | Northwestern | Midwest |
| Miriam Grady | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Kaylin Hsieh | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Kateryna Chorniy | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Axelle Wasiak | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Nicole Gavrilko | St. John’s (NY) | Northeast |
| Lucy Hanson | Boston College | Northeast |
| Irene Yeu | Stanford | West |
| Margherita Calderaro | Temple | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Sarah Park | Temple | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Tean Brooks | UC San Diego | West |
| Emma Zmurk | UC San Diego | West |
Women's Foil
| Name | Institution | Region |
| Kaitlyn Guo | Air Force | West |
| Samantha Yeh | Boston College | Northeast |
| Shelbie Seeberg | Cleveland State | Midwest |
| Christina Ferrari | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Louise Tang | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Oleksandra Rebchunovska | Incarnate Word | West |
| Alexandra McDonald | Johns Hopkins | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Anna Szántay | LIU | Northeast |
| Paloma Almodovar | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Tarleton Hunt | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Aubrey Molloy | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Justine Banbury | Northwestern | Midwest |
| Anna Biasco | Northwestern | Midwest |
| Amita Berthier | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Stefani Deschner | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Lodovica Bicego | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Samantha Catantan | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Florentia Petrides | Sacred Heart | Northeast |
| Arianna Pappone | St. John’s (NY) | Northeast |
| Haley Koo | Stanford | West |
| Elizabeth Novoseltseva | Temple | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Anastasia Yankovskiy | Temple | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Erica Kuen | UC San Diego | West |
| Konami Masui | UC San Diego | West |
Women's Sabre
| Name | Institution | Region |
| Catherine Kim | Air Force | West |
| Katarina Hone | Boston College | Northeast |
| Gillian Lawlor | Boston College | Northeast |
| Dorian Pichola | Cleveland State | Midwest |
| Alexandra Gorman | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Anneke Zegers | Duke | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Chejsa-Kaili Seck | LIU | Northeast |
| Dorottya Berczy | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Cassandra Sehic | NJIT | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Abigail Parker | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Clara Somfelean | North Carolina | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Ilsa Hoffman | Northwestern | Midwest |
| Sky Miller | Northwestern | Midwest |
| Atara Greenbaum | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Kara Linder | Notre Dame | Midwest |
| Zara Moss | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Kelli Wozniak | Penn State | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Karolina Kaleta | St. John’s (NY) | Northeast |
| Fanni Potz-Nagy | St. John’s (NY) | Northeast |
| Joy Yun | Stanford | West |
| Eva Hinds | Temple | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Zoe Turner | Temple | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Janna Aboudaher | UC San Diego | West |
| Julia Hill | UC San Diego | West |
For more information about championships log on to ncaa.com.
A live feed of semifinal and final bouts will be available on ESPN3 or WatchESPN app. Semifinals and finals, along with other championships highlights will air on ESPNU at 4 p.m. Eastern time April 15.
