NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Harvard women's fencing team tallied four finishes in the top 10, including an NCAA national champion in Elizabeth Tartakovsky in women's sabre and a second-place finish from Emily Vermeule in women's epee.
 
Tartakovsky was crowned the NCAA national champion in women's sabre after an outstanding performance across two days at the championships. Tartakovsky posted an 18-5 record with a +31-touch differential through five rounds to finish in fourth place heading into the semifinals. The junior took down Maia Chamberlain of Princeton (15-13) before besting Notre Dame's Atara Greenbaum 15-10 on the biggest stage.
 
Tartakovsky rebounded for the title after falling in the semifinals in her last NCAA championships appearance. The individual championship for Tartakovsky marks the first since 2016 for the women's fencing program and the sixth all-time.
 
Vermeule battled her way to a second-place finish and a First Team All-America nod in the women's epee competition. A first-year, Vermeule came ready in her NCAA Championships debut and fenced to an 18-5 (+25) showing. She moved onto the semifinals bouts and earned a 15-10 win over Kateryna Chorniy of Penn State, before falling short in the championship bout to Kaylin Hsieh of Notre Dame, 15-10.
 
First-year Lauren Scruggs took home Second Team All-America accolades while finishing in seventh place in women's foil in her first career NCAA Championships. The first-year turned it around after a slow start to finish 16-7 with a +12-touch differential, including a 7-1 (+15) performance on the final day.
 
Annora Lee earned a 10th place finish in women's foil after posting a 13-10 (+19) showing across the weekend. Lee earned Honorable Mention All-American after her final day, with a 6-2 record and a +18-touch differential.
 
Greta Candreva finished 12th in the women's epee standings but managed the third highest touch differential at +23. Candreva tallied a 12-11 mark on the weekend with a remarkable eight losses coming by just one touch. The sophomore earned Honorable Mention All-American with her showing.
 
The Crimson women finished the weekend in fifth place but held the third highest touch differential at +110. The Crimson hold a +25-indicator advantage over the third-place team which could prove pivotal in a tiebreak scenario.
 
The men will be in action tomorrow, starting at 9 a.m. With the women creating an unprecedented gap in the touch differential, the men have an opportunity to compete for the team title over the next couple of days.
 
First Team All-America
Elizabeth Tartakovsky
Emily Vermeule
 
Second Team All-America
Lauren Scruggs
 
Honorable Mention All-America
Annora Lee
Greta Candreva
 
Sabre
Elizabeth Tartakovsky (17-6, +31, First Place)
 
Foil
Lauren Scruggs (16-7, +12, Seventh Place)
Annora Lee (13-10, +19, 10^th Place)
 
Epee
Emily Vermeule (18-5, +25, Second Place)
Greta Candreva (12-11, +23, 12^th Place)

Past Individual Champions
2005 - Emily Cross - Foil
2010 - Caroline Vloka - Sabre
2011 - Alexandra Kiefer - Foil
2014 - Adrienne Jarocki - Sabre
2016 - Adrienne Jarocki - Sabre