Notre Dame Fighting Irish fencing
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11th season, 780–89 (.898)
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish fencing | |
|---|---|
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| First season | 1934 |
| Athletic director | Pete Bevacqua |
| Head coach | Gia Kvaratskhelia 11th season, 780–89 (.898) |
| Home stadium | Edmund P. Joyce Center |
| Location | South Bend, Indiana |
| League | NCAA Division I |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Past conferences | Great Lakes Conference, Midwest Intercollegiate Conference, Midwest Fencing Conference |
| All-time record | 2,968–339 (.897) |
| National Titles | 16 |
| Conference titles | 43 |
| All-Americans | 195[1] |
| Colors | Blue and gold |
| Fight song | Notre Dame Victory March |
| Mascot | Notre Dame Leprechaun |
| Website | FightingIrish.com |
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish fencing team represents the University of Notre Dame in collegiate fencing. The Irish compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I.
Team
- Men: 1977, 1978, 1986, 2026 [2]
- Women: 1987[2], 2026
- Combined[nb 1]: 1994, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025[4]
Individual
Women's Foil
- Molly Sullivan (1986, 1988)
- Heidi Piper (1991)
- Alicja Kryczalo (2002, 2003, 2004)
- Lee Kiefer (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)
- Stefani Deschner (2021)
Women's Épée
- Magda Krol (1997)
- Kerry Walton (2002)
- Kelley Hurley (2008)
- Courtney Hurley (2011, 2013)
- Eszter Muhari (2023, 2025, 2026)
Women's Saber
- Valerie Providenza (2004)
- Mariel Zagunis (2006)
- Sarah Borrmann (2008)
- Francesca Russo (2015, 2017)
- Kara Linder (2021)
- Magda Skarbonkiewicz (2025)
Men's Foil
- Pat Gerard (1977)
- Andrew Bonk (1979)
- Charles Higgs-Coulthard (1984)
- Gerek Meinhardt (2010, 2014)
- Ariel DeSmet (2011)
- Nick Itkin (2018, 2019)
- Marcello Olivares (2021)
- Chase Emmer (2025)
Men's Épée
- Björne Väggö (1978)
- Ola Harstrom (1983)
- Jubba Beshin (1990)
- Michal Sobieraj (2005)
Men's Saber
- Mike Sullivan (1977, 1978)
- Luke LaValle (1998)
- Gabor Szelle (2000)
- Luke Linder (2021, 2023, 2024)
- Ahmed Hesham (2026)
Year-by-year results
The following is a list of Notre Dame's all-time season records.[1][5] Note that women's fencing was club status from 1972 (the year Notre Dame became coed) to 1975, becoming varsity in the 1976 season.[6]
| Season | Conference | Head coach | Men's Overall Record | Women's Overall Record | NCAA Championships (Men) | NCAA Championships (Women) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Pedro DeLandero | 3-5 | ||||
| 1935 | 7-0 | |||||
| 1936 | 9-0 | |||||
| 1937 | 5-3 | |||||
| 1938 | 7-2 | |||||
| 1939 | 7-2 | |||||
| 1940 | Walter Langford | 5-4 | ||||
| 1941 | 7-2 | 10th | ||||
| 1942 | 5-3 | |||||
| 1943 | 2-4 | |||||
| 1947 | Herbert Melton | 4-3 | 13th | |||
| 1948 | 9-1 | 12th | ||||
| 1949 | 8-1 | 24th | ||||
| 1950 | 9-0 | 6th | ||||
| 1951 | Walter Langford | 8-2 | 10th | |||
| 1952 | 9-2 | 16th | ||||
| 1953 | 13-1 | 7th | ||||
| 1954 | 12-1 | 8th | ||||
| 1955 | 12-3 | 8th | ||||
| 1956 | 15-2 | 15th | ||||
| 1957 | 14-1 | 9th | ||||
| 1958 | 16-0 | 6th | ||||
| 1959 | 13-2 | 8th | ||||
| 1960 | 14-2 | 7th | ||||
| 1961 | 10-6 | 13th | ||||
| 1962 | Mike DeCicco | 7-8 | 12th | |||
| 1963 | 14-2 | 10th | ||||
| 1964 | 15-2 | 5th | ||||
| 1965 | 15-2 | 15th | ||||
| 1966 | 17-4 | |||||
| 1967 | 18-0 | 6th | ||||
| 1968 | Great Lakes Conference | 20-1 | 6th | |||
| 1969 | 16-1 | 6th | ||||
| 1970 | 20-2 | 8th | ||||
| 1971 | 21-3 | 6th | ||||
| 1972 | 19-2 | 2-3 | 8th | |||
| 1973 | 15-3 | 3-2 | 12th | |||
| 1974 | 22-1 | 13-2 | 13th | |||
| 1975 | 23-2 | 8-5 | 3rd | |||
| 1976 | 26-0 | 8-6 | 3rd | |||
| 1977 | 23-0 | 35-10 | 1st | |||
| 1978 | 18-0 | 13-1 | 1st | |||
| 1979 | 20-0 | 14-3 | 2nd | |||
| 1980 | 19-1 | 11-2 | 8th | |||
| 1981 | 21-2 | 16-4 | 5th | |||
| 1982 | 20-1 | 11-8 | 7th | 6th | ||
| 1983 | 23-2 | 17-6 | 2nd | 12th | ||
| 1984 | 19-1 | 13-5 | 3rd | |||
| 1985 | 23-0 | 12-7 | 2nd | 9th | ||
| 1986 | Michael DeCicco, Yves Auriol | 26-0 | 23-0 | 1st | 2nd | |
| 1987 | 22-0 | 19-0 | 4th | 1st | ||
| 1988 | 24-1 | 17-2 | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| 1989 | 21-0 | 15-1 | 4th | 3rd | ||
| 1990 | 24-1 | 22-1 | 3rd | |||
| 1991 | 23-0 | 19-0 | 3rd | |||
| 1992 | Midwest Fencing Conference | 14-0 | 11-2 | 4th | ||
| 1993 | 23-1 | 17-3 | 6th | |||
| 1994 | 21-0 | 35-2 | 1st | |||
| 1995 | 24-2 | 28-0 | 3rd | |||
| 1996 | Yves Auriol | 23-2 | 26-1 | 2nd | ||
| 1997 | 24-2 | 29-1 | 2nd | |||
| 1998 | 25-1 | 24-1 | 2nd | |||
| 1999 | 22-1 | 19-4 | 2nd | |||
| 2000 | 18-2 | 18-2 | 2nd | |||
| 2001 | 25-0 | 21-4 | 3rd | |||
| 2002 | 18-0 | 20-2 | 3rd | |||
| 2003 | Janusz Bednarski | 24-0 | 22-2 | 1st | ||
| 2004 | 24-1 | 26-0 | 3rd | |||
| 2005 | 21-3 | 22-2 | 1st | |||
| 2006 | 29-1 | 29-1 | 4th | |||
| 2007 | 19-5 | 24-4 | 4th | |||
| 2008 | 27-4 | 29-2 | 2nd | |||
| 2009 | 33-0 | 30-2 | 2nd | |||
| 2010 | 33-0 | 35-0 | 3rd | |||
| 2011 | 29-1 | 29-0 | 1st | |||
| 2012 | 29-6 | 25-6 | 3rd | |||
| 2013 | 19-7 | 26-1 | 2nd | |||
| 2014 | 21-6 | 18-8 | 6th | |||
| 2015 | Atlantic Coast Conference | Gia Kvaratskhelia | 26-6 | 32-2 | 3rd | |
| 2016 | 35-3 | 38-0 | 5th | |||
| 2017 | 30-8 | 35-4 | 1st | |||
| 2018 | 30-7 | 37-2 | 1st | |||
| 2019 | 30-5 | 34-2 | 3rd | |||
| 2020 | 35-8 | 38-7 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | |||
| 2021 | 11-0 | 16-0 | 1st | |||
| 2022 | 41-0 | 45-3 | 1st | |||
| 2023 | 37-4 | 35-5 | 1st | |||
| 2024 | 37-6 | 35-10 | 2nd | |||
| 2025 | 36-2 | 33-1 | 1st | |||
| 2026 | 26-3 | 28-1 | 1st | 1st | ||
Facilities
Castellan Family Fencing Center
After the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey team moved from the Joyce Center to the Compton Family Ice Arena in 2011, the vacated facilities were renovated and opened as the Castellan Family Fencing Center in 2012. The facility consists of 15 permanent strips in front of bleacher seating, under which features separate men’s, women’s and coaches’ locker rooms, an armory repair room, team lounge and kitchen area, an enclosed conference room and individual coaches offices.[7]
Prior to 2012, the Irish trained on the second floor of the Joyce Center and hosted home matches opposite the hockey rink on portable strips.
