Ohio State
NCAA Championships (Men)
Day One Wraps up for Buckeye Men at NCAA Championships
3/23/2023 9:23:35 PM | Fencing
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State fencing program is in fourth place following the first day of competition at the 2023 NCAA Championships hosted by Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. Day one included three rounds of men’s pool action.
Championships Central | Live Scoring: EscrimeResults.com | Video stream: GoDuke.com | Semis & Finals Stream: ESPN+
The Schedule
All three weapons are scheduled to start for the men at 9 a.m. Friday, with semifinal and championship bouts beginning at 1:30 p.m. The six semifinal bouts will be fenced on one strip, sequentially in order of epee, foil, sabre. Finals bouts will follow the semifinals, in the same order. An awards ceremony for the men’s individual champions will follow the finals.
The women will compete Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, epee will start at 9 a.m., with foil beginning at 11 a.m. and sabre at 1:30 p.m. Sunday’s schedule will follow Friday’s, with the addition of awards for the Top 4 teams. Ohio State will have five women in the competition.
The Format
At the championships, fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round-robin, the Top 4 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 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.
Individual champions will be crowned in men’s and women’s epee, foil and sabre, with team standings determined by combining men’s and women’s results.
Men, Day One (Rounds 1-3)
Jack Price stands in fourth place in sabre, as he posted 10 wins on the day with a +10 indicator. He is in his first NCAA Championships.
In foil, Edriss Ndiaye and Diego Cervantes both recorded nine wins with a +10 indicator. Ndiaye is in seventh with 62 total touches scored, followed by Cervantes in eighth with 61. The duo is both at the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row.
In epee, Paul Veltrup had nine wins on the day, with a -1 indicator, and is in ninth place. Henry Lange stands in 15th after notching seven victories and a +2 indicator. Veltrup is making his first NCAA appearance, as is Lange, who was a qualifier in 2020 before the championships were canceled.
