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Six Fencers Headed To NCAA Championships
3/18/2021 4:40:00 PM | Women's Fencing
The CCFC champions are one of just six teams to earn the maximum number of qualifiers
EVANSTON, Illinois -- Northwestern will send the maximum six qualifiers to the 2021 NCAA Fencing Championships, one of just six schools to earn all six possible spots in the women's competition. This year's championships will be hosted by Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania, March 27-28, 2021.
The Wildcats contingent includes senior Justine Banbury (foil), sophomore Anna Biasco (foil), sophomore Blodwen Bindas (épée), junior Julia Falinska (épée), sophomore Ilsa Hoffman (sabre) and first-year Sky Miller (sabre). Biasco and Falinska qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships which were ultimately canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Falinska made her NCAA debut in 2019 as a rookie, and earned All-America honors and the highest finish by a Northwestern fencer since Dayana Sarkisova in 2013.
Head coach Zach Moss led Northwestern to the inaugural Central Collegiate Fencing Conference championship this season, the 'Cats third conference crown under his guidance.
The National Collegiate Fencing Championships include individual events in each of three weapons (épée, foil and sabre). Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round robin, the top-four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with winners fencing to determine first and second places, and 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 during round- robin competition.
More information can be found at ncaa.com. A live feed of semifinal and final bouts will be available on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app. Semifinals and finals, along with other championships highlights, will air on ESPNU on April 15 at 3 p.m. CT.
The Wildcats contingent includes senior Justine Banbury (foil), sophomore Anna Biasco (foil), sophomore Blodwen Bindas (épée), junior Julia Falinska (épée), sophomore Ilsa Hoffman (sabre) and first-year Sky Miller (sabre). Biasco and Falinska qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships which were ultimately canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Falinska made her NCAA debut in 2019 as a rookie, and earned All-America honors and the highest finish by a Northwestern fencer since Dayana Sarkisova in 2013.
Head coach Zach Moss led Northwestern to the inaugural Central Collegiate Fencing Conference championship this season, the 'Cats third conference crown under his guidance.
The National Collegiate Fencing Championships include individual events in each of three weapons (épée, foil and sabre). Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round robin, the top-four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with winners fencing to determine first and second places, and 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 during round- robin competition.
More information can be found at ncaa.com. A live feed of semifinal and final bouts will be available on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app. Semifinals and finals, along with other championships highlights, will air on ESPNU on April 15 at 3 p.m. CT.
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