West Pre-Regional Men's Seeds

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The following seeding data is based on any sanctioned team dual-meet results during the 2009-10 academic year. Note that these seedings are very important to qualification for the NCAA Championships (40% based on seeding; 60% based on Regional performance/finish). Each team can qualify a maximum of two fencers per weapon.

The West Region currently is allocated two men's foilist, three men's epeeists and two men's sabreists into the NCAA Championship round-robin field (which is 24 fencers per weapon, filled out by entrants from the four regions). After all of the regional qualifiers are placed into the NCAA field, there also are two at-large spots in each weapon (again, each team still is limited to two entrants). 

A couple other notes and clarifications: (1) any fencer winning an NCAA Regional weapon title automatically qualifiers for the NCAAs (regardless of seeding factor; this happened in 2009 for a Stanford women's fencer); (2) if a team has more than two fencers falling within the regional qualification standard (i.e. top-5 for the Midwest), the coach can select which fencers will comprise the two NCAA entrants.

Based on the seedings listed below, the Stanford men are in position (assuming seeds hold) to place five automatic qualifiers into the NCAA Championship field – with Air Force likely to advance two fencers. The UC San Diego men's entrants have some work to do, in order to move on to the NCAAs.

NCAA 2010 WEST REGIONAL INITIAL MEN'S SEEDS
(March 13 ... at UC San Diego)

MEN'S FOIL  (2 NCAA automatic spots)
1. Nicholas Stockdale  (Air Force)
2. Reese Rodgers  (Stanford)
3. Michael Fong  (UC San Diego)
4. Phillip Choy  (Air Force)
5. Joseph Schenkel  (UC San Diego)
6. Phil Arredondo  (Stanford)
7. Nalin Desai  (UC San Diego)
8. Daniel Fang  (Air Force)
9. Juan Borrero  (Stanford)
10. Alexander Stadnyk  (unattached)


MEN'S EPEE  (3 NCAA automatic spots)
1. Daniel Trapani  (Air Force)
2. Kian Ameli  (Stanford)
3. Kevin Mo  (Stanford)
4. Peter French (Air Force)
5. Nathan Sorenson  (Air Force)
6. Patrick Burton  (UC San Diego)
7. Cole Connely (Stanford)
8. James Galamba  (UC San Diego)
9. Aaron Wilkowski  (Cal Tech)
10. Anson Lam  (Cal Tech)
11. Eric Mintum  (Cal Tech)
12. Michael Hammersley  (Stanford)


MEN'S SABRE  (2 NCAA automatic spots)
1. Jeremy Klepner  (Stanford)
2. Lucas Jansen  (Stanford)
3. Max Murphy  (Stanford)
4. Geoffrey Pmerleau  (Air Force)
5. Christopher Bonner  (UC San Diego)
6. Jonathan Ott  (UC San Diego)
7. Michael O'Connor  (Air Force)
8. Scott Pippin  (UC San Diego)
9. Christopher Lowman  (Stanford)
10. Matthew Pecot  (UC San Diego)

Mar 13, 2010 12:59 PM

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