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...championships shape up as a battle between NYU and Columbia, with a possible challenge from CCNY. NYU appears to have lost little from last year's championship team and must, once again, be considered the favorite. Columbia, a perenniel Ivy fencing power, usually fares well in post-season competition, and CCNY seems to be on the upswing this year...
Princeton defeated CCNY by a 16-11 score earlier this year; in January CCNY turned back Harvard by the same margin. However, against national champion NYU, the Tigers were destroyed, 20-7. The Harvard-NYU match was much closer than that. Harvard fenced very well, losing by only seven points...
...Crimson win was an important step in preparation for today's match with Trinity and for Saturday's encounter with Princeton. Last weekend against NYU, Harvard fenced sluggishly en route to the loss. The only real surprise was the relatively close margin of defeat, Marion said yesterday that this year's NYU squad does not have the depth of some of their past teams...
...Last year NYU was the strongest intercollegiate team ever, taking firsts in all events at the Easterns. This year they come nowhere near that performance," Marion said...
...fencing team faces a grueling ten match schedule in February after the exam period hiatus. The opening round takes place on February 5 when the Crimson return to the graveyard of lost fencing teams, New York City, to take on national champion NYU on its home ground...