NCAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
Sunday, March 10, 2019 | Vassar College | Hosted by Columbia University
 
Event: 2019 NCAA Northeast Regional Fencing Championship
Location: Vassar College, Walker Field House
Date: Sunday, March 10, 2019
Hosted by: Columbia University
 
START TIME
Competition will begin at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning. National Anthem will play at 9:45 a.m. Call to strips will be made at 9:50 a.m. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m.
 
ADMISSION
Admission is free. Spectators will be allowed access to the facility and must stay on the outer perimeter of the field house and away from the strips.
 
PARTICIPANTS
18 institutions make up the Northeast Regional field:
Boston College
Brandeis University
Brown University
City College of New York
Columbia University-Barnard College
Cornell University
Harvard University
Hunter College
Long Island University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Sacred Heart University
St. John's University
Tufts University
Vassar College
Wellesley College
Yale University
Yeshiva University
 
FORMAT
All quarterfinals will have 35 fencers (unless there are fewer than 35 entries), all semifinals will have 21 fencers, and all finals will have 12 fencers as follows: Quarterfinals: 5 pools of 7: 21 advance; Semifinals: 3 pools of 7: 12 advance; Finals: 1 pool of 12.
 
2019 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2019 NCAA Fencing Championships will be held March 21-24, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio and hosted by the Greater Columbus Sports Commission and Cleveland State University. The Championships will take place at the Wolstein Pavilion on the campus of Cleveland State. NCAA Division I fencing has four regionals: Northeast, which will take place Sunday, March 10, Mid-Atlantic/South (March 9 at Lafayette College, Pa.), Midwest (March 9 at Notre Dame) and West (March 9 at UC San Diego).
 
DIRECTIONS TO WALKER FIELD HOUSE, VASSAR COLLEGE
Walker Field House address is 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12604. Click here for direction from a variety of locations. A campus map is posted here.
 
PARKING
Parking is available in the Walker Fieldhouse Lot and the AFC Lot for vans and cars. Full-sized buses must go back onto Raymond Avenue and south to the Building and Grounds and Receiving Entrance and park in the South Lot there until called for pickup at the end of the day.
 
RESULTS
Live Results will be posted at this link.
 
MEDIA INFORMATION
Credentials are not needed. For access and/or information, please contact Megan Podgorski or Greg Hotchkiss in the Columbia Athletics Communications Office. Megan can be reached at (716) 783-0690 or mp3754@columbia.edu. Greg can be reached at (412) 491-5296 or gh2469@columbia.edu. Northeast Regional information can be found at www.gocolumbialions.com.
 
MERCHANDISE
NCAA Merchandise will be for sale during the competition from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cash payments only.
 
PRACTICE DAY
Teams will have access to the facility from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, 2019.