Results

INDIANAPOLIS – Harvard’s Eli Dershwitz claimed his first national title, winning the men’s saber category to highlight action at the 2017 NCAA Men’s Fencing Championship held at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. 

The Ivy League, which sent 59 representatives across both men’s and women’s fencing, featured three top-five team finishes.

BROWN
Brown, represented by sophomore Umar Masood, placed 26^th overall with seven total points. Making his first career appearance at the NCAAs, Masood went 7-16 overall en route to a 20th-place finish.

COLUMBIA
The Lions finished third with 152 total points, falling just short of the program’s third straight National Championship title.

In the foil, Nolen Scruggs advanced to the finals where he fell to Andras Nemeth of St. John’s to finished second and earned All-America status. Sam Moelis went 4-0 in his first pool, including a big 5-3 victory of the No. 1 foil fencer in the world, Stanford’s Alexander Massialas. Moelis finished fifth individually.

Gabe Canaux finished 12^th in the men’s epee, while Michael Costin took 14^th in the sabre.

HARVARD
Harvard finished competition in fifth place with 124 total points. Harvard boasted an individual champion for the first time since 2007.

Sophomore Eli Dershwitz claimed his first national title, winning the men’s saber category. Dershwitz is the first men’s fencing team member to clinch an individual title since 2007. He earned his second All-America first team honors with the victory.

Erwin Cai competed in the men’s sabre event, earning a 12th-place finish at the conclusion of the event and All-America honorable mention. In foil, George Haglund and Matthew Branman competed for the Crimson. Haglund finished the event with a seventh-place distinction, earning All-America second team honors. Albert Chien was the sole competitor for the Crimson in men’s epee. Chien finished the event ranked seventh and earned All-America second team honors. 

 

PENN
Penn concluded the NCAA Championship in eighth place with 107 points thanks to two All-American performances.  

In epee, Justin Yoo led the way for the Quakers, advancing to the national championship match where the sophomore ultimately fall to St. John’s Cooper Schumacher. Yoo earned his second career All-America honor.

John Vaiani finished ninth in the foil to earn All-America distinction. The junior put together a 14-9 mark in round-robin action. Will Upbin took 15th in the foil, while Zsomber Garzo took 17th in the epee.  

PRINCETON
The Tigers took fourth place, just behind Columbia, with 145 total points. 

Sophomore Wesley Jonhson advanced to the semifinals of the men’s epee competition where he ultimately fell to Penn’s Justin Yoo, 15-6. Johnson won 15 of 23 bouts, earning his first All-America honor. Michael Popovici finished eighth in the epee to earn his first All-America honor. 

Junior Thomas Dudey finished 16th and freshman Samuel Barmann finished 19th in foil, and junior Edward Chin finished 16th and senior Peter Pak finished 17th in saber. 

YALE
The Bulldogs finished 12^th with 63 total points. 

Freshman Isaac Shelanski was the top finisher for the Yale men’s fencing team. With 10 bout wins, Shelanski placed 18th in the epee.

In saber, Walter Musgrave made his second appearance at the NCAA Championship, improving from last season with seven bout wins and placing 19th overall. Freshman Aiden Ahn finished 21st in the foil.