Word: match
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...final match was a thriller with neither fencer able to gain more than a one-point advantage. And after a double-touch (each fencer getting a point), the contest was even...
With the Harvard men's fencing team trailing, 13 matches to 10, and epee Captain Adam Weintraub facing two match points, his watch rang out. After joking with the referee, saying he had to go somewhere, Weintraub went on to win, 5-4, and help the Crimson (5-5) pull off a spectacular 14-13 come-from-behind victory over Cornell at the Malkin Athletic Center...
...know how many chances [Cornell] had to win?" Zivkovic said. "They were up, 4-1, 4-2 and 4-4 [in three different matches]. Including double touches, that's over nine match points. You tell me the odds...
Weintraub's win was followed by another 5-4 comeback by junior Arthur Phillips. Sophomore Dave Saef's 5-2 win in the foil deadlocked the match, 13-13, and all the pressure was directed at Harvard's Tony Loeser...
...NOTEBOOK: Harvard hosts Yale in its final regular-season match Wednesday...