Fencing Closes First Home Competition
November 24, 2003 | Fencing
Nov. 24, 2003
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College hosted their first invitational fencing meet this weekend. Syd Fadner's team welcomed Vassar,Brown, Brandeis, MIT and St. John's to the Flynn Recreational Complex.
On the women's side, Tiffany White was 11-4 in epee as the epee squad went undefeated. The Eagles went 5-4 against Brandeis, MIT and Brown. They closed out at 6-3 against St. John's, and 8-1 against Vassar. Clara Yum and Genevieve Peeples each went 9-6 in their first appearance as a freshman epee starter for BC.
The men took two of their five competitions. Senior Paul Taylor went 11-4 in foil. The physics/classics major had just returned from Chicago after being named the first ever Rhodes Scholar from Boston College. Steve Koza went 10-5 in sabre for the Eagles.
The Eagles will not return to action until late January.
The women's overall scores: Boston College 19 - Vassar 8 Boston College 14 - Brown 13 Brandeis 17 - Boston College 10 St. John's 17 - Boston College 10 MIT 20 - Boston College 7The men's overall scores: Boston College 18 - Vassar 9 Boston College 18 - Brown 9 Brandeis 14 - Boston College 13 MIT 15 - Boston College 14 St. John's 20 - Boston College 7
