UGA Takes 2nd at National Tournament

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3.27.11 UGA finished in 2nd place at the Ney National held at Furman University this weekend, and will advance to the National Championship Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa next month.

UGA's A Team defeated several top teams in the southeast to advance, going 7-1 in four rounds. The team's only loss came to 1st place Furman University in a split-ballot decision, which UGA won +7, -1. The team also won rounds against Duke and Emory, and placed above both teams from Harvard.

The National Championhsip Tournament will feature the top 48 teams in the country out of the nearly 600 that started the season.

UGA's B Team finished with a record of 3-4-1 in rounds against Central Florida, Elon, Furman, and Duke. Curry Andrews won an All-National Attorney award.

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 B Team 1135 were: Brandon Amey (Captain, '12), Jarred Klorfein (Captain, '11), Muneeb Ahmed ('12), Curry Andrews ('11), Katie Clifford ('12), Isha Ghodke ('13), Philip Oldham ('13), Serena Premjee ('12), and Claire Whitehead ('13).

 

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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.