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Fencing faces tough competitors in Beanpot tournament

On Wednesday, Feb. 11, Brandeis hosted the annual Beanpot Tournament. The gym was packed with fencers from Brandeis, Harvard, Boston College and MIT.

Harvard was the champion of the tournament, going 3-0. The Judges placed second for the men, while BC took the second place spot for the women.

Brandeis men’s fencing secured a 19-8 win over Boston College, while the Boston College women’s team beat Brandeis 14-13.

The men’s team won in all three weapons against BC, going 7-2 in saber and foil and 5-4 in epee. The women won 6-3 in saber and 5-4 in foil, but couldn’t pull through in epee, losing 7-2. Brandeis saw 3-0 performances from saberist Adam Mandel ’15 and Ashley Jean ’17 in saber and foilist Noah Berman ’15.

Against MIT, Brandeis excelled in foil, going 14-13 in the men’s competition and 15-12 in women’s play. The men won 9-0, allowing one touch in nine bouts. Ethan Levy ’15 and Len Grazian ’17 each went 3-0, while Berman won two bouts and Guillermo Narvaez ’18 won one. Meanwhile, the Judges lost 5-4 in saber and 8-1 in epee. The female foilists won 7-2. Caroline Mattos ’16 and Zimeng Xue ’18 went 3-0 for the Judges. The women’s team lost in saber and epee 5-4, despite Jean’s 3-0 performance.

Harvard men won against Brandeis 18-9, though Brandeis lost by a narrow 5-4 in epee. Tom Hearne ’16 helped the Judges in epee with a 3-0 record.

The Brandeis women fell 21-6 even though the epee squad pulled out a 5-4 victory. Liz Feller ’18 went 2-1, while Shayna Lyandvert ’18 earned one win for Brandeis women’s epee. Each contributed a 5-4 win in the final round to help Brandeis beat Harvard in epee.

Overall, the top scores for Brandeis in the tournament went to Mattos (6-1) and Jean (6-3) for the women’s team and Berman (6-2), Hearne (6-3) and Mandel (6-3) for the men’s team.

The home tournament marked the team’s senior night in which Berman, Levy, Mandel, saberist Jess Ochs-Willard and saberist Jessie Kirshner were honored.

The men’s and women’s fencing team will compete again on March 8 in the NCAA Regional Championships at New York University.

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