West Pre-Regional Women's Seeds

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 entrants from each women's weapon 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 women are in position for three automatic NCAA qualifiers, followed by two from UC San Diego and one from Air Force ... of course, much of that could change based on how the various contenders end up fencing today.

NCAA '10 WEST REGIONAL INITIAL WOMEN'S SEEDS
(March 13 ... at UC San Diego)

WOMEN'S FOIL  (2 NCAA automatic spots)
1. Alicea Pilar  (UC San Diego)
2. Jessica Wacker  (Stanford)
3. Jia Jie Wu  (UC San Diego)
4. Samantha Perlman  (Stanford)
5. Rose Forcier  (UC San Diego)
6. Rebecca Chung  (Stanford)
7. Sarah Hunt  (Cal Tech)
8. Madduri Maneeshika  (Stanford)


WOMEN'S EPEE  (2 NCAA automatic spots)
1. Francesca Bassa  (Stanford)
2. Victoria Mo  (UC San Diego)
3. Simone Barrette  (Air Force)
4. Kersten Schnurle  (Stanford)
5. Ashley Titan (Stanford)
6. Casey Gillcrist  (UC San Diego)
7. Jennifer Nolta (Air Force)
8. Amy Bianchini  (UC San Diego)
9. Katherine Lynch  (Stanford)


WOMEN'S SABRE  (2 NCAA automatic spots)
1. Heather Nelson  (Air Force)
2. Sarah Parker  (Stanford)
3. Alicia Trigeiro  (UC San Diego)
4. Vanessa Burns (Cal Tech)
5. Laura Decker (Cal Tech)
6. Alexandra Stanley  (UC San Diego)
7. Suraya Omar  (Stanford)
8. Anne Schnecker  (UC San Diego)
9. Lanna Louie  (Stanford)

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