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NCAA Announces 2023 Fencing Championship Qualifiers
3/14/2023 4:37:00 PM | Fencing
DURHAM – Eight Duke fencers have received invitations to the 2023 NCAA Fencing Championship, as announced Tuesday by the NCAA Men's and Women's Fencing Committee. The championship is set for March 23-26, hosted by Duke University at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The 2023 campaign marks the 15th time head coach Alex Beguinet has qualified five or more to the national stage.
Duke will be represented by Chloe Beittel (women's epee), Lukas Dannull (men's saber), Christina Ferrari (women's foil), Rachel Koo (women's foil), Terence Lee (men's saber), Allen Marakov (men's epee), Kunling Tong (women's saber) and Anneke Zegers (women's saber).
2023 marks Ferrari's third trip to the NCAA Championship and is a two-time All-America honoree. Zegers also returns to the national stage for the third time, while Lee qualifies for consecutive seasons.
Last year, Ferrari and Lee captured All-America accolades, highlighted by Lee's second-place finish in men's saber. That performance marked the second-best finish in Duke men's program history behind 1996 national champion Jeremy Kahn.
The championship will include individual events in each of the six weapons (men's epee, men's foil, men's saber, women's epee, women's foil and women's saber).
Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After the round-robin, the top-four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with the winners fencing to determine first and second places, and the 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 for the duration of the championship.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
The 2023 campaign marks the 15th time head coach Alex Beguinet has qualified five or more to the national stage.
Duke will be represented by Chloe Beittel (women's epee), Lukas Dannull (men's saber), Christina Ferrari (women's foil), Rachel Koo (women's foil), Terence Lee (men's saber), Allen Marakov (men's epee), Kunling Tong (women's saber) and Anneke Zegers (women's saber).
2023 marks Ferrari's third trip to the NCAA Championship and is a two-time All-America honoree. Zegers also returns to the national stage for the third time, while Lee qualifies for consecutive seasons.
Last year, Ferrari and Lee captured All-America accolades, highlighted by Lee's second-place finish in men's saber. That performance marked the second-best finish in Duke men's program history behind 1996 national champion Jeremy Kahn.
The championship will include individual events in each of the six weapons (men's epee, men's foil, men's saber, women's epee, women's foil and women's saber).
Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After the round-robin, the top-four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with the winners fencing to determine first and second places, and the 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 for the duration of the championship.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
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