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The National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) is a women's collegiate
fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...
organization in the United States. The organization was founded as the IWFA in 1929 by two
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students, Julia Jones and Dorothy Hafner, and Betsy Ross, a student at Cornell University who based the organization on the male Intercollegiate Fencing Association.


History

The IWFA became the "National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association" in 1964 and called for a national championship, which it conducted annually among its membership. From 1980 through 1982, a national championship was also administered by the
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.


Current programs

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NIWFA Team Champions


Foil Team; Mildred Stuyvesant-Fish Trophy

*1929 New York University *1930 New York University *1931 New York University *1932 New York University *1933 New York University *1934
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*1935 Hunter College *1936 Hunter College *1937 Hunter College *1938 New York University *1939
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*1940 Hunter College *1941 Brooklyn College *1942 Jersey City State College *1943 Jersey City State College *1944 Hunter College *1945 Brooklyn College *1946 Hunter College *1947 Hunter College *1948 Hunter College *1949 New York University *1950 New York University *1951 New York University *1952 Hunter College *1953 Hunter College *1954
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*1955
Rochester Institute of Technology The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...
*1956 Paterson State College *1957 Rochester Institute of Technology *1958 Paterson State College *1959 Paterson State College *1960 Fairleigh Dickinson University *1961 Paterson State College *1962 Paterson State College *1963 Fairleigh Dickinson University *1964 Paterson State College *1965 Paterson State College *1966 Paterson State College *1967
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*1968 Cornell University *1969 Cornell University *1970 Hunter College *1971 New York University *1972 Cornell University *1973 Cornell University *1974 California State-Fullerton *1975
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*1976 San Jose State University *1977 San Jose State University *1978 San Jose State University *1979 San Jose State University *1980
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*1981 St. John's University *1982
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*1983 Yale University *1984 St. John's University *1985 St. John's University *1986 Temple University *1987 Temple University *1988 Temple University *1989 Temple University *1990 Paterson State College *1991 Temple University *1992 Cornell University *1993 Cornell University *1994 Princeton University *1995 Princeton University *1996 Rutgers University *1997 Temple University *1998 Fairleigh Dickinson University *1999 Temple University *2000 Temple University *2001 Temple University *2002 Temple University *2003 Temple University *2004 Temple University *2005 Temple University *2006 Temple University *2007 Temple University *2008 Temple University *2009 Temple University *2010 Temple University *2011 Temple University *2012 Temple University *2013 Temple University *2014 Temple University *2015 Temple University *2016 Temple University *2017 Temple University *2018 Temple University"NIWFA Team Champions,"
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See also

* United States Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs (USACFC) * Intercollegiate Fencing Association


References

Fencing organizations Women's sports organizations in the United States {{fencing-stub