Penn Quakers fencing

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Penn Quakers fencing
First season1925
Head coachAndy Ma
14th season, 521 [1]  
Home stadium Hutchinson Gym
Location Philadelphia, PA
League NCAA Division I
Conference Ivy League
National Titles3
Conference titles16
Rivalries Princeton Tigers
All-Americans116 [2]
Fight song Fight on, Pennsylvania!
Website pennathletics.com

The Penn Quakers fencing team is the intercollegiate fencing team for the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the Ivy League, within the NCAA Division I.

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The university first fielded a team in 1925. The team is coached by Andy Ma, former coach of several members of the Chinese National Fencing Team. [3] [4]

History

Penn has historically fielded a strong fencing team, capturing the national title three times since the program's inception in 1925. The program has produced 11 Olympians, most recently Cliff Bayer and Tamir Bloom in 2000. [5]

Notable former fencers

Notable alumni include:

References

  1. Srivastava, Ashil. "Penn fencing coach Andy Ma reflects on reaching 500-win milestone".
  2. MEN’S FENCING All-Time Honors (PDF), retrieved 2012-10-29[ permanent dead link ]
  3. Fencing Statistics, archived from the original on 2013-05-27, retrieved 2012-10-29
  4. Fencing Statistics, archived from the original on 2013-01-21, retrieved 2012-10-29
  5. MEN’S FENCING All-Time International Competitors and Olympians (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-24, retrieved 2012-10-29