Kelly Reller

Fencing will look to defend its pair of national titles this weekend at the NCAA Championships in Boston.

Columbia fencing reasserted itself as one of the country's top programs this weekend when both men's and women's teams took a share of the Ivy League Championship. After two days of Ancient Eight competition, the Lions became a part of league history in a three-way tie for both the men's and women's titles.

Columbia fencing will return to the NCAA championships next week at full force. The reigning national champions secured all of the possible 12 qualifiers during the first weekend of Spring Break at the NCAA Regionals event hosted by Vassar.

Though it's been a quiet month for Columbia fencing, the team will end February with a flurry of makeup competitions. Since earning dual Ivy League championship titles in early February, the Lions have been preparing themselves for NCAA Regionals—a key stepping stone on the road to a repeat national championship.

Columbia fencing was in full force Wednesday evening, coming out on top in all but one match against local rivals NYU, Sacred Heart, and Vassar.

In its first meet since both its men's and women's teams were crowned Ivy League champions, the Columbia fencing squad will host its annual Historical Meet on Wednesday.

One year after claiming both the women's title and a share of the men's championship, the Columbia fencing squad will return to the Ivy League Round Robins this weekend looking to repeat.

Fencing will make the short trip to Queens on Saturday for the St. John's Super Cup, and will follow up with the NYU Invitational on Sunday.

Women's fencing submitted a strong performance at this weekend's Penn State Invitational, but the men saw its perfect record dashed with its first two losses of the season.