2026 NCAA Schedule, Results, Selections

​NEWARK, NJ – Fabio Mastromarino and Paul Veltrup have been selected to compete at the 2026 NCAA Fencing Championships, the organization announced Tuesday.

Both fencers will compete in the men's épée competition March 21–22 at University of Notre Dame.

Mastromarino, a freshman from Pistoia, Italy, earned First Team All-Region honors this season and captured a silver medal at the 2026 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. He also helped lead the men's épée squad to the team title at the 2026 MACFA Championships and opened his collegiate career with a silver medal at the 2025 Coach Nikki Franke Classic.

For the season, Mastromarino compiled a 57–6 overall record, good for a 90.48 winning percentage.

Veltrup, a graduate student from Grefrath, Germany, also earned First Team All-Region honors and placed fourth at the 2026 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. He was part of the MACFA Championship-winning men's épée squad and captured an individual bronze medal at the conference championships.

Veltrup opened the season with a gold medal at the 2025 Coach Nikki Franke Classic and finished the year with a 93–14 record, posting an 86.92 winning percentage.

About the NCAA Fencing Championships
A total of 26 institutions will be represented at the 2026 NCAA Fencing Championships.

The National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships feature individual competition in six weapons: men's épée, foil, and sabre, and women's épée, foil, and sabre.

Fencers first compete in a round-robin format consisting of five-touch bouts. The top four finishers in each weapon advance to the semifinals, where they fence 15-touch bouts. Semifinal winners compete for the national championship, while the remaining semifinalists share third place.

Team standings are determined by the combined performance of each institution's fencers. Schools earn one point for every bout victory during round-robin competition.