Two Warriors To Compete
At NCAA Championships

Two Wayne State fencers have been selected among 144 participants to compete in the NCAA Championships on March 21-24 at the Drew University Simon Forum and Athletic Center in Madison, New Jersey.

Ssenior Inga Wallrabenstein (Osnabrueck, Germany) will face off in the foil, while freshman Anna Vinnikov (Ma'alot, Israel) will compete in the epee.

Fencers will compete in a round-robin of 24 fencers in five-touch bouts. After the round-robin, the top four fencers in each event will fence direct elimination 15-touch bouts for first, second, third and fourth place. Absolute ties for the seeding will be broken as follows: for positions one through three, by a coin toss; for position four, by a fence-off.

An institution's place finish in the championships will be based on points earned by each individual. A team will be awarded one point for each victory by its student-athletes for the duration of the championships.

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Vinnikov, Wallrabenstein Place
Fifth At Regional Championship

The Wayne State University women's fencing team competed in the 2002 Midwest Regional Championships on March 9 at Case Western Reserve University.

Senior Melanie Duda (Livonia, MI) finished eighth in the sabre competition. Freshman Jinelle Lawson (Sand Creek, MI) placed 11th.

Freshman Anna Vinnikov (Ma'alot, Israel) was WSU's top finisher in the epée placing fifth. Senior Amanda Collins (Yale, MI) placed 11th.

In the women's foil competition, senior Inga Wallrabenstein (Osnabrueck, Germany) placed fifth.

The NCAA selections will take place on March 14. The championships will be March 21-24 at Drew University in Madison, N.J.