Appears ND men will be shut out of the individual titles
by Radi-skull (2022-03-27 11:43:18)

In reply to: Some too early analysis: ND will win by around 20 pts  posted by Radi-skull

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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