COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Both the men's and women's fencing teams won the first MPSF Conference Championships in UC San Diego history on Sunday with wins over Air Force. The Tritons also had the most individual titles in both the West Regional and MPSF Championships.
Alexandra Cody (women's saber),
Katherine Kim (women's foil) and
Sunny Sharma (men's epee) won regional titles on Saturday.
Zehra Anbarlilar (women's foil),
Zara Fearns (women's saber) and
Jacob Levy (men's foil) won MPSF titles on Sunday. Fearns became a repeat winner after taking home the same title in 2024.
NCAA WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Regionals are contested with pool play, giving every fencer the opportunity to face each other once. The individual with the best overall record is named the champion for that weapon. No team title is awarded in the competition.
Cody faced a daunting 14-fencer pool in women's saber, emerging victorious with a 10-3 record. Kim went a perfect 9-0 in the women's foil event as a freshman to claim the first postseason title of her career. Sharma won men's epee with a 9-1 record, finishing two wins clear of the next-closest competitor.
UC San Diego Results
Women's Epee
3.
Alice Lan
4.
Pia Huber
8.
Natalie Brooke Gebala
11.
Tean Brooks
Women's Foil
1.
Katherine Kim
4.
Zehra Anbarlilar
7.
Kyra Wu
Women's Saber
1.
Alexandra Cody
5.
Zara Fearns
7.
Erenei Ligh
10.
Janna Aboudaher
Men's Epee
1.
Sunny Sharma
4.
Ben Kim
5.
Dayus Gohel
Men's Foil
2.
Jacob Levy
4.
Brandon Kim
6.
Scott Lao
8.
Zander Vazquez
Men's Saber
4.
Roger Wu
6.
Hananiah So
8.
Ryan Kim-Cogan
MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP
The top four fencers in each weapon, based on the regional results, qualified for the MPSF individual events. A head-to-head format featuring a semifinal and final round was used to crown the six individual champions.
The team event also uses a head-to-head format. Each match-up was a 30-touch relay. As the best performing team during regionals, UC San Diego earned a bye to the final match on both the men's and women's side.
The two other fencing teams in the MPSF with UC San Diego are Air Force (USAF) and Incarnate Word (UIW).
UC San Diego Results
Women's Epee
Semifinals
- Christina Watrall (USAF) def. Pia Huber (UCSD) 15-9
- Elizabeth Kim (USAF) def. Alice Lan (UCSD) 15-10
Women's Foil
Semifinals
Final
Women's Saber
Semifinals
Final
Men's Epee
Semifinals
Final
Men's Foil
Semifinals
Final
Men's Saber
Semifinals
Final
- Yassin Khodir (UIW) def. Roger Wu (UCSD) 15-11
Women's Team Event
Final
- UC San Diego def. Air Force 30-20
Men's Team Event
Final
- UC San Diego def. Air Force 30-25
UP NEXT
The
NCAA Fencing Championships take place March 20-23 in University Park, Pennsylvania. Qualifiers will be announced on Tuesday, March 11.
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
