Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard men met with less success, falling 6-3 in the foil, sabre and epee competitions...
Three men compete for each team in each of three weapons: foil, epee and sabre. Women compete only in foil and epee, but they enter four athletes in each category. The first fencer to score five touches wins the bout...
Only the fencer with the right of way may score a touch in foil or sabre bout. In order for the touch to register a point, it must fall within a restricted area designated by a vest...
...distinction between foil and sabre bouts is that the foil is a point weapon and thus the fencers must stab their opponents. A sabre is a slash weapon, and thus the fencer may stab or cut. In an epee bout, by contrast, whichever fencer hits first gets the touch...
...Harvard women won the foil competition 10-6 and shut out Brandeis 16-0 in the epee competition. Juniors Sarah Crasson and captain Brindisi Chan each went 3-1 for the Crimson in the foil competition...