Boston College Athletics
Women's Fencing Sends Two To NCAA's
March 10, 2015 | Fencing
Chestnut Hill, Mass. -
Olivia Adragna and Renee Bichette will compete in the 2015 NCAA Women's Fencing Championship as announced today by the Fencing Committee. The two Eagles will join field of 144 competitor, including 22 from the ACC in the event hosted by The Ohio State University at French Fieldhouse in Columbus, Ohio.
The National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships include individual events in each of the six weapons (men's épée, men's foil, men's sabre, women's épée, women's foil, women's sabre). The men will compete on March 19-20, followed by the women on March 21-22.
Notre Dame tied with Columbia for the national lead with 12 fencers selected. Duke will send seven, followed by Boston College with two and North Carolina with one.
Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After the round-robin, the top-four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with the winners fencing to determine first and second places, and the non-advancing fencers being awarded a tie for third place.
An institution's place finish in the championships will be based on points earned by each individual. A team will be awarded one point for each victory by its student-athletes for the duration of the championships.
For more information about the championships log on to NCAA.com. To catch live coverage of the event, log in to ESPN3 or the WatchESPN app. An hour long, documentary-style highlight show of the National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships will air on ESPNU at 3 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, April 8.
