House Swordsmen Begin Duel at IAB

Zorro practiced it to rescue damsels in distress. The Three Musketeers used it to harass the English and French nobility. Douglas Fairbanks made a career out of it. And Thursday night at the IAB 22 swash-buckling swordsmen defended the honor of their respective Houses with the sword in the foil division of the intramural fencing competition.

Kirkland took top honors in the match. In a crucial final duel, sophomores Brian McCarren and Bruce Gordon battled to a 4-4 tie, but McCarren wielded the winning foil and took the match, 5-4. Gordon finished second in the competition.

Two events remain in the three-day meet. The fencers will cross swords in the IAB next Monday night for epee competition, and wrap it up on Tuesday in the sabre.