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...fencing squads defeated Sacred Heart by impressive margins, the men by a score of 22-5 and the women by a dominant 23-4. The Crimson’s only stumbling blocks came in men and women’s saber. The women eked out a victory after junior Alexa Weingarden won her final bout 5-4, winning the weapon by an identical score. Unlike in many sports, advanced fencers don’t always dominate against lesser opponents. The trouble lies in the fact that lower level fencers do not react in the same way as one might expect...
...women’s team (5-1) won easily by a score of 22-5, while the men’s team (5-0) took its match, 19-8. The women claimed victory across the board, winning the epee, foil, and saber. They were led by junior saber fencer Alexa Weingarden, who won all three of her bouts and was only touched twice the entire match. Crimson coach Peter Brand referred to Weingarden as a “very consistent, very smart fencer, and a real competitor.” “She’s been brilliant right...
...women’s foils collectively made their presence felt, junior saber fencer Alexa Weingarden performed brilliantly, losing only one match all day in a bout against the Nittany Lions—to U.S. Senior National Team member Caitlin Thompson, ranked No. 4 in the world in saber...
...bouts convincingly. “Technically they have a lot of experience, so I expect that they will progress fairly quickly,” Brand said. The saber was the strongest weapon for the Crimson, which won all nine bouts, including a dramatic come-from-behind win from junior Alexa Weingarden, who was down 4-2 before posting three straight points. “With our women saber fencers, there is one [freshman] who is doing very well, and the other three seniors are doing extremely well, and I expect they’ll do well this weekend...
Hell, even Billy Joel got in on the act with his trumped-out prole anthems “Allentown” and “The Downeaster Alexa,” conjuring up infinitely absurd images of Joel working in a steel mill, or relying on “the rod and the reel” to feed his family. Predating the Killers’ similar appropriation by several decades, Joel’s irony may have been unintended, but the best of the genre, and its musical ancestors, relied on a self-conscious tension between catchiness and acerbity...