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Ashley Tsue is one of Princeton's qualifiers to the NCAA Championships.
Fencers Set for NCAA Championships Beginning Thursday
March 21, 2017 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
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The NCAA fencing championships will get underway Thursday at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis with Princeton among the teams aiming to bring home a trophy.
Speaking of trophies, Princeton has the longest active streak of earning one, finishing in the top four in each of the past six years including a title in 2013. The Tigers took third a year ago.
Princeton will be bringing 11 fencers to the championships, the same number as Harvard, Ohio State and Penn. Columbia and Harvard received the maximum 12 bids. Each of the six weapons - épée, foil and saber, men's and women's - will have 24 fencers battling through a five-touch bout with each of the other 23 fencers in his or her weapon. The winner of each of those bouts will score a point for his or her team.
The schedule begins Thursday at 9 a.m. with the first three (of five) rounds in men's foil, with men's épée beginning at 11 a.m. and men's saber getting underway at 1:30 p.m. Friday, the last two rounds in each weapon will be competed with all three weapons going at 9 a.m. The semifinal bouts for the top four finishers in each weapon will get started at 1:30 p.m. with finals to follow, and the pursuit for those individual NCAA titles will be shown on ESPN3.
The women will follow the same schedule beginning Saturday and continuing through Sunday with the semifinal and final bouts also shown on ESPN3.
Princeton's 11 qualifiers are a mix of newcomers to the NCAA finals and multi-time All-America honorees.
The men have Wesley Johnson, Michael Popovici and Samuel Barmann each making his first NCAA appearance and Thomas Dudey, Edward Chin and Peter Pak looking to add to their All-America counts. For Pak, another top-12 finish would make him Princeton's second four-time All-America honoree in men's saber and first since Max Pekarev '99. Alex Mills '12 was the last Princeton male fencer to be a four-time All-America. Fellow saber Gracie Stone '16 was the last Princeton fencer of either gender to earn four All-America recognitions.
Men's qualifiers:
Épée: Wesley Johnson (So.) – First NCAA Appearance
Épée: Michael Popovici (So.) – First NCAA Appearance
Foil: Samuel Barmann (Fr.) – First NCAA Appearance
Foil: Thomas Dudey (Jr.) – two-time All-America (ninth in 2015, ninth in 2016)
Saber: Edward Chin (Jr.) – two-time All-America (eighth in 2015, third 2016)
Saber: Peter Pak (Sr.) – three-time All-America (fifth in 2014, ninth in 2015, seventh in 2016)
Princeton's female qualifiers include Katharine Holmes, looking to be Princeton's first four-time All-America épée honoree since fellow Olympian Susannah Scanlan '14, who was the only other Princeton female épée to complete the feat.
Women's qualifiers:
Épée: Katharine Holmes (Sr.) – three-time All-America (third in 2012, fifth in 2013, seventh in 2014)
Épée: Anna Van Brummen (Sr.) – All-America (third in 2015)
Foil: Ashley Tsue (Sr.) – two-time All-America (10th in 2015, ninth in 2016)
Saber: Maia Chamberlain (Fr.) – First NCAA Appearance
Saber: Sage Palmedo (So.) – First NCAA Appearance
The NCAA fencing championships will get underway Thursday at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis with Princeton among the teams aiming to bring home a trophy.
Speaking of trophies, Princeton has the longest active streak of earning one, finishing in the top four in each of the past six years including a title in 2013. The Tigers took third a year ago.
Princeton will be bringing 11 fencers to the championships, the same number as Harvard, Ohio State and Penn. Columbia and Harvard received the maximum 12 bids. Each of the six weapons - épée, foil and saber, men's and women's - will have 24 fencers battling through a five-touch bout with each of the other 23 fencers in his or her weapon. The winner of each of those bouts will score a point for his or her team.
The schedule begins Thursday at 9 a.m. with the first three (of five) rounds in men's foil, with men's épée beginning at 11 a.m. and men's saber getting underway at 1:30 p.m. Friday, the last two rounds in each weapon will be competed with all three weapons going at 9 a.m. The semifinal bouts for the top four finishers in each weapon will get started at 1:30 p.m. with finals to follow, and the pursuit for those individual NCAA titles will be shown on ESPN3.
The women will follow the same schedule beginning Saturday and continuing through Sunday with the semifinal and final bouts also shown on ESPN3.
Princeton's 11 qualifiers are a mix of newcomers to the NCAA finals and multi-time All-America honorees.
The men have Wesley Johnson, Michael Popovici and Samuel Barmann each making his first NCAA appearance and Thomas Dudey, Edward Chin and Peter Pak looking to add to their All-America counts. For Pak, another top-12 finish would make him Princeton's second four-time All-America honoree in men's saber and first since Max Pekarev '99. Alex Mills '12 was the last Princeton male fencer to be a four-time All-America. Fellow saber Gracie Stone '16 was the last Princeton fencer of either gender to earn four All-America recognitions.
Men's qualifiers:
Épée: Wesley Johnson (So.) – First NCAA Appearance
Épée: Michael Popovici (So.) – First NCAA Appearance
Foil: Samuel Barmann (Fr.) – First NCAA Appearance
Foil: Thomas Dudey (Jr.) – two-time All-America (ninth in 2015, ninth in 2016)
Saber: Edward Chin (Jr.) – two-time All-America (eighth in 2015, third 2016)
Saber: Peter Pak (Sr.) – three-time All-America (fifth in 2014, ninth in 2015, seventh in 2016)
Princeton's female qualifiers include Katharine Holmes, looking to be Princeton's first four-time All-America épée honoree since fellow Olympian Susannah Scanlan '14, who was the only other Princeton female épée to complete the feat.
Women's qualifiers:
Épée: Katharine Holmes (Sr.) – three-time All-America (third in 2012, fifth in 2013, seventh in 2014)
Épée: Anna Van Brummen (Sr.) – All-America (third in 2015)
Foil: Ashley Tsue (Sr.) – two-time All-America (10th in 2015, ninth in 2016)
Saber: Maia Chamberlain (Fr.) – First NCAA Appearance
Saber: Sage Palmedo (So.) – First NCAA Appearance
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