The Blue Devils have sent three women and three men to compete for national titles of their own at this weekend’s NCAA championships.
Ward, five other fencers advance to NCAA championships
Both Blue Devil fencing teams won four of their five matches in the Duke Home Meet this weekend at Card Gym.
Despite insisting that she has no intention of fencing in the 2012 London Olympic Games, senior Becca Ward continues to prove that she is one of the best sabre fencers in the nation.
Becca Ward won her second NCAA saber title in three years Sunday, defeating Princeton’s Eliza Stone 15-12.
Saturday wasn’t a great day to be a Pennsylvania fencing team facing the Blue Devils.
Sophomore Becca Ward couldn’t quite defend her 2009 national title in the saber competition, but the Olympic medalist did manage a second-place finish in the event this year.
Duke’s fencing program is probably best known for Becca Ward, the sophomore sensation who won a silver medal for the United States in women’s saber at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She continues to...
A pair of Blue Devils set school records, and plenty more set personal-bests and garnered honors at the Terrier Classic Friday and Saturday in Boston. Freshman Cydney Ross broke Duke's record in...
Far from last week's comfortable atmosphere in Card Gymnasium, two of Duke's fencers faced tough circumstances in the Junior Olympics held in Denver Friday.
Both the men's and women's fencing teams finished 3-1 this weekend in front of friends and family at their only home meet of the year in Card Gymnasium.
Duke rebounded from last weekend's disappointing performance at the Penn State duals as both the men's and women's teams finished above .500 at the MIT-Brandeis Invitational Sunday.
The men's and women's fencing teams travelled to University Park, Pa. Saturday, losing in the Penn State Duals, with overall records of 2-3 and 2-4, respectively.
The Duke fencing team ended its season this weekend by taking home three of the six weapon cups in its only home competition of the year.
Going into the final set of bouts on Day 1 of the NCAA Fencing Championships, sophomore Ibtihaj Muhammad knew she had to win at least two of her final three bouts to have a shot at earning...
Ibtihaj Muhammad won the women’s sabre title at the Junior Olympics in Dallas, Texas this weekend.
The Blue Devils fencing team secured victories over rival North Carolina in both the men’s and women’s competition this weekend at the Duke Invitational.
