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After Crimson fencing captain John Chipman mesmerized Penn sabreman Paul Friedberg, 5-2, in the opening bout of last night's fencing meet at the IAB, he strutted fiercely back to the Harvard bench, fist raised, yelling, "Beat Penn, beat Penn, beat Penn...
Sabreman Bob Homer gathered the only other Crimson winning record, recovering from a 5-0 loss in his first bout to edge Friedberg, 5-4, on a disputed call in his second. In his last duel Homer crushed Marwell, 5-1, deftly parrying Marwell's attacks and counterattacking for touches...
Thirty-six seconds left, Brandeis up 8-7 in bouts, Harvard leading the last bout 4-1, the meet tied 55-55 in touches. Thirty seconds left, 25...20...15...10.... Cooper beats Mejias's blade down, lunges forward, touches her in the underarm. Harvard takes the match by one touch, the Harvard fencers stream onto the strip cheering frantically, joy abounds...
Then, seconds before the one minute warning Cooper awoke with a bang. She tied the bout with a straight-in attack, then moved ahead 2-1 on a low lunge with 46 seconds left. Eight seconds later, Cooper made it 3-1, by beating Mejias's blade down and poking her unprotected belly, and only two seconds after that the score became 4-1 on another Cooper beat attack...
After Crimson captain Nancy Cooper dropped the first touch of the final bout in the Harvard women's fencing team's meet with Brandeis in Waltham last night, she needed to capture five straight points to give Harvard a one touch decision. Cooper garnered the fifth with ten seconds left on the clock...