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Maureen Schweninger | Friday, May 13, 2016
Promise is one word that Irish head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia uses often when describing this past year’s squad. The men’s and women’s squads went 32-3 and 35-0, respectively, and they won many medals at ACC championships. Notre Dame team did not, however, come out on top in national competition as it had hoped. Overall, Kvaratskhelia said this
Benjamin Padanilam | Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Notre Dame took fifth place at the NCAA championships this past weekend, bringing its season to a close. The four-day event opened with the women competing over the first two days. The Irish stood in second place heading into the men’s half of the team event, trailing leader and eventual national champion Columbia by just
Benjamin Padanilam | Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Following a strong showing at the Midwest regional, Notre Dame will travel to compete in the NCAA championships starting Thursday. The Irish will send 12 fencers on their behalf to compete for the title, which is the maximum number a program was able to qualify at the regional. Notre Dame is one of four schools
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The Irish finished strong on the strip for the second year running at Saturday’s NCAA Midwest regional at French Field House in Columbus, Ohio. The team is set to qualify the maximum number of 12 fencers for the national championships later this month. The No. 1 women’s team sent nine fencers to the strip and
Ryan Klaus | Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Notre Dame added to its successful season over the weekend at the ACC championships, as both the Irish men and women went 3-0 to claim conference titles on campus at the Castellan Family Fencing Center. “The crowds and friends were fantastic,” Irish head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia said. “You always give more to show them how hard you
Benjamin Padanilam | Thursday, February 4, 2016
Notre Dame travels to Durham, North Carolina, to take the strip in the Duke Duals starting Saturday. This past weekend, the second-ranked women’s and men’s squads competed against several strong programs, including Penn, Penn State, Ohio State and Princeton — all of whom are ranked in the top 10 on both the men and women’s side — in the Northwestern Duals at Castellan Family
Maureen Schweninger | Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Notre Dame is set to return to the strip this weekend for the Northwestern Duals, held on Notre Dame’s campus, after two weeks without competition. The Irish, who sit No. 1 in the women’s rankings and No. 2 in the men’s, were scheduled to fence twice in New York last week, but the St. John’s Duals and
Maureen Schweninger | Monday, January 18, 2016
Notre Dame swept the strip in the third annual DeCicco Duals at home this past weekend. Both Irish men’s and women’s teams went undefeated through the two-day meet, which featured 14 opposing teams, both varsity and club. “I think all the kids held their serve and did really well,” Irish coach Gia Kvaratskhelia said. “We
Brett O'Connell | Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The Irish qualified 12 entrants to the NCAA Championships during their showing at the Midwest Regionals on March 7 in Evanston, Illinois. Freshmen Francesca Russo and Claudia Kulmacz finished second and third in women’s sabre, posting 10-2 and 9-3 records, respectively, on the afternoon. Junior foil and 2012 Olympian Lee Kiefer took first in her weapon
Brett O'Connell | Thursday, January 22, 2015
The fencing travels to New York this weekend for invitationals at St. John’s on Saturday and New York University (NYU) on Sunday. The Irish head into the weekend’s action just a few days after having ranked first overall in the first women’s coaches’ poll of 2015 and second overall in the men’s poll. This ranking follows