In addition, sophomore Amy Bei claimed Second Team All-Ivy honors in the sabre, further demonstrating the great strides the Harvard women have made in just their second year competing with that weapon.

Harvard Men

The men's regular season was a bit of a mixed bag. After racing off to a fast start that ran the Crimson's record up to 4-1, Harvard ran into some stiff competition in the second half of the season and dropped its last six meets.

Throughout the year, the Crimson was guided by co-captain Davin Chew, senior Mark Lee and sophomore Tom Weisman in the epee. Co-captain Eugene Chew and sophomore Derek Lindblom, meanwhile, led the charge in the epee. At the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet in November, Lindblom won nine bouts, while Chew, Lee and Cha each registered eight victories.

At IFAs, Harvard finished a lackluster eleventh. Even still, the men's and women's squads combined for a eighth-place overall showing, a one-spot improvement over last year.

Cha was the men's team's lone qualifier for NCAAs this year. Advancing to the national competition was a personal triumph for Cha, who had fenced at NCAAs as a freshman but had not returned since.

Unfortunately, however, Cha's tale did not have a happy ending. Like Katz, he too suffered an injury that forced him to withdraw on the second day of competition. After winning eight of his bouts, Cha sustained a wrist injury that prevented him from continuing. He still held on to finish 20th in the field.

Still a young team, the Crimson has plenty to look forward to next year, and-as the its performances against the elite Ivy teams such as Columbia and Penn indicates-much work remains to be done.