Fencing

UNC Hosts 2025 ACC Fencing Championships This Weekend

Live Results

ACC Network Extra Broadcasts:
Saturday – Women’s Individual Semis/Finals
Saturday – Men’s Team Finals
Sunday – Men’s Individual Semis/Finals
Sunday – Women’s Team Finals
 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The 2025 ACC Fencing Championships will be held Saturday and Sunday, February 22 and 23, at North Carolina’s Eddie Smith Field House in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Admission is free.
 
The championships begin Saturday at 8 a.m. ET with the women’s individual competition, while the men’s team competition starts at 1:30 p.m. ET. The men’s individual championships commence Sunday at 8 a.m. ET, followed by the women’s team competition at 1:30 p.m. ET.
 
The men’s and women’s individual semifinals and championship bouts, as well as the team championships, will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra. Coverage of the individual semifinals and finals begins at 11:30 a.m. ET each day. Team event coverage begins at 2:45 p.m. ET each day.
 
This is the 21st edition of the ACC Fencing Championships. The ACC held a men’s fencing championship annually for 10 years from 1971 through 1980 but discontinued it after the 1980 season. With the addition of Notre Dame in 2014-15, the ACC reinstituted the championship as a four-team event in 2015.
 
Boston College, Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame and ACC newcomer Stanford will be battling for championships this weekend. Three ACC men’s teams are ranked in the Preseason USFCA Poll: Notre Dame (No. 2), Duke (No. 10) and Boston College (No. 12), while three ACC women’s squads are ranked in the Preseason USFCA Poll: Notre Dame (No. 2), Duke (No. 6) and Stanford (No. 14).
 
Notre Dame is the three-time reigning women’s team champion and has won eight of the last 10 championships, while North Carolina won its first men’s team title since 1980 last season. UNC owns the most men’s team titles all-time with nine, while Notre Dame leads in women’s team championships with eight. 
 
North Carolina is serving as host for the ACC Fencing Championships for the seventh time (1971, 1976, 1977, 2015, 2018, 2021).
 
Team Seeds
Men’s
#1 – Notre Dame
#2 – North Carolina
#3 – Boston College
#4 – Duke
#5 – Stanford
 
Women’s
#1 – Notre Dame
#2 – Duke
#3 – Stanford
#4 – Boston College
#5 – North Carolina
 
Saturday Women’s Individual Championship Schedule
8:00 a.m. - Individual Round Robin Begins
11:30 a.m. - Individual Semifinal Bouts
Noon - Individual Championship Bouts
(in the order of epee, foil and sabre)
1:00 p.m. - Individual Awards
 
Saturday Men’s Team Championship Schedule
1:30 p.m. - #4 Duke vs. #2 UNC (strips 1, 2, 3) ---- #5 Stanford vs. #1 Notre Dame (strips 4, 5, 6)
2:45 p.m. - #3 BC vs.#5 Stanford (strips 1, 2, 3) ---- #1 Notre Dame vs. #4 Duke (strips 4, 5, 6)
4:00 p.m. - #3 BC vs. #1 Notre Dame (strips 1,2,3) ---- #2 UNC vs. #5 Stanford (strips 4,5,6)
5:15 p.m. - #5 Stanford vs. #4 Duke (strips 1,2,3) ---- #2 UNC vs. #3 BC (strips 4,5,6)
6:30 p.m. - #1 Notre Dame vs. #2 UNC (strips 1,2,3) ---- #4 Duke vs. #3 BC (strips 4,5,6)
 
Sunday Men’s Individual Championship Schedule
8:00 a.m. - Individual Round Robin Begins
11:30 a.m. - Individual Semifinal Bouts
Noon - Individual Championship Bouts
(in the order of epee, foil and sabre)
1:00 p.m. - Individual Awards
 
Sunday Women’s Team Championship Schedule
1:30 p.m. - #4 BC vs. #2 Duke (strips 1, 2, 3) ---- #5 UNC vs. #1 Notre Dame (strips 4, 5, 6)
2:45 p.m. - #3 Stanford vs. #5 UNC (strips 1, 2, 3) ---- #1 Notre Dame vs. #4 BC (strips 4, 5, 6)
4:00 p.m. - #3 Stanford vs. #1 Notre Dame (strips 1,2,3) ---- #2 Duke vs. #5 UNC (strips 4,5,6)
5:15 p.m. - #5 UNC vs. #4 BC (strips 1,2,3) ---- #2 Duke vs. #3 Stanford (strips 4,5,6)
6:30 p.m. - #1 Notre Dame vs. #2 Duke (strips 1,2,3) ---- #4 BC vs. #3 Stanford (strips 4,5,6)
 
All times Eastern