Ivy League Fencing Championships Ivy League Fencing Championships The Ivy League Fencing Championships (officially, the Ivy League Fencing Round-Robins) is an annual tournament to determine the Ivy League standings in men's and women's fencing. Unlike at the NCAA Fencing Championships, the two events are contested separately. Then men's Ivy League Round-Robin has existed since 1956; the women's since 1982. Currently, six teams compete in the men's tournament, as neither Cornell nor Dartmouth sponsor NCAA men's fencing teams. Brown is the most recent addition to the tournament, first participating in 2006 (Brown had previously had a fencing team, but had not competed in the Ivy
Ivy League the NCAA tournament bid, then rebounded to win outright championships in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Harvard also won the 2013 Great Alaska Shootout, defeating TCU to become the only Ivy League school to win the now-defunct tournament. Rivalries exist between other Ivy league teams in other sports, including Cornell and Harvard in hockey, Harvard and Princeton in swimming, and Harvard and Penn in football (Penn and Harvard have won 28 Ivy League Football Championships since 1982, Penn-16; Harvard-12). During that time Penn has had 8 undefeated Ivy League Football Championships and Harvard has had 6 undefeated Ivy League Football Championships.