University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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he Noire Dame fencing leams train in a gymnxsium on ihe sec- M) J floor of ihe Joyce Center They have exclusive use of the gym Nr practicing and then host niccls in ihc Joyce Center Fieldhouse I he lop three women ' s sabre in Insh histors are all current fencen : Natalia Mazur. Can annc McCullough. and Katie Ranagan Notre Dame women have wcm the NCAA foil title three limes, and three garnered All Anienca honors all four vears of their careers Women ' s Fencimq 1

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GUARD! uard! Irish fencers demonstrate excellence hv Teresa Paulas The women ' s fencing squad entered into the 2001 season prepared to challenge Penn State at the NCAA champion- ships and come home with the title, rather than the runner-up position. Runners-up since 1995. the Notre Dame women returned four All-Americans to their line-up: sophomore epee- ists Anna Carnick and Meagan Call, sophomore foilist Liza Boutsikaris, and sophomore sabre Natalia Mazur. Led by Head Coach Yves Auriol and senior captains Kim DeMaio and Carianne McCul- lough. the Irish stepped up to their first challenge at the NYU Open. Although the squad lost to three of their four oppo- nents, they had some outstand- ing individual performances. Freshmen Jessie Fiikins and Destanie Milo had impressive debuts as members of Irish sa- bre. Call led the epeeists with a 7-4 record, while Boutsikaris won eight of twelve foil bouts. In their second meet of the season, the 7 Irish blew away the competition at the North- western Open, beating all five opponents. Freshman Maggie Jordan, Boutsikaris. and McCullough all left the event with perfect records. As hosts of the Notre Dame Open, visitors to the Joyce Center were greeted by an Irish team ready to do battle. After fencing seven different teams on the first day, ND went home undefeated. The second day was highlighted by wins over 6 Northwestern, Air Force, Michigan, Purdue, Minnesota, and Lawrence. With the show- ing, the Irish women remained undefeated on their home turf. The 7 Irish then headed to the Duke Open, where the only loss for the team was at the hands of 3 Stanford. Combining with the men ' s team for a total of 870 points, ND took home the Midwest Conference Team Title. Indi vidual titles were detemiined the next day. Carnick defeated Call in the epee semifinal before fall ing to Ohio State ' s Alexandra Shklar in the final. In the foil final. Boutsikaris faced Wayne] State ' s Inga Wallrabenstein Boutsikaris fell 15-8. fl At press time, the Irish were preparing for the Midwest Re- . gional and NCAA Champion-i ; ships. i Photo courtesy of Sports Into 2000-2001 Women ' s Fencing Team: (First Row) Natalia Mazur, Susan Clark, Mary McKcnnu. Melissa Trcvino. Meagan Call. Jessie Filkins. Maggie Jordan, Knii DeMalo.l Teri Salb, Katie Flanagan, Angela CamposrcSecond Row) Armorer Tony Rizzuti, Administrative Assistant M.D. McNally. Assistant Coach James Gaither. Michelle Sutton. Pauline Alokolaro,| Destanie Milo, Kerry Walton. Erin Riley, Anna Carnick, Liza Boutsikaris, Carianne McCullough, Kathryn Schuster. Donna Mowchan, Jill Ingram. Mary Beth Willard. Assistant Coach Jan Bednarski, Head Coach Yves Auriol, Assistant Coach Brian Banas, Senior Manager Kiersten Ferguson. (Not Pictured): Ghadeer Al-Aali, Maig Foley. 1-70 • Sports

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Members of the Irish men ' s fencing team take in the action around them. The fencers hoped for great things all season, as they wanted to break away from the runner-up position and take home the NCAA title. .Sophomore captain Jan Viviani was an A! American as a freshman and was looked u this year to lead the epeeists. While fencing is challenging, demandmg and physical, it also boa.sts a level of sports manship not many other sports possess.