NEWARK, NJ—The NJIT men's fencing team will have 12 fencers representing NJIT at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Fencing Championships to be hosted by Duke University in Durham, NC, on Saturday, March 7.

A fencer's performance at regionals will have a direct impact on their chance at qualifying for the NCAA Championships, as both their regular season resumé and placing at the regional meet will be considered when the field is selected next week.

A schedule of events for Saturday is attached and live results can be found here. For more game day information for this weekend (including parking), please refer to the NCAA Fencing Regional A-Z Guide.

Four Highlanders will compete in the men's foil -- Thomas Manley, Kevein Katayama, Cristian Candescu and Dominic Heise.

Manley
--Seeded No. 9
--Placed third in the men's foil at the 2020 MACFA Championships
--Overall record (44-21); 68% winning percentage
--Undefeated at MACFA Championships (8-0)
--10-5 at the Philadelphia Invitational 

Katayama
--Seeded No. 13
--Overall record (46-32); 59% winning percentage
--12-6 at the Eric Solle Invitational
--8-2 at MACFA B Round Robin

Candescu
--Seeded No. 26
--Captured the men's foil title at the 2020 MACFA Championships
--Overall record (24-15); 62% winning percentage
--9-2 at the MACFA B Round Robin
--9-1 at the MAFCA B vs. C

Heise
--Seeded No. 30
--Overall record (17-29); 37% winning percentage
--7-5 at Philadelphia Invitational 

Four Highlanders will compete in the men's epee -- Robert Hondor, Brett Bogert, Tristan Gibson and Rourke Hillyer.

Hondor
--Seeded No. 8
--Tied for 3rd in men's epee at the 2020 MACFA Championships
--Overall record (49-24); 67% winning percentage
--12-6 at the Elite Invitational
--13-4 at the Eric Sollee Invitational
--7-1 at MACFA B vs. C

Bogert
--Seeded No. 19
--Tied for 3rd in men's epee at the 2020 MACFA Championships
--Overall record (39-26); 60% winning percentage
--10-5 at the Elite Invitational
--8-2 at MACFA B vs. C

Gibson
--Seeded No. 24
--Overall record (20-9); 69% winning percentage
--7-2 at MACFA B Round Robin

Hillyer
--Seeded No. 25
--Overall record (37-29); 56% winning percentage
--8-5 at Elite Invitational
--9-2 at MACFA B vs. C

Four Highlanders will compete in the men's sabre--Andrew Richardson, Thomas Slawinski, Pedro D'Avila, Justyn Hall (Alt #2).

Richardson
--Seeded No. 10
--Tied for 3rd in men's sabre at the 2020 MACFA Championships
--Overall record (64-26); 71% winning percentage
--Undefeated at MACFA A vs B (13-0)
--11-6 at Philadelphia Invitational
--12-6 at Eric Solle Invitational
--7-1 at MACFA B Round Robin
--12-3 at MACFA B vs. C
 

Slawinski
--Seeded No. 16
--Tied for 3rd in men's sabre at the 2020 MACFA Championships
--Overall record (51-29); 64% winning percentage
--Undefeated (14-0) at MACFA A vs. B
--Undefeated (15-0) at MACFA B vs. C

D'Avila
--Seeded No. 24
--Seventh in men's sabre at the 2020 MACFA Championships
--Overall record (47-37); 56% winning percentage
--10-5 record at MACFA B vs. C
--7-1 mark at MACFA B Round Robin