Word: epeeman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson's other brightest hopes, sabreman Mike Bierer and epeeman Rob Kaplan, fell one to three bouts shy of qualifying for the finals...
With the score 13-10, foil fencer Dave Hanower fell, 5-3. Then, epee fencer Russ Kaphan, ahead 3-1 with under a minute left to fence, let his Columbia opponent gather two quick touches. After the Lion epeeman touched Kaphan in the chest to take the bout, Columbia wrapped up the victory with 5-0 and 5-2 triumphs in the last two bouts...
Four Crimson fencers did have winning records on the day. Captain Gene Vastola, despite fencing somewhat lackadaisically, went 3-0 to improve his Ivy record on the year to 13-2 and almost ensure him the top spot on the first-team all-Ivy squad. Epeeman Rob Kaplan also swept past all three of his opponents, while sabremen Rob Homer and Richard Gillette each won twice...
Enter first-year fencer Steve Biddle, a sophomore who took up the sport only a year earlier. The Crimson epeeman battled Dartmouth's top epeeman, Kai Christensen, in the nerve-racking decision-maker, and he scored a 5-2 win to give Harvard the match and a 4-1 record...
...Epeeman Mike Bierer has also steadied the Crimson attack, and he and his teammates face a long two months as the season resumes, beginning today at Holy Cross and finishing with the IFA Championships scheduled for March 9 and 10 in Cambridge...