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Harvard responded with a dominant performance in the foil, erasing the five-point deficit with a 7-2 win and placing the match squarely in the hands of the epee fencers...
...Crimson’s top performer in each weapon—freshman Enoch Woodhouse in foil and sophomores David Jakus and Julian Rose in saber and epee, respectively—won at least two of his three bouts, with Woodhouse and Jakus going undefeated. With eight points already on the board, Harvard (7-4) needed just six total points from its second and third-best with each sword...
...match-up against host Penn (13-0), Harvard managed a 6-3 victory in the foil but lost both the sabre and epee competitions 8-1 en route to a 19-8 Penn win. The Crimson also lost a close match to Northwestern...
With the losses, the Crimson (4-5) fall behind both the Quakers and Columbia in the Ivy standings. Against Penn (10-2), Harvard put up a valiant fight, beating the Quakers 5-4 in both the sabre and epee events. However, in the foil competition, Penn dominated the Crimson with an 8-1 victory sealing the 16-11 Quaker...
...women earned a 5-4 edge in sabre and epee, and cruised to a 8-1 advantage in foil to close...