UC San Diego Fencing announces 2025-26 Competition Schedule
LA JOLLA, Calif. - The UC San Diego fencing program has released its schedule for the 2025-26 season, building on the momentum of a historic 2024-25 campaign where both the men’s and women’s teams captured team titles at the MPSF Championships for the first time.
The Tritons will host the NCAA West Regional Championships and the MPSF Championships. The West Regional will include UC San Diego, Air Force, Incarnate Word, and Stanford. The MPSF Championships will feature all teams accept Stanford.
The season culminates at the National Collegiate Fencing Championships, hosted by Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, from March 19-22. UC San Diego has qualified fencers for the national event in 10 consecutive seasons.
Last season, the Tritons achieved three regional championships and three MPSF championships, sending five fencers to the National Collegiate Fencing championships. Freshman Katherine Kim earned Second Team All-American honors with a seventh-place finish at nationals.Of the eight fencers responsible for thes accomplishments, seven are returning for the 2025-26 season.
Head Coach Calderon is entering his eighth season leading the Triton program, which consists of 39 scholar-athletes - 18 men and 21 women - including 27 returners and 12 newcomers.
UC San Diego is in its second year as a member of The Big West Conference in NCAA Division I, after two decades of success in NCAA Division II, earning 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships. The program boasts nearly 1,400 All-America honors, 83 Academic All-America honors, and 39 NCAA Post Graduate scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes maintain a graduation rate of 90 percent,the highest among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II.
Fans can follow Triton fencing throughout the season at UCSDtritons.com and on social media @UCSDfencing on Instagram, X, and Facebook.
