66°En Garde!
This past Saturday, Penn hosted the Philadelphia Invitational, a season-opening men's and women's fencing event that saw fencing squads from schools such as Duke and UNC don their plastrons and knickers and do sabered battle in University City. Penn's men's team, ranked seventh nationally, was totally dominant. They went a perfect 6–0 on the day, only coming close to defeat against Duke. Here's a quick video recap with an interview with Penn junior Vidur Kapur. Errol Flynn ain't got shit on these bucklers of swash.
Contact the author of this article or email tips@phillyist.com with further questions, comments or tips.
Filed in Miscellaneous and tagged fencing, UPenn, video
To increase the security and stability of our sites, Gothamist has decided to stop collecting or storing commenter logins. To comment, please login with Disqus, Facebook, or Twitter. If you want to claim your previous comments, please create a Disqus login, and then claim them using these instructions. Thanks!