“I think it’s really hard to prepare yourself to fence right after you have a huge competition like Ivies [last weekend],” co-captain Alexandra Kiefer said. “We were really emotionally drained after that…but we came back together and fenced really well.”

Boston College proved to be no match for Harvard, as both the foil and sabre trios swept their matchups. Kiefer mustered crisp attacks and well-timed counterattacks, and freshman sabre Adrienne Jarocki defeated her three opponents in less than a minute each.

“I think [we worked on] finishing our actions with confidence [today],” Kiefer said. “We had a chance to practice some actions we don’t normally do.”

The narrative was similar in the squad’s 20-7 and 22-5 triumphs over the Engineers and Brandeis, respectively. None of the individual weapons conceded a match, and the foilists combined for a 17-1 record against the final two teams.

“We had a really good recruiting class on the women’s foil side,” Brand said. “The two new fencers [Hali Nelson and Liana Yamin] are both seasoned fencers who have fenced both nationally and internationally. Along with Alexandra Kiefer, who’s obviously our big gun, they’re performing exactly what we expected them to.”

Kiefer and Nelson ended the three-match day with 9-0 records, and junior épéeist Emma Vaggo posted a  5-0 mark.

—Staff writer Caleb Y. Lee can be reached at caleblee@college.harvard.edu.