Some too early analysis: ND will win by around 20 pts
by Radi-skull (2022-03-27 11:25:34)

In reply to: After 4th (of 5) round of Saber the lead is 16 pts over Harv  posted by Radi-skull

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Because of 1 weapon at each school.

Harvard had 17 pts in W Saber to NDs 34. But they only had 1 fencer. Had they had 2 qualified it would have at least been a little more competitive

Columbia 17 pts in W Epee to NDs 34; as pointed out by IRISHNYER, 8 out of 30 on the firstvday killed them

Princeton men in general were worse than their women, but 13 pts in M saber to NDs 30 was the killer.



Appears ND men will be shut out of the individual titles
by Radi-skull  (2022-03-27 11:43:18)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Itkin lost 3 of his last 4 in foil and Candreva just dropped 1 of his last 4 in Epee (probably needed to win out and have lucky loses above him).
None of the ND mens fencers finished in the top four. *
by Indy77  (2022-03-27 15:10:16)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I guess we were nice hosts: 5 visitors got individual NCs,
by Domerduck  (2022-03-27 15:45:00)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

but ND got one (Hsieh-Epee) as well as repeating in the overall team championship. Friday Princeton got the Foil NC and Harvard got Sabre NC in the women's round. Today tOSU got men's Epee NC and while the Foil final is on ESPN now, but it will go to Columbia who had both finalists. Sabre will conclude after that between Duke and Harvard. ND men ended up 8 and 11 in Epee, 5 & 6 in Foil, and 6 & 7 in Sabre. With today's finishes plus the 6 on Friday means ND ended up with 12 All Americans: 3 1st team (placing 1-4), 8 2nd team (5-8), and 1 3rd team (9-12).

Excellent results for the Fencing team.
Depth is key in this tournament format and ND has had it
by Indy77  (2022-03-27 16:04:48)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

consistently over the years, especially in qualifying 2 athletes per weapon.

It wasn't always that way. In the '77 and '78 titles, ND qualified the allowable maximum of a single athlete per weapon. Fortunately the team returned experienced '77 tournament championns who played a significant role in the '78 championship.
Yes, high quality depth at each weapon earned the trophy *
by MPG  (2022-03-28 14:56:11)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post