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FENCING WINS 11TH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN PROGRAM HISTORY!
The University of Notre Dame men’s and women’s fencing team rode a wire-to-wire finish and secured its 11th national championship all-time in program history Sunday afternoon at the Bryce Jordan Center. With the win, the fencing program has tied football for the most national championships by any program on campus.

“Very grateful for the occasion and very happy for our program, especially for our kids and our coaches,” said head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia. “The competition was a joy for us. We were deprived of the opportunity to compete last year so we tried to enjoy this run as much as we could.”

The Irish won the title during the morning round robin play as Miriam Grady defeated Axelle Wasiak of Penn State for the clinching point in the fourth round. The Irish ended the round robin portion with five of the six athletes advancing to the semifinals, just like the men did on Friday. Amita Berthier and Stefani Deschner both earned spots in foil, Kara Linder in sabre and Kaylin Hsieh and Grady in epee.

Notre Dame also added two more individual champions and one runner-up to the list of accomplishments on the weekend. Deschner and Linder both claimed their first career individual championships in foil and sabre, respectively. In total, the Irish claimed four individual champions, two runner-up finishes, 10 first team All-Americans and one second and third team All-American. The Irish finished with 201 points as a team, the most points by any team in history in the current championship format.