• CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale Fencing will be very well represented at the NCAA Championship starting on Thursday. Seven Bulldogs – Emme Zhou and Helen Tan (women's foil), Sydney Hirsch and Stephanie Cao (women's saber), Safi Haider (men's epee) and Earnest Chen and Maxwell Yee (men's foil) – will represent Yale.
 
The championship begins on Thursday with rounds 1-3 of the women's competition. Zhou and Tan get going in the foil at 11 a.m. followed by Hirsch and Cao in the saber 1:30 p.m.
 
Rounds 4-5 of the women's competition are Friday at 9 a.m., with the semifinals and championship bouts to follow at 1:30 p.m.
 
Haider will be first up for the men on Saturday at 9 a.m. in the epee. Chen and Yee will compete in the foil at 11 a.m.
 
Rounds 1-3 are Saturday, rounds 4-5 are Sunday morning starting at 9 a.m. and the semifinals and championship bouts are scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
 
Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round-robin, the top-four 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 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.