Avery Zuck posted a perfect 12-0 record at the St. John's Duals.

Men's And Women's Fencing Ranked Second In USFCA Coaches' Poll

Jan. 20, 2010

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame men’s and women’s fencing teams are each ranked second in the first USFCA Coaches’ poll of the season. This is the first of three polls the USFCA will release during the NCAA fencing season, with the final poll to appear in March after the NCAA Regional Qualifiers.

In both the men’s and women’s polls, the Irish are ranked behind 2009 NCAA Champion Penn State. Ohio State rounds out the top-three on the men’s side, while Harvard is ranked third on the women’s side.

Last season, the Notre Dame men’s team debuted tied for first while the Irish women were ranked second in the first USFCA poll. By the final poll of the 2009 season, both the men and women claimed the outright top spot in their respective polls before finishing second at the NCAA Championships at Penn State.

Notre Dame’s 2009 NCAA season gets underway this weekend in New York City as the Irish take part in the New York University Duals at the Coles Sports Center in New York, N.Y. on Saturday, January 23. Then on Sunday, January 24 Notre Dame will compete in the St. John’s Challenge in Queens, N.Y.

Men's USFCA Poll (1/20/10)1. Penn State2. Notre Dame3. Ohio State4. Princeton5. Columbia6. Pennsylvania7. Harvard8. St. John's (NY)9. Yale10. Duke
Receiving Votes - North Carolina, NYU, Air Force, Stanford, UC-San Diego, Sacred Heart, Brown, Johns Hopkins.
Women's USFCA Poll (1/20/10)1. Penn State2. Notre Dame3. Harvard4. Columbia-Barnard5. Northwestern6. Ohio State7. Temple8. Pennsylvania9. Princeton10. Yale
Receiving Votes - Duke, St. John's (NY), Cornell, Brown, Stanford, North Carolina, UC-San Diego, NYU, Sacred Heart.

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