Jan. 27, 2004

The schedule for this weekend’s Notre Dame Collegiate Fencing Duals has been set, with the day-long action at the Joyce Center Fieldhouse to begin at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, and Sunday, Feb. 1. Live updates of the competition and other information can be found at the following link: http://www.nd.edu/~fencing/web/index.htm. Also check back to und.com later in the week and throughout the weekend for a tournament preview and daily recaps.

The weekend’s marquee matchup is slated for Saturday at 11:00 a.m., when Notre Dame’s top-ranked men’s and women’s teams will battle the No. 2-ranked Ohio State squads. The Irish also will face several top opponents in bouts vs. Air Force, Duke, UC San Diego, Cal State Fullerton and Wayne State (plus the Northwestern women). Cleveland State, Detroit, Lawrence and the Northwestern men’s club team round out the field.

Here is the complete schedule of the 11 teams that will be competing in the ND Duals (six rounds on Saturday, five on Sunday):

Saturday, Jan. 31

8:00 a.m. – Notre Dame vs. Cleveland State, UC San Diego vs. Air Force, Detroit vs. Ohio State, Wayne State vs. Duke, Northwestern vs. Cal State Fullerton.

9:30 a.m. – ND vs. AFA, CLEV vs. OSU, UCSD vs. Duke, NW vs. WSU, CSF vs. LAW.

11:00 a.m. – ND vs. OSU, AFA vs. Duke, NW vs. UCSD, CSF vs. DET, LAW vs. WSU.

12:30 p.m. – CSF vs. OSU, LAW vs. AFA, DET vs. UCSD, CLEV vs. Duke (men), NW vs. Duke (women).

2:00 p.m. – ND vs. Duke, NW vs. AFA, CSF vs. CLEV, LAW vs. UCSD, WSU vs. DET.

3:30 p.m. – ND vs. UCSD, NW vs. CLEV, WSU vs. AFA, LAW vs. OSU, CSF vs. Duke.

Sunday, Feb. 1

8:00 a.m. – ND vs. CSF, UCSD vs. OSU, CLEV vs. AFA, LAW vs. DET

9:30 a.m. – ND vs. LAW, CSF vs. WSU, NW vs. DET, AFA vs. OSU.

11:00 a.m. – ND vs. NW, WSU vs. OSU, DET vs. AFA, UCSD vs. CLEV.

12:30 p.m. – ND vs. DET, WSU vs. UCSD, LAW vs. CLEV, NW vs. OSU.

2:00 p.m. – ND vs. WSU