Fencers in Third Place at NCAA Championships

Cardinal trails Notre Dame and Penn State.

March 20, 1998

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Stanford Fencing team is in third place today after completing two days of competition at the NCAA Fencing Championships, hosted by Notre Dame. Stanford has 71 points and is behind Notre Dame with 89 and Penn State with 79. Penn State is the three-time defending NCAA Champion, while Notre Dame, the 1994 NCAA Champion, is the last team to beat the Nittany Lions in the championships.

Individually, Stanford's Felicia Zimmermann captured the Women's Foil Championship. Zimmermann was in second place yesterday after five rounds of competition, behind two-time defending champion Sara Walsh from Notre Dame. Zimmermann moved into first place today after competing in rounds 6-8 and the championship. In women's epee, Stanford's Jessica Lisagor finished in third.

The championship consists of 120 fencers in five weapons with teams receiving one point for each win in the 24 fencer round-robin competition in each weapon. The top four fencers in each weapon advance to the championship semifinal and final where the winner in each weapon will be determined. Wins in this portion of the competition do not count toward team standings.