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...already be wondering, does this fit in with the Harvard fencing team. Well, the connection first came to me during the foil trials at the Easterns, when one Crimson foil man, having seen the film the night before, came up to me and said, "You remember how those girls in the movie wanted to screw the guy to death--well I'm going to fence myself to death. I'm tired, and I don't care. I want to fence until I die right here on the strip...
Harvard never really coalesced into a three-weapon team. The foil men, Philippe Bennett, Howie Weiss and Dave Fichter had been expected to lead the Harvard effort, but it was not until the IFAs that the foil team headed the Crimson effort. Weiss was the most consistent of the trio, but extra pounds tended to slow him down on the strip, and he had a tendency to tire late in the matches, especially late in the season...
...third foil performer, Bennett, was a freshman. He was also a second-place, Under 19 competitor in national competition. The combination of the two really hampered his performance. He had innate ability but he did not develop technically as the season progressed. Against lesser foes on the Harvard schedule, he did well. But when he got in with the "big boys" it was wholly a matter of luck whether or not he did well. In the Easterns, he was "on" for the first day, easily making the finals. In the finals, though, he was "off" and finished last among...
...third NYU competitor, Rick Bonacorda in foil, came in fourth, giving the Violets just enough to win the team title...
Penn's Brooke Makler, fencing foil this year instead of epee, wrested the individual foil title away from two-year NCAA champion Ty Simmons from the University of Detroit. Maker went undefeated in the three days of competition...