Word: clinching
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Harvard's Cinderella fencing team tried championship slippers on for size Saturday, after humiliating defending Ivy titlist Penn, 18-9, at the IAB to clinch at least a tie for its first Ivy title ever...
...however, by no means conceding victory to the Yale team, which is looking to clinch its first Ivy championship. "Despite their power at the far end of the lineup, I think we have a chance to upset them," he said. And there is nothing that could bolster Harvard's hope for the future more than playing the role of the spoiler in Yale's title drive...
Despite the Crimson's advantage in the last two rounds, the outcome of the contest was still in doubt until the second-to-last bout. But with Harvard leading, 13-12, epee man Sam Anderson grabbed an easy 5-1 decision to clinch...
After wins by Ruth Stevens and Susie Handy tied the match at 2-2, Sally Lea took her final three games to clinch the triumph...
Harvard's Lou Silver and Ken Wolfe also hit for four points in the late going, but B.U.'s Steve Dabney slipped behind the Harvard mid-court press for a lay-up with 24 seconds left to clinch the squeaker for the Terriers...