After taking a look at half of the first-round matchups on the women's side, we now examine two more faceoffs between Harvard's top female athletes: squash's Laura Gemmell v. skiing's Rebecca Nadler and fencing's Alexandra Kiefer v. hockey's Josephine Pucci.

Among a field that included many of the nation’s top teams, the No. 3 Harvard men’s fencing team registered only one win in five attempts while the No. 7 women’s team only won twice on Saturday’s St. John’s Invitational at Carnasecca Arena in Jamaica, N.Y.

Earlier this morning, we took a look at the matchup between Rebecca Nadler and Laura Gemmell. Now, we turn our attention to our second showdown on the women’s side: fencer Alexandra Kiefer v. hockey’s Josephine Pucci.

The Harvard women’s fencing team does not compete at home very often—but when it does, the Crimson makes it count.

After opening its season with a strong showing in the Garret Open hosted by Penn State in November, the Harvard ...

Just a few weeks into the winter sports season, three teams are undefeated and two are nationally ranked. If this is a taste of what is to come, we’ve got an exciting winter ahead of us.

The Harvard fencing team made a statement at its opening tournament at the Garett Penn State Open this weekend in State College, Pa.

We on the sports board of the Crimson cover all of them. You, our readers, hopefully read about all of them too. And of course, our roommates, friends and classmates fill out the rosters of each of these teams. But one thing that we writers, students and tourists have to grapple with is how many of us actually care about that magical “41”?

Princeton foil fencer Hyun-Kyung Yuh came to the piste to face off against Kiefer, but before long Yuh was furiously defending herself against Kiefer’s deft attacks and superior swordsmanship. At the end of that bout, Kiefer recorded the first win of her collegiate career.

Like scotch and wisdom, the Harvard fencing team seems to have only improved with age.