WOMEN’S FENCING

As the team prepares for the NCAA Tournament, the Beanpot offered the team one last chance to tune up and build some momentum going into its final test of the season.

“We know that we’ll have to work as a team [going forward], so it’s good to see that we can get consistently strong results after a somewhat rocky season,” Yamin said. “It’s great to have this big win to give us some momentum going into the NCAA Regional Championships.”

To start off the day, Harvard put on a dominant 23-4 display against MIT. The epee squad went 6-3, saber went for the perfect 9-0, and foil came close with an 8-1 performance.

The Crimson posted a similarly commanding result against Brandeis at 21-6, with epee going 7-2, foil 6-3, and saber 8-1.

The final match of the day was for the title and set Harvard against the host Boston College. A much closer match, Harvard still prevailed 16-11 with epee posting a 5-4 margin, saber a 6-3 one, and foil finishing 5-4 as well.

The next contests for both teams will be the NCAA Regional Championships on March 12 at Yale.