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Lucia Aguzzi | Friday, May 19, 2023
Thanks to the 2022-2023 Notre Dame Fencing program, the green No. 1 above Grace Hall remains alive, well and most importantly, lit up. The team won their third consecutive NCAA Championship in March, their 13th overall. The Irish have won five of the last six championships, dating back to 2017. With two individual champions in
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Wednesday, April 12, 2023
For years, Notre Dame fencing has been making history. This year, they made a little more. On the road at the iconic Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, they fought off the competition to win their third consecutive NCAA Championship. The success keeps the No. 1 on Grace Hall lit and makes them the
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Monday, November 21, 2022
Notre Dame fencing picked up where it left off at its opening meet of the season, going undefeated at the University of Pennsylvania’s Elite Invitational Saturday. The Irish went 5-0 in both the men’s and women’s competitions with some standout performances on both sides. Irish notch big wins over Princeton Wins over the Princeton Tigers
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Barely hours after Notre Dame fencing claimed its 12th national title in Purcell Pavilion earlier this year, the championship countdown clock on the wall of their locker room was updated. The clock read “361 days,” right above the 2023 National Collegiate Fencing Championships logo. That sign — now down to 127 days — is a
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Friday, May 13, 2022
It was another dominant year for the Notre Dame fencing team in the 2021-2022 season as they claimed their 12th national title — their fourth in the last five championships. The title triumph followed an excellent regular season where the men’s team (38-0) and the women’s team (42-3) finished ranked first and third in the
Uyen Le and Spencer Kelly | Monday, March 28, 2022
With the 2022 NCAA fencing championships taking place right here at Notre Dame, our community is reminded that our team is a force to be reckoned with. Composed of fencers from all over the world, the team is one of the most diverse and talented groups on campus. In recognition of Notre Dame’s fencing tradition,
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Wednesday, March 23, 2022
The Notre Dame women’s fencing team found themselves in an unusual situation at the ACC Championships in at Cameron Indoor Stadium about a month ago. During a title-deciding match against Duke, they were down 4-8 and staring down the barrel of a first ACC title loss since 2018. But they rallied, winning 14 of the
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Monday, February 28, 2022
The top-ranked Notre Dame fencing team headed to Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina this weekend for the ACC Championships. It marked their return to the competition after missing the championships last year with a COVID-19 outbreak. Prior to that, Notre Dame had won the ACC Championship in five of the last six years
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Notre Dame Fencing had another strong weekend at the DeCicco Duals, their annual home meet at the Castellan Family Fencing Center. Across the two days of competition, the men’s team went a perfect 11-0 and improved to 32-0 on the season while the women’s team put together an impressive 13-1 weekend and moved to 37-2
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Thursday, January 27, 2022
Notre Dame fencing is back in action this weekend as they host the DeCicco Duals on Saturday and Sunday at the Castellan Family Fencing Center. Last time out, Notre Dame put together two outstanding meets at St. John’s and UPenn where the men’s and women’s teams combined for a 17-1 against multiple top-10 opponents. Last