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Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The back-to-back NCAA champion Notre Dame fencing team will vie this week for the chance to secure another national title. This is the ninth year the Irish will send the maximum number of fencers — a dozen — to the sport’s ultimate competition at the collegiate level, which takes place from March 23-26. At Duke
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
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Monday, March 28, 2022
After the women’s team gave Notre Dame fencing a 12-point lead after two days, the men’s program brought it home. They extended the lead each day, and they clinched the title on Sunday morning. Day 3 Recap: Irish ward off slow start, extend lead Men’s pool play in the NCAA Fencing Tournament began Saturday at
Nate Moller | Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Notre Dame will be well represented in Tokyo, Japan, this summer with 20 athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Basketball Notre Dame women’s basketball has been very strong over the last decade, and three former players were selected to their national teams this year. Skylar Diggins-Smith (USA) Diggins-Smith currently plays for
Jamison Cook | Monday, March 29, 2021
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s fencing teams claimed the national championship in dominant fashion on Sunday, March 28. The Irish beat competitors from 18 other teams, including host Penn State, en route to their second national championship in the last three years that the competition has been held. It is the 11th national championship
Hayden Adams | Friday, May 15, 2020
It was not a typical year for the Notre Dame fencing program — even before their season was cut short by a pandemic. From the outset, they had to overcome the loss of some of their best athletes, but not because of graduation. Rather, several took a year off to train for the upcoming Tokyo
Connor Mulvena | Tuesday, February 25, 2020
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s fencing teams posted a strong performance in the ACC Championship over the weekend at home at the Castellan Family Fencing Center, in which they swept the field entirely, achieving every championship title up for grabs. After the meet, Irish head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia spoke with The Observer about his
Connor Mulvena | Thursday, February 20, 2020
After a week off following wins from both the men’s and women’s fencing teams at the Duke Duals, the Irish are gearing up for the ACC Championships, which will be hosted here at Notre Dame. Ahead of the big weekend, head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia said the team feels good and most of the fencers will
Hayden Adams | Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Notre Dame’s No. 3-ranked women’s and No. 5-ranked men’s fencing teams competed in the Duke Duals this past weekend, with the women going 3-2 and the men continuing an unbeaten streak stretching back to the DeCicco Duals on Jan. 25 and 26. “Both teams performed at a very high level,” Irish head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia