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February 3, 2000 Thrust and parry Fencer Scott Eriksen (C’02) goes on the attack against Rutgers’ John LeDonne in an epee match at the Penn Multi-Meet on Jan. 22 in Hutchinson Gym. While Rutgers beat Penn in the epee, the Quakers went on to win overall, 14-13, in the closest of their four victories that day. Following Rutgers, Penn went on to dispatch Duke, Haverford and Johns Hopkins by large margins in the round-robin tourney. Photo by Daniel R. Burke