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...Columbia has traditionally been the larger powerhouse," Birney says. "Every year, they beat us. Princeton has usually been up there, too. To beat both of them was an extremely memorable experience...
...sort of hit our stride at that point," Birney says. "Our competition probably wasn't as good as it was at the beginning of the season, and we were better...
...Regionals March 5-6. The Crimson dismantled NYU in the first round, 9-3; beat Brandeis in the second round, 9-3; and then beat Yale again in the semi-finals, 9-4, setting up a rematch with St. Johns, which the team beat convincingly, the individual competition, as Birney took first and freshman Viktoria Danics took second...
Both finished the pool with 10-4 marks but since the individual title cannot be awarded on touches according to tournament rules, they had to fence a final bout to determine the winner before Birney came out on top to take the individual crown for the first time...
With their finishes, Birney and Danics have guaranteed themselves two of the seven spots allotted to the northeast region in the 24-seed individual competition. This will be Birney's third appearance at the nationals, after finishing 20th in 1992 and 24th...