The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are your 2021 NCAA Fencing National Champions after four glorious days in State College, Pennsylvania. Of the six possible individual championships, Notre Dame claimed 4, along with 2 national runners up.
The Irish led by 9 points after the first two days of the men’s matches, and brought it all home after the women went through for a 19 point win over the Penn State Nittany Lions.
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Junior Kara Linder won the individual national championship in the sabre — the first one in the women’r sabre for Notre Dame since 2017.