The NCAA announced Tuesday afternoon the qualifiers to this year's fencing national championship, and for just the second time in eight years there was not a Haverford College fencer on the list.

Epeeist Andrew Bostick came the closest, as he was the only Ford to make the final round of 12 in his weapon. He finished up in eighth place, and as one of two at-large bids from the region, but ultimately lost out to the at-large from the West region based on his seeding into the tournament. Throughout the grueling, four stage round-robin tournament, Bostick kept the laser focus necessary to take down top opponents from Penn State University, Princeton University, Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania, including eventual silver-medalist Mike Elfassy of Princeton. In the end, Bostick fell just one bout short of qualifying to the NCAA's, winning five of 11 matches in the final round.

Captain Remy Olson and James Nieuwland, were also likely national qualifiers, as the epee squad had placed third at the National Weapon Squad Championships. However, fate was not on the Fords' side. Olson, Haverford's highest seed into the tournament at 12th, drew a bye into the second round and never got off the ground in the second, dropping out with only one win. Nieuwland fared better, battling out of the first and second rounds, but had the misfortune to be placed in the same pool as teammate Bostick in the semifinal, dropping to him 5-3, finishing 15th.

Haverford's next best hope on the men's side was sabrist Aaron Ruby, who tore through his first and second round pools, going completely undefeated for his first nine bouts. Ruby ran out of steam in the third round however, with only one win putting him at 15th as well. The men's foilists were led by Sam Levinson, the only of his squad to make it to the second round, where he finished 24th.

The women's fencers were led by freshman foilist Katie Elbert, who battled all the way to the semifinal round of 18. She was able to muster only one victory there, but it was a 5-2 drubbing of eventual champion, and defending national champion, Doris Willette of Penn State. Elbert ended up 15th, the top finish for a Division III fencer in women's foil. Sabrist Shannon Horn also scrambled into the semifinals, placing 17th and knocked out rivals from Temple University and Johns Hopkins University along the way.