Fencing

An ACC record 38 fencers will be competing in the 2026 NCAA Fencing Championships, March 19-22 at the Joyce Center as Notre Dame hosts the event. All five conference fencing programs are represented at the event.This year’s tournament will take on a historic note as it is the first time awarding a standalone three-weapon women’s team championship separate from the men’s competition.

Notre Dame leads the women’s side with 6 qualifiers followed by Stanford with 5, Duke 4, North Carolina 2 and Boston College 1. On the men’s side Notre Dame again leads with 6 followed by Boston College with 4, Duke 4, North Carolina 3 and Stanford 3. Competitors will participate in Epee, Foil and Sabre events.

The ACC Fencing Championships hosted by the Blue Devils had titles going in two different directions. Duke won the men’s side with a two-team tiebreaker with Boston College in second. North Carolina and Notre Dame tied for third. Notre Dame won the women’s side of the tournament with Duke in second.

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NCAA Fencing – ACC

EPEE	MEN	TEAM	WOMEN	TEAM
	Ivan Goriunov	Boston College	Yeva Mazur	Duke
	Youssef Shamel	North Carolina	Maria Capellua	North Carolina
	Jonathon Hamilton-Meikle	Notre Dame	Kyle Fallon	Notre Dame
	Kruz Schembri	Notre Dame	Eszter Muhari	Notre Dame
			Tanishka Padhye	Stanford
FOIL
	Yikai Lu	Boston College	Charlotte Koenig	Duke
	Elijah Onik	Boston College	Sophia Shen	Duke
	Owen Li	Duke	Ariadna Tucker Alarcon	Notre Dame
	Abdelrahman Tolba	Duke	Josephina Conway	Notre Dame
	Peter Bruk	North Carolina	Arianna Cao	Stanford
	Ziyuan Chen	Notre Dame	Ruoxi Sun	Stanford
	Chase Emmer	Notre Dame
	Julian Goor	Stanford
	Sanjay Kasi	Stanford
SABRE
	Luca Berman	Boston College	Lydia Johnson	Boston College
	Lev Ermakov	Duke	Natalie Olsen	Duke
	Zach Shoman	Duke	Dagny Johnson	North Carolina
	Elden Wood	North Carolina	Lola Possick	Notre Dame
	Ahmed Hesham	Notre Dame	Magda Skarbonkiewicz	Notre Dame
	Radu Nitu	Notre Dame	Sophia Chin	Stanford
	Robert Wang	Stanford	Erika Yong	Stanford

NCAA Fencing Schedule

Women’s fencing championships
- Thursday, March 19
  - 9 a.m. | Women’s épée, rounds 1-3
  - 11 a.m. | Women’s foil, rounds 1-3
  - 1:30 p.m. | Women’s sabre, rounds 1-3
- Friday, March 20 — ESPN+
  - 9 a.m. | Women’s foil, rounds 4-5
  - 9 a.m. | Women’s épée, rounds 4-5
  - 9 a.m. | Women’s sabre, rounds 4-5
  - 1 p.m. | Women’s championship bouts (in the order of épée, foil and sabre)
Men’s fencing championships
- Saturday, March 21
  - 9 a.m. | Men’s épée, rounds 1-3
  - 11 a.m. | Men’s foil, rounds 1-3
  - 1 p.m. | Men’s sabre, rounds 1-3
- Sunday, March 22 — ESPN+
  - 9 a.m. | Men’s foil, rounds 4-5
  - 9 a.m. | Men’s épée, rounds 4-5
  - 9 a.m. | Men’s sabre, rounds 4-5
  - 1:30 p.m | Men’s championship bouts, (in the order of épée, foil and sabre)