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Duke Prepped for NCAA Fencing Championship
3/24/2021 5:47:00 PM | Fencing
DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke fencing team will be well represented this weekend at the 2021 NCAA Fencing Championship as the Blue Devils are sending a program-record tying 10 into action to compete. The championship is set for March 25-28 hosted by Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa.
Duke will send Christina Ferrari (foil, Fr.), Alex Gorman (saber, Jr.), Finn Hossfeld (foil, So.), Stephen Kim (saber, Fr.), Ping Ping Kitsiriboon (saber, Sr.), Sarah Lurye (epee, Fr.), Jason Post (foil, So.), Brycen Rushing (foil, Sr.), Lulu Tang (foil, Fr.) and Anneke Zegers (saber, So.) into action.
The championship, which crowns six individual NCAA champions as well as the combined team champion, will be held at the Bryce Jordan Center.
At the NCAA Fencing Championships, fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After the round robin, the top-four finishers will advance to a single-elimination bracket of 15-touch bouts. A combined men's and women's team champion will be determined by the points earned by each individual fencer, with a student-athlete earning one point for each victory during the championships. The men will compete Thursday and Friday, followed by the women Saturday and Sunday.
The duration of the event will be streamed here. A live feed of the semifinal and final bouts will be available on ESPN3 or the ESPN app. Semifinals and finals, along with other championship highlights, will air on ESPNU on April 15 at 4 p.m.
The Blue Devils have been well represented at the NCAA Championship during head coach Alex Beguinet's tenure in Durham, sending at least one Duke fencer to the national meet for 27 consecutive years and 36 overall in his 35 seasons at the helm of the program. 2021 marks the 13th time Beguinet has qualified five or more to the national stage.
The 2021 season marks Rushing's fourth time qualifying for the national championship, while Gorman and Kitsiriboon return for the third consecutive year. The remaining seven Blue Devils will be making their debuts on the national stage for the first time in their Blue Devil careers.
Last year, the NCAA Championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and All-America honors were based on each fencer's overall body of work through the season competitions and NCAA Regionals. Rushing was tabbed a second team honoree while Gorman and Kitsiriboon were selected honorable mentions.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
Duke will send Christina Ferrari (foil, Fr.), Alex Gorman (saber, Jr.), Finn Hossfeld (foil, So.), Stephen Kim (saber, Fr.), Ping Ping Kitsiriboon (saber, Sr.), Sarah Lurye (epee, Fr.), Jason Post (foil, So.), Brycen Rushing (foil, Sr.), Lulu Tang (foil, Fr.) and Anneke Zegers (saber, So.) into action.
The championship, which crowns six individual NCAA champions as well as the combined team champion, will be held at the Bryce Jordan Center.
At the NCAA Fencing Championships, fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After the round robin, the top-four finishers will advance to a single-elimination bracket of 15-touch bouts. A combined men's and women's team champion will be determined by the points earned by each individual fencer, with a student-athlete earning one point for each victory during the championships. The men will compete Thursday and Friday, followed by the women Saturday and Sunday.
The duration of the event will be streamed here. A live feed of the semifinal and final bouts will be available on ESPN3 or the ESPN app. Semifinals and finals, along with other championship highlights, will air on ESPNU on April 15 at 4 p.m.
The Blue Devils have been well represented at the NCAA Championship during head coach Alex Beguinet's tenure in Durham, sending at least one Duke fencer to the national meet for 27 consecutive years and 36 overall in his 35 seasons at the helm of the program. 2021 marks the 13th time Beguinet has qualified five or more to the national stage.
The 2021 season marks Rushing's fourth time qualifying for the national championship, while Gorman and Kitsiriboon return for the third consecutive year. The remaining seven Blue Devils will be making their debuts on the national stage for the first time in their Blue Devil careers.
Last year, the NCAA Championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and All-America honors were based on each fencer's overall body of work through the season competitions and NCAA Regionals. Rushing was tabbed a second team honoree while Gorman and Kitsiriboon were selected honorable mentions.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
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