Fencing Competes at the MAAC Conference

CDT Dan Kurtzahn was awarded The Centurion Pin awarded by COL Ness. This pin is awarded to all Department of Physical Education (DPE) Competitive Team Captains to wear on their black jacket. It speaks of the ancient Centurion as a warrior and talks about our ideals in terms of leadership. The Army West Point Men's Fencing Team traveled to Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ to compete in the second leg of MAAC conference matches for men's fencing. The team was the only club in a field of all varsity teams and came out on top. A split 2-2 record was achieved by the men in defeating Yeshiva University by a score of 19-8 and Hunter College 15-12; they were defeated by host Stevens at 10-17 and NCAA Div I Nationally ranked. The men used the opportunity to step up their attack in each bout on Stevens and decided leadership and a desire to fight hard win those bouts over opponents with many years of experience over them. Men's Sabre (The Cavalry Weapon) took the day with a 2-2 record and even defeated Stevens by a score of 6-3. Leading the squad is CDT Noah Kambili, and with team mate CDT Chris Papa both took home 7-5 records with CDT Phil White at 5-4 Men's Epee also did well with a 2-2 record with CDT Vaughn Johnson prevailing over many potential 4-4 ties only to end up 7-4 for the day.