Fencing, the sport of sword fighting, is played on a 14-meter-long metal strip known as a piste. A competition between two fencers is called a bout. Fencers earn points in a bout by scoring touches on ...

To the casual observer, fencing unfolds quickly with a familiar cadence. Fencers attack, blades clash, hits fall, points accumulate. But to the person behind the mask and holding the sword, every ...

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Feb. 21 was marked on the calendar as a battle between Northwestern and Ohio State to duel for the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship crown. The matchup lived up to the hype, but the Cats came ...