Mary Washington Wins George Mason Tournament

The Mary Washington debate team won the George Mason College Tournament this past weekend. The George Mason tournament took place over the weekend of January 19th to January 21st, and fielded 23 teams in the varsity division and 11 in the novice division.

In the varsity division, Mary Washington claimed four out of the top five seeds with the teams of Scott Berry and Will Collins, and Matt Struth and Kevin Kallmyer finishing undefeated. In the elimination rounds, Jason Martin and Leslie Ogburn reached the quarterfinals, losing a close round to Georgetown. In the two semifinals debates, Scott and Will defeated Georgetown's top team and advanced to finals. Nick Ryan and I hit the team of Matt and Kevin and closed out the other semifinal debate.

In the novice division, the team of Cassandra Carlton and Amanda Gardner finished 5-1 and reached the semifinals.

Matt Struth and Kevin Kallmyer take Second

Cassie and Amanda are working hard in a practice debate