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...YORK -- As Harvard entered the final day of IFA fencing competition Saturday, buoyed by a surprisingly strong showing in foil the day before, the Crimson looked ahead with renewed optimism on the chances for a respectable Harvard finish...
Because, in yesterday's fourteen hour marathon tournament, Bennett was the sole bright spot, grabbing a spot in the foil finals which will be held this afternoon. Meanwhile, the Crimson foil squad took 5th place with 21 point total...
...freshman foil man, who has had his troubles at times this year, was something to see. Fencing in the meet's second pool, he took 10 of 12 bouts, and lost only to James Bonacorda of NYU and Peter Vaisavy of Navy, both of whom challenged strongly for the two spots in the finals in the second pool...
While the Crimson cannot realistically hope to challenge for the Eastern title, Harvard, with potential strength in foil and sabre, could finish in the top five. However, since Edo Marion's squad has a perplexing tendency to defy probability, there is really no way to accurately predict where the Crimson will stand when the IFA's conclude Saturday...
...foil squad, for the major part of the season a big disappointment to Marion, could finally live up to pre-season press-clippings. Phillippe Bennett should find the drawn-out IFA competition more to his liking than the short three-bout matches that he has had often in similarly run meets. And Howie Weiss, who bolstered the Harvard foil contingent all season, is not likely to falter measurably either...