Sport College fencing Country United States Official website NCAA.com | Founded 1941 Most recent
champion(s) Columbia-Barnard (4) | |
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The NCAA Fencing Championships are awarded at the annual tournament held in March to determine the NCAA's national collegiate individual and team championships in fencing. Individual champions are determined by performance during the NCAA fencing team championship competition.
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History
Prior to 1990, separate men's championships were held, but since then, fencing has been a coed sport with teams having men's and women's squads, although some schools field only a women's team. Fencing is a single-division sport with schools from all three NCAA divisions competing against each other.
Fencing was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.
NCAA fencing is governed in association with the U.S. Fencing Association.
Men's-only team championships (1941–1981)
Womens team titles
NCAA women's fencing was an NCAA sponsored sport from 1982 to 1989.
Mens team titles
NCAA men's fencing was an NCAA sponsored sport from 1941 to 1989.