NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The NCAA Men's and Women's Fencing Committee has announced the field of 144 competitors who will participate in the 2026 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships. Twenty-six member institutions will be represented at this year's fencing championships. The University of Notre Dame will host the championships in Notre Dame, Indiana, March 19-22, 2026.
The 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).
Yale qualified seven individuals for the national championship event. On the men's side, first-year athletes Yonjae Kim and David Frumgarzts qualified in foil and sabre, respectively. Senior Vinni Yu will compete in his first NCAA Championship in foil.
First year Sophie Liu highlights a group of four women's athletes from Yale. Liu, the Ivy League Champion and Northeast Regional winner, will compete in sabre. Classmates Jia Chen (foil) and Irene Jung (sabre), and junior Kristina Petrova (foil) will also compete. Petrova previously competed at the NCAA Championships in 2024, placing seventh.
Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round robin, the 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 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 during round-robin competition.
NCAA Qualifiers
