Word: penns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...because the racquetment weren't bad. In fact, they were good, really good, just not as good as the "traditional" Crimson national title teams that used to parade annually through Hemenway. Sure, they lost two matches. But they still finished third in the nation and, except for the Penn debacle, they easily surpassed last year's performance. "As a team, we were very strong, and individually, we all improved," John Meller, Crimson number six man, reflected recently, "and that is more important that dropping a notch in the standings...
...single most important factor in making all-conference appears to be playing for a winning team. Penn, undisputably the class of the league, placed three men on the squads (Tony Price and Matt White on the first team, James Salters on the second team), as did second-place finisher Columbia (Alton Byrd on the first squad, Juan Mitchell and Ricky Free on the second...
...presence of Dartmouth's Larry Lawrence and Matt White from Penn on the first team are the big surprises. At the fourth leading scorer and the number five rebounder in the Ivy league, Lawrence had all the stats to legitimately join the elite five. However, Princeton's team leader, senior Bob Roma deserved promotion to first team status after two years on the second team. This team, he fell just one vote short...
...Princeton Tigers managed to wrest the crown from 1978 champion Penn on the strength of their depth and consistency. Each one of their nine fencers captured at least eight of his 12 bouts...
...Penn could have tied the Tigers by taking all six bouts in the last two sabre rounds against Harvard and Princeton...