EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., Oct. 2 -- Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville issued the following news release:
Hayden Devore, a junior history major with a pre-law minor, joined SIUE's fencing club after Thanksgiving break two years ago, knowing nothing about the sport. What kept them coming back wasn't just the fencing-it was weekends like the one at a tournament in their first year, when the team rented an Airbnb and went to see a movie together the night before competing.
"Anybody, any skill level, never touched a fencing sword or you've done it your whole life...anybody is welcome to show up," said Devore. "You can just show up to one, you can show up to all practices, it doesn't matter. We will teach you how to do it."
The club current...