
Via Columbia Athletics:
CLEVELAND, Ohio-Columbia Fencing claimed its 16th national championship title and its first since winning back to back titles in 2015 and 2016 Sunday at the NCAA National Fencing Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.
In addition to the team titles, Columbia also took home two individual women's titles. Junior Anne Cebula (BC) earned the epee gold and sophomore Sylvie Binder claimed foil. The Lions entered Sunday's competition on top of the leaderboard, four points ahead of Penn State and eight ahead of Notre Dame.
Columbia captured its third national title since 2015. This is the first time in program history that Columbia has won both the national championship team title along with two individual championship titles. This is also the first ever women's individual epee title for the Lions.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The women's fencers entered Sunday's competition with passion and grace, looking to build on their three day lead. Columbia had 48 bouts remaining today, and the women won 20 out of 24 bouts in the first round fenced today.
At the end of the four day event, the Lions had accumulated 178 team points, a +220 indicator, and 1100 total touches scored over five rounds of fencing. Only one team point separated the next two schools, Penn State with 166 and Notre Dame with 165 in the standings.
ON FRIDAY:
The Columbia men finished their team and individual competition on Friday. The earned men's team points (90) carried over into the women's competition, to combine for the overall team score for the title.
First year Teddy Lombardo finished second overall in the men's epee individual after taking down Alexander Sless of UIW in the semifinal round. Foilist Sidarth Kumbla finished tied for third overall after falling in the semifinal bout to Notre Dame's Axel Kiefer.
Below were the 144 men's and women's participants, split up by event. Columbia has the lead after Day 3 with 143 points.
MEN'S ÈPÈE
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Lombardo, Teddy |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Yamanaka, Mick |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Hammarberg, Bryn |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Chien, Albert |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Thein-Sandler, Adrien |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Petrosewicz, Thomas |
Incarnate Word |
West |
Sless, Alexander |
Incarnate Word |
West |
Ewart, Stephen |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Simmons, Ariel |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Bradford, Jack |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Shindler, Oliver |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Griffiths, Ryan |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Piskovatskov, Anton |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Wilson, Sean |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Johnson, Wesley |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Yuan, Wesley |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Vaysberg, Nathan |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Zagoruiko, Ivan |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Strong, Sean |
Stanford |
West |
Crouse, Ulfric |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Khayat, Ziad |
UC San Diego |
West |
Elsayed, Ahmed |
Wayne State (Michigan) |
Midwest |
Haider, Safi |
Yale | Northeast |
Shelanski, Isaac |
Yale | Northeast |
MEN'S FOIL
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Griffith, Jordan |
Air Force |
West |
Levin, Nestor |
Air Force |
West |
Masood, Umar |
Brown |
Northeast |
Kumbla, Sidarth |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Moelis, Sam |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Gronningsater, Eoin |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Rushing, Brycen |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Rheingans-Yoo, Duncan |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Tourette, Geoffrey |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Mannan, Zohaib |
New York University |
Northeast |
Welch, Kyle |
New York University |
Northeast |
Itkin, Nick |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Kiefer, Axel |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Cao, Leon |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Wriedt, Nathan |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Bicego, Sebastiano |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Hassan, Mohamed |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Li, Michael |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Hamza, Mohamed |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Levy, Cameron |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Orts, Lucas |
Stanford |
West |
Hadler, Benjamin |
UC San Diego |
West |
Allen, Cameron |
Yale |
Northeast |
Chen, Earnest |
Yale |
Northeast |
MEN'S SABRE
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Meng, Bolang |
Boston College |
Northeast |
Doddo, Andrew |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Liang, Calvin |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Dressell, Wiley |
Detroit Mercy |
Midwest |
Kitsiriboon, Soravit |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Cai, Erwin |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Solomon, Daniel |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Puccio, Greg |
New Jersey Institute |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Bak, Mikolaj |
New York University |
Northeast |
Rabinowitz, Beni |
North Carolina |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Contreras, Alessandro |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Panteleev, Arsenii |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Koch, Domenik |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Swartz, Roscoe |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Dolegiewicz, Marcel |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Metryka, Karol |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Green, Adam |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Lin, Xiteng Steven |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Kwak, Daniel |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Ferjani, Fares |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Natanzon, Ben |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Kwong, Samuel |
Stanford |
West |
Emir Putra, Syed |
UC San Diego |
West |
Musgrave, Walter |
Yale |
Northeast |
WOMEN'S ÈPÈE
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Agob, Nicole |
Air Force |
West |
Cebula, Anne |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Nixon, Karolina |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Eno, Megan |
Cornell |
Northeast |
Aldadah, Huda |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Papdopoulos, Maria |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Toby, Natalia |
Fairleigh Dickinson |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Kukadia, Saanchi |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Wallace, Shawn |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Falinska, Julia |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Hamilton, Pauline |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Grady, Miriam |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Sirico, Amanda |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Verret, Alexanne |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Kalonji, Anastasia |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
VanBenthuysen, Barbara |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Dib, Vanessa |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Stewart, Tatijana |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Rizzi, Andrea Vittoria |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Tannous, Dominique |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Lee, Hanna |
Stanford |
West |
Beihold, Emily |
UC San Diego |
West |
Nam, Michelle |
Yale |
Northeast |
Wang, Shirley |
Yale |
Northeast |
WOMEN'S FOIL
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Binder, Sylvie |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Blow, Iman |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Gianneschi, Julia |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Superville, Zoe |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Liu, Cindy |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Yang, Natalie |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Rebchunovska, Oleksandra |
Incarnate Word |
West |
Cecchini, Gabriela |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Rivano, Camilla |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Luong, Tiffany |
New York University |
Northeast |
Chen, Wei Chee |
North Carolina |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Chart, Yvonne |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Chen, Alyssa |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Berthier, Amita |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Massialas, Sabrina |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Vaiani, Nicole |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Bicego, Lodovica |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Zuzulo, Isabella |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Lachman, Katarzyna |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Pappone, Arianna |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Liao, Madeline |
Stanford |
West |
Lovelace, Kennedy |
Temple |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Pak, Sarah |
Yale |
Northeast |
Zhou, Anna |
Yale |
Northeast |
WOMEN'S SABRE
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Burke, Nora |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Timofeyev, Daniella |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Bentolila, Esther |
Cornell |
Northeast |
Harrill, Gillian |
Cornell |
Northeast |
Gorman, Alexandra |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Sapienza, Lindsay |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Czyzewski, Veronica |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Tartakovsky, Elizabeth |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Litynski, Jackie |
North Carolina |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Yucel, Emine |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Hassett, Tara |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Linder, Kara |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Merza, Sarah |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Chang, Karen |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Moss, Zara |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Papp, Sara |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Cieslar, Karolina |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Kaleta, Karolina |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Mentzer, Kaleigh |
Stanford |
West |
Olaode, Blessing |
Temple |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Plunkett, Kerry |
Temple |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Coimbra, Miya |
UC San Diego |
West |
Palczynska, Patrycja |
Wayne State (Michigan) |
Midwest |
Kim, Lauren |
Yale |
Northeast |
MEN'S ÈPÈE
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Lombardo, Teddy |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Yamanaka, Mick |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Hammarberg, Bryn |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Chien, Albert |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Thein-Sandler, Adrien |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Petrosewicz, Thomas |
Incarnate Word |
West |
Sless, Alexander |
Incarnate Word |
West |
Ewart, Stephen |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Simmons, Ariel |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Bradford, Jack |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Shindler, Oliver |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Griffiths, Ryan |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Piskovatskov, Anton |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Wilson, Sean |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Johnson, Wesley |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Yuan, Wesley |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Vaysberg, Nathan |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Zagoruiko, Ivan |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Strong, Sean |
Stanford |
West |
Crouse, Ulfric |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Khayat, Ziad |
UC San Diego |
West |
Elsayed, Ahmed |
Wayne State (Michigan) |
Midwest |
Haider, Safi |
Yale | Northeast |
Shelanski, Isaac |
Yale | Northeast |
MEN'S FOIL
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Griffith, Jordan |
Air Force |
West |
Levin, Nestor |
Air Force |
West |
Masood, Umar |
Brown |
Northeast |
Kumbla, Sidarth |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Moelis, Sam |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Gronningsater, Eoin |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Rushing, Brycen |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Rheingans-Yoo, Duncan |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Tourette, Geoffrey |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Mannan, Zohaib |
New York University |
Northeast |
Welch, Kyle |
New York University |
Northeast |
Itkin, Nick |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Kiefer, Axel |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Cao, Leon |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Wriedt, Nathan |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Bicego, Sebastiano |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Hassan, Mohamed |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Li, Michael |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Hamza, Mohamed |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Levy, Cameron |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Orts, Lucas |
Stanford |
West |
Hadler, Benjamin |
UC San Diego |
West |
Allen, Cameron |
Yale |
Northeast |
Chen, Earnest |
Yale |
Northeast |
MEN'S SABRE
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Meng, Bolang |
Boston College |
Northeast |
Doddo, Andrew |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Liang, Calvin |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Dressell, Wiley |
Detroit Mercy |
Midwest |
Kitsiriboon, Soravit |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Cai, Erwin |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Solomon, Daniel |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Puccio, Greg |
New Jersey Institute |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Bak, Mikolaj |
New York University |
Northeast |
Rabinowitz, Beni |
North Carolina |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Contreras, Alessandro |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Panteleev, Arsenii |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Koch, Domenik |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Swartz, Roscoe |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Dolegiewicz, Marcel |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Metryka, Karol |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Green, Adam |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Lin, Xiteng Steven |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Kwak, Daniel |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Ferjani, Fares |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Natanzon, Ben |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Kwong, Samuel |
Stanford |
West |
Emir Putra, Syed |
UC San Diego |
West |
Musgrave, Walter |
Yale |
Northeast |
WOMEN'S ÈPÈE
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Agob, Nicole |
Air Force |
West |
Cebula, Anne |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Nixon, Karolina |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Eno, Megan |
Cornell |
Northeast |
Aldadah, Huda |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Papdopoulos, Maria |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Toby, Natalia |
Fairleigh Dickinson |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Kukadia, Saanchi |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Wallace, Shawn |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Falinska, Julia |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Hamilton, Pauline |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Grady, Miriam |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Sirico, Amanda |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Verret, Alexanne |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Kalonji, Anastasia |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
VanBenthuysen, Barbara |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Dib, Vanessa |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Stewart, Tatijana |
Princeton |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Rizzi, Andrea Vittoria |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Tannous, Dominique |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Lee, Hanna |
Stanford |
West |
Beihold, Emily |
UC San Diego |
West |
Nam, Michelle |
Yale |
Northeast |
Wang, Shirley |
Yale |
Northeast |
WOMEN'S FOIL
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Binder, Sylvie |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Blow, Iman |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Gianneschi, Julia |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Superville, Zoe |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Liu, Cindy |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Yang, Natalie |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Rebchunovska, Oleksandra |
Incarnate Word |
West |
Cecchini, Gabriela |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Rivano, Camilla |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Luong, Tiffany |
New York University |
Northeast |
Chen, Wei Chee |
North Carolina |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Chart, Yvonne |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Chen, Alyssa |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Berthier, Amita |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Massialas, Sabrina |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Vaiani, Nicole |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Bicego, Lodovica |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Zuzulo, Isabella |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Lachman, Katarzyna |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Pappone, Arianna |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Liao, Madeline |
Stanford |
West |
Lovelace, Kennedy |
Temple |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Pak, Sarah |
Yale |
Northeast |
Zhou, Anna |
Yale |
Northeast |
WOMEN'S SABRE
NAME | INSTITUTION | REGION |
---|---|---|
Burke, Nora |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Timofeyev, Daniella |
Columbia |
Northeast |
Bentolila, Esther |
Cornell |
Northeast |
Harrill, Gillian |
Cornell |
Northeast |
Gorman, Alexandra |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Sapienza, Lindsay |
Duke |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Czyzewski, Veronica |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Tartakovsky, Elizabeth |
Harvard |
Northeast |
Litynski, Jackie |
North Carolina |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Yucel, Emine |
Northwestern |
Midwest |
Hassett, Tara |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Linder, Kara |
Notre Dame |
Midwest |
Merza, Sarah |
Ohio State |
Midwest |
Chang, Karen |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Moss, Zara |
Penn State |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Papp, Sara |
Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Cieslar, Karolina |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Kaleta, Karolina |
St. John's (New York) |
Northeast |
Mentzer, Kaleigh |
Stanford |
West |
Olaode, Blessing |
Temple |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Plunkett, Kerry |
Temple |
Mid-Atlantic/South |
Coimbra, Miya |
UC San Diego |
West |
Palczynska, Patrycja |
Wayne State (Michigan) |
Midwest |
Kim, Lauren |
Yale |
Northeast |
Notre Dame has won the past two national championships. Penn State leads all programs with 13 all-time titles. Here is the full NC fencing championship history:
YEAR | CHAMPION | COACH | POINTS | RUNNER-UP | POINTS | HOST OR SITE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Notre Dame | Gia Kvaratskhelia | 185 | Columbia-University-Barnard-College | 170 | Penn State |
2017 | Notre Dame | Gia Kvaratskhelia | 186 | Ohio State | 161 | Notre Dame |
2016 | Columbia | Michael Aufrichtig | 174 | Ohio State | 167 | Brandeis |
2015 | Columbia | Michael Aufrichtig | 165 | Penn State | 156 | Ohio State |
2014 | Penn State | Wes Glon | 180 | Princeton | 159 | Ohio State |
2013 | Princeton | Zoltan Dudas | 182 | Notre Dame | 175 | San Antonio |
2012 | Ohio State | Vladimir Nazlymov | 182 | Princeton | 161 | Ohio State |
2011 | Notre Dame | Janusz Bednarski | 174 | Penn State | 168 | Ohio State |
2010 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 191 | St. John's (N.Y.) | 182 | Harvard |
2009 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 195 | Notre Dame | 182 | Penn State |
2008 | Ohio State | Vladimir Nazlymov | 185 | Notre Dame | 176 | Ohio State |
2007 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 194 | St. John's (N.Y.) | 176 | Drew |
2006 | Harvard | Peter Brand | 165 | Penn State | 159 | Rice |
2005 | Notre Dame | Janusz Bednarski | 173 | Ohio State | 171 | Houston |
2004 | Ohio State | Vladimir Nazlymov | 194 | Penn State | 160 | Brandeis |
2003 | Notre Dame | Janusz Bednarski | 182 | Penn State | 179 | Air Force |
2002 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 195 | St. John's (N.Y.) | 190 | Drew |
2001 | St. John's (N.Y.) | Yury Gelman | 180 | Penn State | 172 | Wisconsin-Parkside |
2000 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 175 | Notre Dame/St. Johns (N.Y.) | 171 | Stanfrod |
1999 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 171 | Notre Dame | 139 | Brandeis |
1998 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 149 | Notre Dame | 147 | Notre Dame |
1997 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 1,530 | Notre Dame | 1,470 | Air Force |
1996 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 1,500 | Notre Dame | 1,190 | Yale |
1995 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 440 | St. John's (N.Y.) | 413 | Notre Dame |
1994 | Notre Dame | Michael DeCicco/Yves Auriol | 4,350 | Penn State | 4,075 | Brandeis |
1993 | Columbia | George Kolombatovich/Aladar Kogler | 4,525 | Penn State | 4,500 | Wayne State (Mich.) |
1992 | Columbia | George Kolombatovich/Aladar Kogler | 4,150 | Penn State | 3,646 | Notre Dame |
1991 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 4,700 | Columbia | 4,200 | Penn State |
1990 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 36 | Columbia | 35 | Notre Dame |