National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association

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Paul Yuen has been the head coach of the City College of New York women's fencing team since the 2006-2007 season, having served as the assistant coach for two years prior.

Vincent Paragano took over as Head Coach of the Drew men's and women's fencing teams after the retirement of 20-year head coach Dayn DeRose early in 2015. Paragano brings a decade of fencing coaching and competition experience and has previously served as an assistant coach under DeRose at Drew in 2014.

Former NCAA fencing National Champion Daniel Bass is in his fifth season as a member of the Fairleigh Dickinson women's fencing staff and his fourth as an assistant coach.

The UF Men and Women's Fencing Team is a club sport providing student athletes an opportunity to enjoy the college athletic experience. UF competes on the Division I, IA, II, and III levels in the USFA and against Division I, II and III varsity programs including NCAA Champions Notre Dame and Harvard.

Chris Spencer came to Haverford in 2007 as head coach of both the men's and women's fencing teams, and has continued the long tradition of fencing excellence he inherited. During his tenure, both teams have won their conference championships three times. The women were EWFC Champions in 2009 and NIWFA Division III Champions in 2008 and 2014. The men's side had a three-peat run of gold medals in the MACFA from 2010 through 2012.

Hunter College fencing is coached by Randy Bresil.

Jarrod Rottau '10, a former Lafayette fencing assistant coach who was also a team captain as an undergrad, takes over as the program's new head coach for the 2015-16 season.

A group of people with a love for fencing. Whether you've never even seen a sword or have been fencing competitively for years this team is right for you. If you simply want to come fence for the great workout it provides or you want to hone your skills fencing other collegiate teams, we welcome all types to come and practice with us.

Our Mission: The Mount Holyoke Fencing team is dedicated to providing an opportunity to learn, compete, and achieve success in the sport of fencing by improving each participant through solidarity, hard work, and having fun.

Coach Rupp completed his second full season at QC in 2013-14. Rupp, a 25-year veteran in the sport of fencing, took over as interim head coach midway through the 2011-12 season. In his time leading the QC fencing team, he has revitalized the program. He had five fencers qualify for NCAA regionals in 2013-14 and even hosted the first on-campus fencing meet since he took over the program; when Hunter and CCNY visited for a tri-match.

Whether you are a seasoned veteran or someone fresh off the streets, the Rutgers Fencing Club welcomes you. Learn the basics and practice with experienced fencers.

Coach Scott Tundermann has been fencing for over fifteen years and coaching for ten. He began coaching at Smith College in 1997, building the program from a handful of "junior varsity" fencers to a thriving team with over twenty members, competing actively in five conferences.

Linda Vollkommer-Lynch enters her 42nd season as the only head coach in the history of the Stevens Institute of Technology women's fencing program. Over her 41-year career at Stevens, Vollkommer-Lynch has compiled a sterling record of 471-292. Since helping to found the program in 1972, she has continually improved an already high standard of greatness with the program posting its sixth consecutive 20-win season in 2014-15, and third Division III National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) Championship in the last four years in 2012-13.

The Swarthmore Fencing Club/Team was founded in March 2007 and completed its first full season in the '07-'08 year. Now in its second quadrennial, the team has quickly gained national recognition in the club fencing circuit as four-time Southern Atlantic Conference champions, and is also a legitimate force in the Varsity circuit.

Hall of Fame coach Nikki Franke has earned over 700 wins in 43 years as Director of Fencing and women's foil coach at Temple University. She earned her 700th victory early in the 2014-15 season, and her career record now stands at 723-207-1.

The Virginia Fencing Club is a competitive fencing organization, competing in intercollegiate tournaments with both club and varsity schools up and down the East Coast and throughout the country. Though we currently do not have a coach, we practice on a regular basis so that we may improve both individually and together as a team.

Peter Rosas has served the Yeshiva University men's fencing team as a coach since the fall of 1986, and was named the Maccabees' head coach in 2002. He has been coaching the sport in which he was a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier (1979, '81) since he graduated from City College of New York in 1982, including a four-year stint as an assistant coach at his alma mater.

Fencing has been one of the foundations of Physical Education and Sport at West Point since the Academy's founding over 200 years ago. Steeped in the traditions of Cavalry Training and Bayonet Drills, fencing - especially the tactical aspects of the sport - has always had military relevance and applications for Cadets. Leap forward years later to Fencing as a Physical Education Class, then Corp Squad Sport, and now a Competitive Team sponsored by the Department of Physical Education (DPE).

The Fencing Club meets in Dahlgren Hall Monday through Friday, 1600-1800, and provides lessons for beginners as well as advanced fencers. Navy fencers participate in regional and national men's and women's epee, foil, and saber competitions at the intercollegiate club level, as well as in U.S. Fencing Association open tournaments.