UGA Earns 3rd Bid to Nationals at Kennesaw

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2.28.11 UGA won a 3rd bid to Nationals this weekend at a Regional competition held in Kennesaw.

UGA's A Team 1134 defeated Central Florida, Miles, and Georgia State to advance. The team dropped two ballots to 1st place Duke, finishing with a record of 5-2-1 in 5th place.

With the bid, UGA advances to the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS) of Nationals held at Furman University in March.The top 48 teams at ORC sites around the country will advance to the National Championship Tournament in Des Moines

UGA's C Team 1137 finished with a record of 3-4-1 in rounds against Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, Emory, and Brenau.

Competing on A Team 1134, which finished in 2nd place, were: Brian Mink (Captain, '11), Ethan Treacy (Captain, '12), Alana Driscoll ('11), Veronica Evans ('13), Alex Galvan ('11), Lauren Lutton ('13), Vera Maladtsova ('12), and Michelle Pope ('11)

Competing on C Team 1137 were: Alex Vey (Captain, '13), Gray Macfie (Captain, '13), Allison Bailey ('14), Patrick Bennett ('13), Sam Kinsman ('14), Jonathan Klein ('14), Madeline McCullers ('14), Eli Staggers ('14), and Ashley Thompson ('14).

 

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UGA Places 3rd in Nation Out of 633 Teams!

4.18.11 UGA Mock Trial finished 3rd in the nation out of 633 teams that started the year, tying for the best record at this year's National Championship Tournament in Des Moines, IA. The Bulldogs barely missed out on the championship round in a tie-breaker with the eventual national champion, UCLA.

The victory puts UGA in the top 99.5 percent of Mock Trial teams nationally. 6,000 undergraduates participate in collegiate Mock Trial, representing 633 teams from 300 universities. UGA placed above every Ivy League school, and finished behind only UCLA and NYU, who both tied UGA's record of 6-2 during the tournament.

UGA finished tied for 1st with UCLA in their 24-team division. UCLA's opponents had half a win more than UGA's (17.5 to 17), breaking the tie between the two teams and sending UCLA to the finals. NYU was the champion of the other division, followed by the University of Chicago.

UGA won rounds against Tufts, Georgetown, and UC Santa Cruz. Their only loss was to Harvard, by -2, -4. UGA ended the weekend with the largest single ballot win (+28), the largest single round win (+35), and the largest margin of victory over all four rounds (+74) of any team in the 48-team tournament.