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Harvard fencers Gene Vastola, Rob Homer and Mike Bieker earned All-Ivy status on the squad, announced last week...
...Homer's barb, gently and cheerily spoken, had a telling point. In 1975 the admissions offices combined, and the two schools declared "there are no longer any limits on the number of women students who can be admitted." (The freshman class is now 65% men, 35% women...
Bierer's sabre teammates, Rob Homer and Richard Gillette, also finished 6-6, and all three of them appeared to be victimized by directing, which Zivkovic said hadn't hurt them but rather had "killed them." Gillette, while having perhaps the best fencing day of his career, lost four dubious 5-4 decisions and had little to show for his performance...
...Captain Gene Vastola, despite fencing somewhat lackadaisically, went 3-0 to improve his Ivy record on the year to 13-2 and almost ensure him the top spot on the first-team all-Ivy squad. Epeeman Rob Kaplan also swept past all three of his opponents, while sabremen Rob Homer and Richard Gillette each won twice...
After Gillette strode off the strip with raised, clenched fist yelling, "Beat Yale, Beat Yale," Bierer came back from a 3-2 deficit to waste Jim Yang, 5-3, and finish a perfect 3-0 afternoon. Homer, patiently waiting as long arguments went on between points, crushed Ed Barskdale, 5-0. He gathered the last two touches with his favorite high parry and then touch to the mask...