Over the weekend of October 26th to October 29th, Mary Washington enjoyed a historic weekend. The majority of the squad competed at the Clarion University tournament where UMW won every division at the tournament. In the novice division, five teams from the University competed with four reaching elimination rounds. The teams of Eric Halsey & Sean Slattery and Terrell Taylor & Nate Delano closed out the final round of the tournament were named co-champions. In the Junior Varsity division, Amanda Gardner and Farrah Tek finished the prelim rounds with a record of 3 wins and 3 losses but rebounded to win the tournament in the break rounds. In the Varsity division, Jason Martin and Andrew Snyder-Beattie finished the early rounds as the third seeded team and would defeat teams from Boston College, Pittsburgh and Wayne State to win the tournament.
Also competing that weekend were Matt Struth & Kevin Kallmyer who hoped to continue early season success. At the Harvard University tournament, Matt & Kevin would defeat some of the nation's most difficult debate teams including the defending national champion from Emory University. In the prelim rounds, Matt & Kevin took down top ranked teams from Emory, West Georgia and Kansas. After finishing the prelim rounds with a record of 6 wins and 2 losses, the team lost a close round on a 2-1 decision against Missouri State. Matt Struth also received 12th speaker at the tournament which is often considered the most difficult tournament in the first semester. Prior to this past weekend, Mary Washington had never cleared a team at the Harvard tournament.
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