Results

Houston, Tex. - March 18, 2005 - The Nittany Lion men's and women's fencing teams finished day two and the men's competition in close third behind defending champions Ohio State and second place, St. John's at the 2005 NCAA Fencing Championships in Houston, Tex.

Freshman Franz Boghicev (Dormaglu, Germany) lost his bout for the bronze medal, after being top-seeded coming into the Championships. First seed senior Non Panchan (Bangkok, Thailand), lost his bout against Gabriel Sinkis of New York University, and also placed fourth overall.

Notre Dame's Michael Sobieraj beat out Wayne University's Marek Petraszek to take the gold in epee. In the team standings, Ohio State now stands at 94 points, with St. John's still trailing in second place with 84 points. The Nittany Lions are not far behind with 77 points, while the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame finished two days of competition with 70 points.

The women's competition starts up at the George R. Brown Convention Center today at 12 pm.

Team Standings Place School Total 1 Ohio State University 94 2 St. John's University 84 3 Pennsylvania State University 77  4 Notre Dame 70 5 Harvard University 65 6 Columbia/Barnard 62 7 New York University 58 8 Princeton University 38 9 Stanford University 34 10 Pennsylvania, University of 32 11 Rutgers University 31 12 Wayne State University 30 13 Cal State, Fullerton 22 13 U.S. Air Force Academy 22 15 Duke University 19 16 U.C. San Diego 14 17 UNC, Chapel Hill 13 18 Detroit Mercy, University of 12 18 Vassar College 12 20 Drew University 10 20 M.I.T. 10 22 Haverford College 9 23 Brandeis University 6 23 Cleveland State 6 23 Johns Hopkins University 6 26 Yale University 5