{mosimage}Defending national champion University of Notre Dame holds a slim four-point edge over Ohio State at the end of day one of competition at the 2004 NCAA National Collegiate Fencing Championships held at Brandeis University’s Gosman Athletic Center.
Notre Dame scored 63 points in the first day of competition, while Ohio State stood at 59 points. Penn State was in third place with 48 points and Pennsylvania had 43 points, good for fourth place.
The Fighting Irish were led by junior foilist Alicja Kryczalo. The two-time defending champion in the foil posted a 13-1 bout record to move to the top of the standings. Ohio State junior Hanna Thompson was second with a 12-2 mark.
In the women’s sabre competition, three fencers were tied with 13 victories after day one. Columbia University sophomore Emma Baratta was atop the standings with a 13-0 record, while Ohio State junior Louise Bond-Williams and Notre Dame rookie Valerie Providenza were just behind with a 13-1 record. Baratta fenced one fewer bout during the day because of an injury to St. John’s University fencer Julia Gelman.
Wayne State University sophomore Anna Garina led was the top epee fencer on the first day, going 13-1 with her one loss coming by a 5-4 margin to Cornell’s Meghan Phair. Notre Dame senior Kerry Walton sat in second place at 12-2.
Brandeis University senior Jessica Lewis-Turner, a senior epeeist, was in 13th place with a 7-6 record after day one. She helped the Judges to a tie for 18th place overall. Harvard was tops among New England institutions with 25 points. Brown was second with nine, followed by Brandeis and Tufts with seven.
Competition resumes at the Gosman Center on Friday morning at 10 a.m. The women’s individual championship bouts are scheduled for 2 p.m. The men’s competition begins Saturday at noon.
Current Team Standings
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| Place | School | Total | MS | MF | ME | WS | WF | WE | |
| 1. | Notre Dame | 63 | 18 | 24 | 21 | ||||
| 2. | Ohio State University | 59 | 20 | 21 | 18 | ||||
| 3. | Pennsylvania State University | 48 | 16 | 17 | 15 | ||||
| 4. | Pennsylvania, University of | 43 | 19 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 5. | Columbia/Barnard | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | ||||
| 6. | Northwestern University | 31 | 11 | 15 | 5 | ||||
| 7. | Princeton University | 29 | 7 | 15 | 7 | ||||
| 8. | St. John’s University | 25 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| 9. | Harvard University | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| 10. | Duke University | 18 | 8 | 10 | |||||
| 11. | T | Temple University | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 11. | T | Wayne State University | 16 | 16 | |||||
| 13. | Yale University | 15 | 6 | 9 | |||||
| 14. | Cornell University | 14 | 5 | 9 | |||||
| 15. | Stanford University | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| 16. | Cal State, Fullerton | 10 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| 17. | Brown University | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| 18. | T | Brandeis University | 7 | 7 | |||||
| 18. | T | Tufts University | 7 | 7 | |||||
| 20. | M.I.T. | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 21. | T | Haverford College | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 21. | T | U.S. Air Force Academy | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 21. | T | UNC, Chapel Hill | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 24. | Cal Tech | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 25. | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | ||||||
V = Victories
PCT = Percent of Bouts Won
TS = Touches Scored
TR = Touches Received
Ind = Indicators (TS minus TR)