US EditionNotre Dame edges Columbia 102-99 to win NCAA women's fencing national title
- On Friday, Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's fencing team won the inaugural women's three-weapon national championship at home in South Bend, edging Columbia 102-99.
- The format change separated men's and women's standalone team championships for the first time since 1989, and Notre Dame fencing program now has 15 national championships after winning 14 co-ed titles.
- Eszter Muhari won her third individual NCAA epee title and clinched the team championship for Notre Dame with a victory over Nicole Xuan on Friday.
- After entering day two down by one bout, the Irish rallied to win the championship, and Notre Dame men will compete Saturday and Sunday at the Joyce Center.
- Beyond the team race, the meet saw Harvard junior Jessica Guo win her second NCAA foil title, Natalia Botello become Ohio State's first women's saber champion, and Magda Skarbonkiewicz place second in sabre after last year's win.
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Notre Dame edges Columbia 102-99 to win NCAA women's fencing national title
Notre Dame senior Eszter Muhari won her third career individual national title in epee and the Fighting Irish fencing team won the inaugural women’s three-weapon national championship on Friday after edging Columbia 102-99.
Ohio State Fencer Natalia Botello Becomes Women’s Program’s Fourth Individual National Champion
Natalia Botello is a national champion. Botello captured the 2026 NCAA saber title on Friday at the NCAA Championships at Notre Dame, becoming just the fourth individual national champion in Ohio State women’s fencing history. She joins Yelena Kalkina (epee, 1997), Katarzyna Dabrowa (epee, 2012) and Eleanor Harvey (foil, 2016) in that distinction. A native of Tijuana, Mexico, Botello entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and lived up to it…
Luo, Chen Collect 12 Wins at NCAA Women's Fencing National Championship
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Brown placed 17th at the 2026 NCAA Women's Fencing Championship, totaling 12 points across foil and epee competition at the Joyce Center. Ashley Luo (epee) concluded her first NCAA Championship with eight total victories to place 18th overall, and Jessie Chen (foil) collected four wins in her second consecutive nationals appearance to finish 23rd.
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