I had no decision today but to come out differently. "Yesterday, I was really nervous and wasn't really with it. "I was really focused on the strip today," LaValle said about winning the title. Individually, Notre Dame's Luke LaValle beat Patrick Durkan of Columbia, 15-12, in the semifinals in men's sabre, then defeated Michael Golia of Pennsylvania to take the crown. I wanted to do it for myself and do the best I could." "Notre Dame's epee team went undefeated, which was incredible," he said, "but I just tried to block everything out and focus on the last three bouts. Peng knew what was at stake during his competition.
Penn State went 6-0 in round-robin competition in men's foil, including victories by Tom Peng, who trailed in all three of his bouts before clinching the team's victory by winning each bout by 5-4 scores. Going into the final round, Penn State and Notre Dame were tied with 139 points each. "She is a good fencer, so I knew I had to think a lot more and be less aggressive out there." "I had fenced (Dygert) before (winning, 5-4), and I did things that worked well for me," Walker said. John's (New York), 15-5, in the title bout. Stanford placed third with 128 points to finish behind the Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish for the second straight year.Įntering the final day of the tournament, Penn State trailed the Irish by three points, but rallied even though only one Nittany Lion advanced to the medal round of an event.Ĭharlotte Walker defeated Jessica Lisagor of Stanford in a semifinal contest in women's epee and went on to eliminate Nicole Dygert of St. Penn State tallied 149 points in edging three-time runner-up Notre Dame. Penn State's four consecutive team victories ties the record held by Wayne State (Michigan), which won four straight men's championships from 1982 through 1985.
The Lions' sole individual title came in women's epee. Penn State's two-point victory was the smallest winning margin since the Nittany Lions won the 1990 championship by one point. Penn State took home its fourth consecutive National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships title March 19-22 at Notre Dame after trailing the host school for the first three days of the tournament. Penn State snatches fourth consecutive fencing championship
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