CMU fielded 2 foil teams and 1 epee team.
Our first foil team (Mike Sedor, Tanna Alford, Steve Oswald, and Kimi Clark) defeated a squad from West Virginia University 45-35, and were beaten 45-18 by a strong squad from nearby Three Rivers Fencing Center (Iana's club). At 1-1, they narrowly missed qualifying for the direct elimination round.
Our second foil team (Aaron Morris, Hannah Hamdan, Frank Lin, and Qiaoling Loh) lost by tallies of 45-10, 45-13, and 45-17 to a team from the University of Rochester (the eventual narrow winners over Three Rivers F.C.), Upper St. Clair HS fencing team, and Corsair Fencing Club, respectively. I believe it was the first tournament for our entire second team, and they were pitted against experienced fencers, so they were kind of thrown to the wolves.
Our epee team was composed of transplanted foilists Oliver Chen, Max Waldron, and Robert Day, each of whom began fencing epee the night before the tournament. They were defeated 45-38 by West Virginia University, 45-13 by a strong squad from the University of Rochester, and 45-37 by a team from Ligonier Fencing Club. Pulling 2 out of 3 close matches while having barely picked up an epee before is quite a feat!
Thanks to everyone who fenced and/or helped out with the tournament. We had a big turnout, and Tanna and I were generally too busy to come around and thank everyone individually. I know we had a lot of people helping out in little ways.
Results of the tenth annual Holy Grail Fencing Championships
Saturday, April 10, 2004
FOIL (13 teams):
1. Rochester West (U of Rochester): 4-0
2. Three Rivers F.C.: 3-1
3T. Ligonier F.C.: 3-1
3T. Ramrod (U. of Buffalo): 3-2
5. Cleveland (CWRU, etc): 2-1
6. WVU 1 (West Virginia U): 1-2
7. Iron Curtain (U of Rochester): 1-1
8. Angry Squirrels (Carnegie Mellon): 1-1
9. St. Mary's U: 0-2
10. WVU 2: 0-2
11. Knights who say "Ni!" (Carnegie Mellon): 0-3
12. Toaster (Corsair F.C.): 0-2
13. (DNF) Upper St. Clair HS: 1-1
EPEE (7 teams):
1. Ligonier F.C.: 4-0
2. Hong Kong Phooey Chops (U of Rochester): 4-1
3T. West Virginia U: 2-3
3T. Corsair F.C.: 1-2
5. Ligonier 2: 1-2
6. Cleveland: 0-2
7. Carnegie Mellon: 0-3
SABER (5 teams):
1. Corsair F.C.: 5-0
2. West Virginia U: 2-3
3T. Burninated (U of Rochester): 0-4
3T. Cleveland: 3-2
5. (DNF) Ligonier F.C.: 0-1
OVERALL STANDINGS:
1. U of Rochester 20 points
2. Ligonier F.C. 17
3. West Virginia U 15
4T. Cleveland (CWRU, etc) 12
4T. Corsair F.C. 12
6. Three Rivers F.C. 11
7. U. of Buffalo 10
8. Carnegie Mellon 6
9. St. Mary's U 4
10. Upper St. Clair HS 0