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Annika Herko | Monday, March 27, 2023
For the third year in a row, the Notre Dame fencing team are national champions. In the 28-team competition held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, the Irish battled hard against rivals Princeton (No. 2), Columbia (No. 3), Harvard (No. 4), and Ohio State (No. 5). The Irish brought home a pair of individual
Annika Herko | Monday, February 27, 2023
We’re still a fencing school. This weekend, the Notre Dame fencing team traveled to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (home of Boston College) to compete in the ACC Championships. Two other schools traveled to compete against the No. 1 ranked Irish team, Duke and North Carolina. Like a traditional meet, the first day consisted of individual competitions
Annika Herko | Tuesday, February 7, 2023
This weekend the Notre Dame fencing team traveled to Northwestern University in Chicago to compete in the Northwestern Duals. The women’s team went 3-2 and the men’s team went 6-0. Against Northern Illinois University, the women won 19-8, going 5-4 in saber, 7-2 in foil and 7-2 in epee. California-San Diego ventured into the cold
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, August 2, 2021
Former Irish fencer Gerek Meinhardt and current Irish fencer Nick Itkin were both part of the U.S. squad that captured the bronze medal in the men’s team foil event at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. This was the second straight bronze for Meinhardt and teammates Alexander Massialas and Race Imboden, all of whom competed in the
Observer Sports Staff | Sunday, July 25, 2021
Fencer Lee Kiefer won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics Sunday, becoming the first American woman to win a gold medal for Team USA in an individual foil event. The Notre Dame ’17 alumna won 15-13 against Inna Deriglazova of Russia in the women’s individual foil final, thus earning her first Olympic medal. Kiefer
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
Emily DeFazio | Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The Notre Dame fencing team traveled to Columbus, Ohio over the weekend to compete in the Ohio State Invitational. This tournament was the first competition the team had had in nearly 11 months due to the pandemic. Both the men’s and women’s teams left with an undefeated record. “As a whole, the team has been
Nate Moller | Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Notre Dame fills a special place in Stacey Noem’s heart. Although she currently serves as the chaplain for the prestigious Irish fencing program, the spirit of Notre Dame has been instilled in her since her youth. Although she grew up in Florida, both of her parents were undergraduates at Notre Dame, so she was a
Greg McKenna | Friday, June 5, 2020
Brian “Bou” Boulac, who served Notre Dame athletics for over 50 years as a student-athlete, football and softball coach and devoted administrator, has passed away at the age of 79, according to an obituary published by the University’s athletic department late Thursday afternoon. Karen Croake Heiser, a professor in the University’s Film, Television and Theatre
Aidan Thomas | Friday, May 15, 2020
Fencing has always run in the family for Notre Dame graduate student Amanda Sirico. “My parents met during RecSports fencing at the University of Texas at El Paso,” Sirico said. “My dad actually recruited my mom to the fencing team. My younger siblings both fence, and I’ve been fencing basically since I could walk.” The