Air Force Fencing Sends Three To NCAA Championships

Air Force fencing competes at the 2022 NCAA Fencing Championships, which runs Thurs.-Sun, March 24-27 at the Castellan Family Fencing Center on the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Ind. The Falcons have three cadet-athletes competing.

Senior Nestor Levin (men's foil) and junior Matthew Han (men's epee) will compete on the men's side. Sophomore Josie Ratzlaff (women's epee) competes on the women's side.

The National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships include individual events in each of six weapons (men's épée, men's foil, men's sabre, women's épée, women's foil and women's sabre).

Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round robin, the top-four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with winners fencing to determine first and second places, and non-advancing fencers being awarded a tie for third place.

An institution's place finish in the championships will be based on points earned by each individual. A team will be awarded one point for each victory by its student-athletes during round-robin competition.

For more information about the championships, log on to ncaa.com and und.com. A live feed of semifinal and final bouts will be available online via ESPN.

Air Force Fencers Competing
Men
Matthew Han, Jr. - Epée
Nestor Levin, Sr. - Foil

Women
Josie Ratzlaff, So. - Epée

Order of Events

Thursday, March 24
9 a.m. Women's Epée, rounds 1-3
11 a.m. Women's Foil, rounds 1-3
1:30 p.m. Women's Sabre, rounds 1-3

Friday, March 25
9 a.m. Women's Epée, rounds 4-5
Women's Foil, rounds 4-5
Women's Sabre, rounds 4-5
1:30 pm Semifinals and Championship Bouts

Saturday, March 26
9 a.m. Men's Epée, rounds 1-3
11 a.m. Men's Foil, rounds 1-3
1:30 p.m. Men's Sabre, rounds 1-3

Sunday, March 27
9 a.m. Men's Epée, rounds 4-5
Men's Épée, rounds 4-5
Men's Sabre, rounds 4-5
1:30 p.m. Semifinals and Championship Bouts

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