Word: foil
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...Heisman, the Hobey Baker, and the Naismith all pale in comparison. In last year’s storybook season, one prestigious medal eluded the decorated Harvard fencing team: the Iron Man, the oldest consistently awarded trophy in collegiate history, bestowed upon the top foil squad at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships each winter. At Saturday’s edition in Lawrenceville, N.J., the squad checked off its final to-do item with a men’s foil victory and added wins in the combined men’s and women’s, the women?...
Once again epee was their strongest suit, with a 5-4 success story thanks to sophomore Maria Larsson’s three and senior Jasmine McGlade’s two wins. Sabre fell 9-0, and foil...
...previous weekend fallen to the eighth-ranked Princeton team, swiftly dispatched Brown and Yale, 25-2 and 18-9 respectively, but found Columbia—ranked just above them nationally, at three—more of a challenge. The Lions narrowly took the sabre and foil events, 5-4 each, but the Crimson rallied in epee, putting in a 6-3 performance to take them to a 14-13 victory overall...
Brand agreed, and expressed doubt that the result would have been very different even had junior Emily Cross, erstwhile national foil champion, who has taken time off the team to pursue Olympic possibilities, and junior Carolyn Wright, who is studying abroad this semester, been there...
...getting in the net, sharing time with hot goalies,” captain Dylan Reese said. “He played great this weekend.” While the Crimson defense played solidly in front of Tobe, the netminder contributed a couple of flashy plays to help foil the Big Red attack. With just under eight minutes remaining in the opening frame, Tobe dove out of his crease and poked a puck away from Cornell center Michael Kennedy. Similarly, in the third period, Tobe thwarted a Big Red 5-on-3 scoring opportunity when he sprawled out in front...