The Midwest Fencing Conference individual competition is set to begin, with three weapon pools (mens epee and foil, and women's sabre) hitting the strips in the early-morning bouts. The other three weapons then have an approximate start time of 10:15 eastern. The direct-elimination phase will follow in the afternoon, with the first three weapons slated to enter DE shortly after noon (the final three weapons then will start their fenceoff phase around 2:30).
Sunday's team competition – contested between individual weapon groups, in bracket format (9-bout matches) – will begin for the men's weapons at 8:00, with the women following at approximately 12:30.
Seeding information for Saturday's early weapons coming up next.
2009 MIDWEST FENCING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Saturday, February 28 -– Individual Championships
8:00 a.m. – pools for men's epee, men's foil and women's sabre
10:15 a.m. – pools for men's sabre, women's epee and women's foil
12:30 p.m. – direct-elimination for men's epee, men's foil and women's sabre
2:30 p.m. – direct-elimination for men's foil, women's epee and women's sabre
Sunday, March 1 - Team Championships
8:00 a.m. – Team tournaments for men's weapons
12:30 p.m. – Team Tournaments for women's weapons