Women's Fencing Concludes Competition at the 2022 Mid-Atlantic/South Regional
Six NJIT women's fencers represented the Highlanders at the 2022 Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals and were paced by junior Dominika Pawlowska who picked up a top-seven finish in the women's epee competition hosted by Princeton University at Jadwin Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.
Pawlowska, seeded No. 10 in the women's epee competition, combined for seventh place finish. Sophomore Paula Zugasti recorded a top-nine finish (seeded No. 9) followed by Marina Arrese who finished 23rd (seeded No. 12).
In women's foil competition, Paloma Almodovar notched a 12th place finish (seeded No. 16) followed by freshman Elena Fernandez Negron who finished tied for 34th (seeded No. 34).
Junior Cassandra Sehic was the lone Highlander competing in the women's saber competition, placing 19th (seeded No. 15).
The NCAA Championships are set for March 24-27 at Notre Dame. The Mid-Atlantic/South region has seven spots allocated in every weapon except for men's épée, where it has six. All six weapons have two national at-large spots each. Qualification to the NCAA Championships will be based 40 percent on regular-season results and 60 percent on finish at the NCAA regional.
An announcement on who qualifies for the 2022 NCAA Championships will be announced in the coming days on NJITHighlanders.com and NJIT Fencing social media platforms.