Issue date: 3/9/07 Section: Sports

Five members of the Stevens Institute of Technology women's fencing team have qualified for the opening round of the 2007 NCAA Championships, which will be held on Saturday at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, N.J. The top six to eight fencers in each weapon will then advance to the finals of the NCAA tournament, which is slated for March 22-25 at Drew University in Madison. The NCAA tournament for fencing is an open-division competition - meaning that the tournament field consists of student-athletes from Division I, II and III.
Sophomore Rachel Cannell and freshman Alexis Sowuleski qualified for the Ducks in epee. Seniors Rachel Cortez and Colleen Kirk made it in foil. Senior Maia Hadidi reached the national tournament in sabre.
In 2005-06, Cannell, Cortez and Kirk all reached the NCAA Regionals. Cannell finished in fourth place out of eight fencers in Division III. Cortez was 29th overall and fifth in D-III. Kirk claimed 30th place in foil.

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