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Harvard's fencing team, overconfident after two years of success over Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU), received an unexpectedly strong challenge from the corsairs Saturday at the IAB before squeezing by with...
...compared with last year's overwhelming 25-2 triumph, was a disappointment. Harvard fencers looked lackluster and sloppy, and seemed to believe far too much the pre-match buildup of their invincibility. The SMU squad, with nothing to lose and everything to gain, was not overawed by the Crimson press clippings, and put up a surprisingly good fight for three-fourths of the match...
Marion kept his first-line epee men around to reassure those who believed that SMU might indeed pull an upset. But the strong last round performance of the point teams meant that Marion didn't need to bring his first-line performers back...
...Harvard's ineptness, SMU simply wasn't as bad as everyone had predicted. The Corsair foil team was agressive and, according so Marion, "stylistically sound...
Marion wants to use the SMU match to get a look at some of his less experienced performers Consequently he will use his "first string" only for the first round...