Fencers Looking Forward to Championships

The fencers representing YU have been on a wild, exhilarating run. Over the past few weeks, the swordsmen have traveled to duel in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and in the remote and distant borough of Queens.

After a trip to Boston, where Yeshiva fenced Rutgers, Boston College, MIT, Brandeis, and Brown, Yeshiva went to southern Pennsylvania to fence Lafayette College and Haverford College. At this meet, the Yeshiva fencers exhibited their gallant, intrepid, and merciless nature. Yeshiva crushed the fencers of Lafayette, winning by a score of 20-7. Freshman fencer Ami Small had a tremendous day, as he accumulated two victories. Overall, the sabre squad went 8-1, while the eppe and foil squads combined to win 12. Following the tremendous victory over Lafayette, Yeshiva failed to gain glory against Haverford, losing a tightly contested match.

The Yeshiva musketeers’ next match, however, was not so close. Perhaps tired after a long trip to Astoria, Queens, or perhaps – more likely – overwhelmed by superior fencers, Yeshiva lost to St. Johns. Nevertheless, Assistant Coach Pete Rosas was impressed with the YU performance. "St. Johns is ranked #2 in the country," Coach Rosas said, "and most of those guys were fencing before college. We fenced well." The eppe squad fenced most admirably, with Steve Mellner, Hadar Weiss, and Alex Tremon all pulling out victories.

On Sunday, February 22, Yeshiva fenced Princeton University and Vassar College, in Princeton, New Jersey. Yeshiva lost. Were the yiddisha kups outsmarted by the other fencers? "No way," said Yekutiel Sandman. He explained, "There were a lot of yiddim on that team."

The losses to St. Johns and Princeton do not count for the conference standings of Yeshiva University. Yeshiva is in the MACFA conference. The conference championship will be held on March 1. After a long season, in which Yeshiva fenced many first class teams outside their conference, Yeshiva seeks success in their conference championship.