NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's fencing team will be well represented at the NCAA Championship later this month in Michigan. Joy Ma (epee), Shirley Wang (epee), Emme Zhou (foil) and Sydney Hirch (sabre) all were selected by the NCAA Fencing Committee.
 
Hirsch and Zhou both earned medals at the Northeast Regionals over the weekend. Hirsch was region champion in the sabre, while Zhou placed second in the foil.
 
A total of 144 competitors will participate in 2020 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships. Twenty-six member institutions will be represented at this year's fencing championships. University of Detroit Mercy and Detroit Sports Commission will co-host the championships at the TCF Center in Detroit, March 19-22, 2020. 
 
National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships include individual events in each of six weapons (men's épée, men's foil, men's sabre, women's épée, women's foil and women's sabre). 
 
Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round robin, top-four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with winners fencing to determine first and second places, and non-advancing fencers being awarded a tie for third place. 
 
An institution's place finish in championships will be based on points earned by each individual. A team will be awarded one point for each victory by its student-athletes during round-robin competition.