Ward Named National Co-Fencer Of The Week

[JEC]

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...ATCLID=3689167

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More info:
http://www.collegefencing360.com/cf3...f_the_wee.html

[Mr.MightyMouse]

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...ATCLID=3689167

The photo on the right of the GoDuke story shows a ... cross-over

More info:
http://www.collegefencing360.com/cf3...f_the_wee.html

backwards, no biggie

[Mo]

backwards, no biggie

Hey, don't you go calling my kid "Back."

The Momster

[noodle]

so, is that all you need to get publicity for your blog nowadays?

CONGRATULATIONS, DUKE FENCING TEAM IS THE WWW.FREEIPHONESANDLAPTOPS,LOL.COM FENCING TEAM OF THE MONTH!!11

[erooMynohtnA]

Yeah, I have to say, while I would enjoy winning co-fencer of the week, this is Rebecca Ward.

This might be the worst award she has ever recieved.

[JEC]

so, is that all you need to get publicity for your blog nowadays?

CONGRATULATIONS, DUKE FENCING TEAM IS THE WWW.FREEIPHONESANDLAPTOPS,LOL.COM FENCING TEAM OF THE MONTH!!11

Sorry, but not my blog! If you read carefully, Brad's report (see the BOD), he tells you who is the blogger of CollegeFencing360. I do like the idea of giving Fencer of the week awards and raising the visibility of Collegial Fencing.

[MyrddinsPrecint]

Yeah, I have to say, while I would enjoy winning co-fencer of the week, this is Rebecca Ward.

This might be the worst award she has ever recieved.

Yeah, but can you imagine getting to be co-fencer of the week WITH her?

"I got named co-fencer of the week!"

"Big deal"

"The other fencer was Becca Ward"

"Maybe that's a bigger deal"

[noodle]

Sorry, but not my blog! If you read carefully, Brad's report (see the BOD), he tells you who is the blogger of CollegeFencing360. I do like the idea of giving Fencer of the week awards and raising the visibility of Collegial Fencing.

i know, more of a general tongue-in-cheek comment, is all.

its a good blog, but still.

[fdad]

Yeah, but can you imagine getting to be co-fencer of the week WITH her?

"I got named co-fencer of the week!"

"Big deal"

"The other fencer was Becca Ward"

"Maybe that's a bigger deal"

Yes, co-fencer of the week with Becca Ward and Emily Cross is a big deal for Daria.

[epeemike81]

Yes, co-fencer of the week with Becca Ward and Emily Cross is a big deal for Daria.

Would have been tough to name somebody else over her after she went 20-0, +60 at regionals.

-m

[Mo]

Would have been tough to name somebody else over her after she went 20-0, +60 at regionals.

-m

All three of the women named are incredible fencers.
Mike, you are really good at what you do but you really need to clarify your statements.
Which fencer were you talking about? She who?
I am guessing Daria.
The Momster

[noodle]

All three of the women named are incredible fencers.
Mike, you are really good at what you do but you really need to clarify your statements.
Which fencer were you talking about? She who?
I am guessing Daria.
The Momster

daria, yes. he bolded her name in the quoted text.

[wwalkerjr]

My question is: Who are the two fencers (or one fencer twice) who beat Becca this year? Talk about a notch on the "coup stick". "Oh yeah, I beat the Olympic Bronze Medalist, #1 in the World fencer."

[prototoast]

My question is: Who are the two fencers (or one fencer twice) who beat Becca this year? Talk about a notch on the "coup stick". "Oh yeah, I beat the Olympic Bronze Medalist, #1 in the World fencer."

Caity Thompson (Penn State) and Danielle Kamis (UPenn).

[hello?]

I heard a story of a year that Sada was at Yale and lost only 1 bout all season -- to a fencer from Brown who had only been fencing a couple of months. (Not that I am comparing the fencers who beat Becca -- who are obviously excellent, experienced fencers -- to this rookie....But, you have to admit, it's a funny story.)

[Capt. Slo-mo]

And not unexpected. It's a hard transition for the fencers with years of international experience (and years of doing few, if any 5-point pool bouts) to immediately adapt back to no 15-point DEs, but plenty of pools against unorthodox college fencers.

[Jason]

With what can often be exceptionally poor refereeing.

[Sabresque]

amen to that jason and mo. The ncaa system is quite a twisted one.

[whtouche]

I heard a story of a year that Sada was at Yale and lost only 1 bout all season -- to a fencer from Brown who had only been fencing a couple of months. (Not that I am comparing the fencers who beat Becca -- who are obviously excellent, experienced fencers -- to this rookie....But, you have to admit, it's a funny story.)

I think that just goes to show that no matter how good you are, in fencing weird things happen and not to read too much into them.

[Insipiens]

I am confused. Is the "co-" bit of co-fencer, as in "college" or as in there are several of them?
I love the way that the Duke website describes a World champion and multi-Olympic medallist as "a freshman saber from Portland, Ore." - surely only in US college sports would you write an article that almost reads as if you think it is as much of an achievement to be on the Duke team as winning an Olympic medal.

(I don't mean to take away any credit from Ms Ward for the academic achievement required to be at Duke)