Sports
Updated October 28, 2009 4:14 AM
Seven months after clinching an 11th NCAA title while playing host, the Penn State fencing team began preparation for a title defense back where the celebration began.
Updated October 21, 2009 4:46 AM
It's a new season, but the goal is same as last year.
Updated October 5, 2009 4:46 AM
Penn State fencing coach Emmanuil Kaidanov was unable to attend this weekend's annual alumni event, but his wife commanded the afternoon in his place.
Updated March 26, 2009 4:00 AM
Emmanuil Kaidanov has established the best collegiate fencing program in the nation.
Updated March 24, 2009 4:51 AM
Prior to this year's competition, no team in the history of the National Collegiate Fencing Championships had four individuals' bring home the gold in the same competition.
Updated March 21, 2009 6:51 PM
Though the first day of women's action was not as promising for individual members of the Penn State fencing team as was the men's competition, the Nittany Lions built on their lead over rivals Ohio State and Notre Dame. Updated 6:51 PM
Updated March 20, 2009 4:48 AM
To help her prepare for the 2009 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships, junior Caitlin Thompson has rented out a hotel room in Boalsburg to mentally prepare herself.
Updated March 18, 2009 4:46 AM
The latest release of the United State Fencing Coaches Association poll reveals a common theme in its men's and women's rankings.
Updated February 17, 2009 4:00 AM
Considering the amount of Nittany Lion competitors involved, the Penn State fencing program represented well in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Updated February 2, 2009 4:44 AM
In what was described as the hardest competition of the season for the Penn State fencing team, the results at Northwestern left something to be desired.
Updated January 27, 2009 4:00 AM
There is one major theme that emerges from the first 2009 USFCA College Fencing Coaches' Poll -- Penn State ranks No. 1 in both the men and women's poll.
Updated January 16, 2009 4:00 AM
When freshman Miles Chamley-Watson and Monica Aksamit concluded play in last week's Junior World Cup in Budapest, Hungary, they were one step closer to securing spots in the World Championships.
Updated December 8, 2008 4:44 AM
Entering this season, Miles Chamley-Watson hoped to do something that no other Penn State freshman male fencer had done before.
Updated December 5, 2008 4:00 AM
Penn State fencers will be heading to New York Saturday where they will compete in the first NCAA tournament of the season. Both the men's and women's teams will be taking 30 fencers to the competition, where they will face the best fencers Harvard, Sacred Heart, Princeton, Vassar and NYU have to offer. If the teams can win it will be Coach Emmanuil Kaidanov's 700th career victory.
Updated December 3, 2008 4:46 AM
When Doris Willette recalled watching her teammate Erinn Smart get the final touch against the Hungarian fencing team, advancing the United States into the gold medal round, she described it as the most memorable experience of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Updated November 21, 2008 4:00 AM
Growing up less than two miles away from one another has made sophomore Doris Willette and senior Allison Glasser good friends.
Updated November 7, 2008 4:00 AM
With the score tied, the two female fencers were allotted one minute of sudden-death play to settle the championship bout.
Updated November 3, 2008 4:00 AM
Whether it was due to fencing on its home turf or just merely outplaying the nations top schools, the Penn State women's fencing team got the job done on Saturday.
Updated October 31, 2008 4:00 AM
The White Building will be hectic Saturday morning as the Penn State fencing team will host the 37th annual Garret Open in which over 200 individual fencers will be competing.
Updated May 2, 2008 12:49 AM
After Doris Willette was woken up at 2 a.m. in China, all that she could muster in a groggy voice was that she was "really happy" to have made the U.S. women's foil Olympic team.
Updated March 24, 2008 12:42 AM
Following last year's championship success, Penn State stars Doris Willette and Caitlin Thompson decided to redshirt this season to train for the upcoming Olympics.
Updated March 14, 2008 11:07 PM
The Penn State fencing team's bid for an 11th national title got off to a rocky start Thursday, the first of four days of competition at the NCAA National Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Updated 11:07 PM
Updated February 26, 2008 12:50 AM
Penn State fencing coach Emmanuil Kaidanov sits in the back corner of his office, staring at a game of Spider Solitaire on his computer.
Updated February 25, 2008 12:38 AM
The Nittany Lion fencing teams had to deal with something Saturday they've managed to avoid all year -- injuries.
Updated January 23, 2008 12:48 AM
Fencing coach Emmanuil Kaidanov summed up sophomore fencer Anastasia Ferdman in just one word.
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