Note – Qualification for the NCAA Championships is based on a formula combination of Fencer Seed Factor/FSF (40%) and Regional finish (60%). The West Region has two automatic berths to the NCAA Championships in every weapon except men's epee (3). There is a maximum of two entries per school in each weapon. NCAA bids become official on March 15.
Analysis of these results to follow later on the CF360 blog (results pages for other Regionals also on the way). CF360 also conducted several exclusive video interviews at the West Regional (along with shooting action photos of numerous fencers) and will be posting those video interviews this week.
NCAA FENCING WEST REGIONAL
Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, CO)
Saturday ... March 5, 2011
Women's Foil (2 automatic NCAA spots)
1. Meaghan Conway (Stanford; #1 seed) ... 5-0 (+14)
2. Julia Wu (UC San Diego; #2 seed) ... 3-2 (+10)
3. Rose Forcier (UC San Diego; #4 seed) ... 2-3 (+1)
4. Rebecca Chung (Stanford; #3 seed) ... 2-3 (-11)
5. Maneshita Mandu (Stanfordl #6 seed) ... 2-3 (-11)
6. Amrit Khalsa (UC San Diego; #5 seed) ... 1-4 (-7)
Women's Epee (2 automatic NCAA spots)
1. Francesca Bassa (Stanford; #1 seed) ... 8-1 (+19)
2. Ashley Titan (Stanford; #4 seed) ... 8-1 (+16) ... Bassa beat Titan in fenceoff
3. Simone Barrette (Air Force; #2 seed) ... 7-2 (/+17)
4. Kersten Schnurle (Stanford; #3 seed) ... 6-3 (+9)
5. Olivia Possada (Air Force; #7 seed) ... 5-4 (+5)
6. Juli Nokleberg (Air Force; #5 seed) ... 5-4 (-3)
7. Casey Gilchrist (UC San Diego; #8 seed) ... 2-7 (-10)
8. Amy Bianchini (UC San Diego; #9 seed) ... 2-7 (-12)
9. Katherine Lynch (Stanford; #6 seed) ... 2-7 (-12)
10. Diane Yi (UC San Diego; #10 seed) ... 0-9 (-29)
Women's Sabre (2 automatic NCAA spots)
1. Heather Nelson (Air Force; /#1 seed) ... 8-0 (+21)
2. Laura Decker (Cal Tech; #3 seed) ... 7-1 (+15)
3. Munira Gesner (UC San Diego; #2 seed) ... 5-3 (+11)
4. Suraya Omar (Stanford; #4 seed) ... 5-3 (+9)
5. Atria Richards (Stanford; #8 seed) ... 5-3 (-2)
6. Liana Louie (Stanford; /#7 seed) ... 3-5 (-11)
7. Alexandra Stanley (UC San Diego; #5 seed) ... 2-6 (-6)
8. Saskia Hicks (Air Force; #6 seed) ... 1-7 (-13)
9. Jordan Conway (UC San Diego; #9 seed) ... 0-8 (-24)
Men's Foil (2 automatic NCAA spots)
1. Dan Cohen (Air Force; #2 seed) ... 9-1 (+25)
2. Turner Caldwell (Stanfordl; #1 seed) ... 9-1 (+26) ... Cohen beat Caldwell in 5-4 fenceoff
3. Brennan Louie (UC San Diegol #5 seed) ... 8-2 (+14)
4. Aley Khoshnevissan (Stanford; #3 seed) ... 5-5 (+10)
5. Michael Fong (UC San Diego; #7 seed) ... 5-5 (+3)
6. Nick Stockdale (Air Force; #6 seed) ... 5-5 (E)
7. Phil Arrendondo (Stanford; #4 seed) ... 4-6 (-5)
8. Joseph Schenkle (UC San Diego; #9 seed) ... 4-6 (-7)
9. Alex. Lavin (UC San Diego; #8 seed) ... 4-6 (-8)
10. Travis Dyson (Air Force; #10 seed) ... 2-8 (-20)
11. Eugene Vinitsky (Cal Tech; #11 seed) ... 0-10 (-38)
Men's Epee (3 automatic NCAA spots)
1. Jake Harbour (Stanford; #2 seed) ... 10-2 (+20)
2. Daniel Trapani (Air Force; #7 seed) ... 9-3 (+24)
3. Kian Ameli (Stanford; #3 seed) ... 9-3 (+19)
4. Kevin Mo (Stanford; #1 seed) ... 9-3 (+17)
5. James Galamba (UC San Diego; #4 seed) ... 7-5 (+16)
6. Ben Rinaldi (Air Force; #10 seed) ... 7-5 (-1)
7. Chase Houser (Air Force; #9 seed) ... 6-6 (+7)
8. Nicholas McGuinness (UC San Diego; #6 seed) ... 6-6 (+2)
9. Cole Connely (Stanford; #5 seed) ... 6-6 (-4)
10. Terry Lee (Cal Tech; #8 seed) ... 4-8 (-13)
11. Pat Burton (UC San Diego; #11 seed) ... 2-10 (-25)
12. Stan Schor (Cal Tech; #13 seed) ... 2-10 (-30)
13. AnsonLam (Cal Tech; #12 seed) ... 1-11 (-32)
Men's Sabre (2 automatic NCAA spots)
1. Scott Pippin (Air Force; #3 seed) ... 5-2 (+4)
2. Nicholas Bartuzik (UC San Diego; #2 seed) ... 4-3 (+6)
3. Max Murphy (Stanford; #1 seed) ... 4-3 (+3)
4. Jonathan Ott (UC San Diegol #7 seed) ... 4-3 (-1)
5. Lucas Jansen (Stanford; #4 seed) ... 3-4 (+4)
6. Bryson Abilay (UC San Diego; #8 seed) ... 3-4 (-4)
7. Emerson Woener (Air Force; #6 seed) ... 3-4 (-5)
8. Jeremy Kelpner (Stanford; #5 seed) ... 2-5 (-7)