Word: pantel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fans in the bleachers of the IAB watched intently as Ed McNamara of NYU and Rich Pantel of Princeton fought a see-saw battle. At the time--after six of eight rounds--they were the only two fencers ahead of Vastola. If--the crowd thought--Pantel beat the undefeated McNamara, Vastola could perhaps secure first or second by thrashing McNamara himself, then polishing off his last...
McNamara beat Pantel and Vastola, and then the Crimson captain lost his final bout against Cornell's Dan Budofsky. The crowd was disappointed...
Then, in February, Vastola turned strategy into victory against Princeton's Richard Pantel, a 1978 second team All-American. He noticed that Pantel had been gathering touches on counter-attacks made as he, Vastola, prepared his own attack. Using a "second intention attack," that is, by pretending to prepare to lunge then waiting for Pantel to commit himself, Vastola collected the crucial fifth touch...
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