Friday, July 9

Dr. Cathy Vanderloos began an early start along with teammate LeAnn Moore on Friday morning with Division III Women's Epee. She had two close bouts in her pool that did not end in her favor; however, she finished the round with a 2-4 record and a 99th seed into direct eliminations. Her first bout was with #30. Despite being down by two touches several times during the nine minutes, she scored two single lights in the last 30 seconds of the bout. In the overtime minute,  her opponent made a strong fleche, scoring the winning touch. Cathy was very satisfied with her performance and finished the event in 105th place. 

LeAnn started out a little slow - perhaps the early hour and length of the week was wearing on, but she admits to not being on top of her game.  She won 2 pool bouts and lost her first d.e. ending up 133rd.