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Penn State men's fencing takes fourth at NCAA Championships

Andrew Mackiewicz tied for third place in sabre during the 2018 NCAA Fencing Championships in the Multi-Sport Facility on Sunday, March 25, 2018.

Lindsey Shuey

In the last day of the NCAA championships, fencers completed a four-day tournament spanning more than a thousand bouts, and three more fencers were crowned champions.

Penn State came in fourth place with 137 points behind Ohio State, Columbia and Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish took home the team championship with 185 points.

The NCAA Champion for men’s sabre was Harvard representative Eli Dershwitz. The men’s epee National Champion was crowned to Ohio State’s Marc-Antoine Blais and the foil champion was awarded to Nick Itkin from Notre Dame.