POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (March 17, 2010) – For the third straight year, Vassar College men's fencer
Andrew Fischl is headed to the NCAA National Championships. He is one of 24 competitors from around the country that will be competing in the sabre.
On Tuesday afternoon, the NCAA Men's and Women's Fencing Committee announced the field of 144 competitors that will participate in the 2010 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships. Harvard University will host the championships at the Gordon Track Center, March 25-28, in Boston, Massachusetts.
“I am extremely pleased that Andrew has qualified for his third consecutive NCAA Championships,” said head coach
Bruce Gillman. “While Andrew did not have a great Regionals, his strong season results earned him the second and final at large spot. Now he has as good a chance as any of the other 23 in the field to be the individual sabre champion.”
Fischl compiled a 32-8 regular season record while competing in the sabre. As a sophomore, he compiled a 5-15 record at the NCAA Championships that were held at Penn State.
The National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships include individual events in each of the six weapons (women's foil, women's epee, women's sabre, men's foil, men's epee, men's sabre).
According to Gillman, freshman
Nick Johnson is the first alternate in epee behind one-third of the field and “may get his chance” to compete. Johnson finished one out of the Regional spots alocated and one out of the at large spots.
Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After the round-robin, the top-four fencers fence semifinal 15-touch bouts, with the winners fencing to determine first and second places, and the losers being awarded a tie for third place. Absolute ties for the seeding will be broken as follows: for positions one through three, by a coin toss; for position four, by a fence-off.
An institution's place finish in the championships will be based on points earned by each individual. A team will be awarded one point for each victory by its student-athletes for the duration of the championships.
