March 24, 2000
Complete Results
Stanford, Calif. - Monique de Bruin took second place in the women's foil competition at the 2000 NCAA Fencing Championships, hosted at Stanford University. The 1999 Foil Champion could not defend her title, falling to Princeton's Eva Petschnigg 15-13 in the gold medal bout. With de Bruin's second place finish, Stanford is in fifth place after the end of the women's competition with 72 points.
Stanford's Ute Breden finished 8th in the foil. Katie Stephan took 15th and Diane Boudalis placed 21st in the sabre, and Annie Simpson took 16th and Jessica Lisagor finished 17th in the epee.
At the end of the women's competition, Penn State leads the Championship with 101 points. St. John's is in second with 78 and Princeton is in third with 77 points. The men's and women's competitions are scored together in the final team score.
Tomorrow will begin the first day of the men's competition with rounds 1-4 of the foil at 9 a.m.
NCAA Fencing Championships Women's Results
Teams (after 2 days) Penn State 1st 101 points St. John's 2nd 78 Princeton 3rd 77 Notre Dame 4th 75 Stanford 5th 72
Women's Foil Eva Petchnigg, Princeton 1st Monique de Bruin, Stanford 2nd Carla Esteva, Penn State 3rd Ute Breden, Stanford 8th
Women's Sabre Caroline Purcell, MIT 1st Kim Treiber, North Carolina 2nd Megan Kates, St. John's 3rd Katie Stephan, Stanford 15th Diane Boudalis, Stanford 21st
Women's Epee Jessica Burke, Penn State 1st Emese Takacs, St. John's 2nd Stephanie Eim, Penn State 3rd Annie Simpson, Stanford 16th Jessica Lisagor, Stanford 17th