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Home stadium
  
Hutchinson Gym

National Titles
  
3

Conference
  
First season
  
1925

Colors
  
Blue, Red

Location
  
Rivalries
  
Ground
  
Hutchinson Gymnasium

Conference titles
  
16

Head coach
  
Andy Ma4th year, 93–33  (.738)

Other staff
  
Randall LeMaster, Micky Zeljkovic

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

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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 eleven Olympians, most recently Cliff Bayer and Tamir Bloom in 2000.

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

  • Cliff Bayer
  • Tamir Bloom
  • Harold Van Buskirk
  • Paul Friedberg
  • Brooke Makler
  • Paul Makler, Jr.
  • Chauncy McPherson
  • Dave Micahnik
  • Steve Netburn
  • Chris O'Loughlin
  • J. Brooks B. Parker
  • References

    Penn Quakers fencing Wikipedia


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