The Crimson reversed the decision in epee, taking the weapon, 7-2. Sophomore Peregrine Badger swept all three opponents, while Raynis and senior Ben White, who both earned second-team conference honors, each lost one bout.

Jerry Chang and his fellow epee competitors won the hard-fought matchup, 5-4, to win the Penn contest, 15-14, and claim the title for the Crimson.

The championship is the second in three years for the team.

“The team picked each other up every single moment we needed to pick each other up,” Kaneshige said. “We operated more than [just] as a team but as a group of brothers, as a band of brothers. We worked so hard every day this year to accomplish this. We were so close to winning last year and we lost.”

The team will rest for the week before taking to the piste in Queens, N.Y. for the NCAA Regional contest Mar. 10.

“I believe, again, that we have a very good lineup for the men,” Brand said. “I’m very confident that we can qualify the maximum [number of competitors] which is six. I’m very confident going into next week that we’re going to do well again.”

—Staff writer Cordelia F. Mendez can be reached at cordeliamendez@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @CrimsonCordelia.