Most readers won’t care about this, but Mary Washington KS – our top policy debate team – just received a first round bid to the National Debate Tournament. In practical terms, this means they won’t have to compete at the district qualifying tournament to get to the NDT. In a broader sense, it’s pretty exciting [...]
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November 17, 2008
Beat Harvard
They’re through! Mary Washington KS defeated Whitman and are now debating Harvard in quarters. I’m pretty sure this is the first time any Mary Washington team has reached the quarterfinals of a major national circuit tournament, but I can’t say I’m surprised that KS made the breakthrough. It’s incredibly thrilling to get in on the [...]
November 15, 2008
Go Mary Washington!
Mary Washington KS and Mary Washington SS (one of our younger varsity teams) are debating at Wake Forest’s Shirley Classic this weekend. It’s the last big tournament of the semester – here’s hoping they do some damage in elims. Go Eagles!
UPDATE: KS is 4-0 on the day; no word yet on SS. Also, we beat [...]
November 2, 2008
Go Mary Washington!
Mary Washington KS is debating at Harvard this weekend – widely considered the most competitive tournament on the national circuit (shit’s expensive; most schools can only afford to send their best teams). No word yet on their record, but qualifying for elims is going to be pretty tough. Go Eagles!
UPDATE: 5-2 going into round eight [...]
September 22, 2008
Georgia State – Day 3
Mary Washington KS ended up 6-2 on the day, losing their final round to Michigan State. This morning they’re debating an Oklahoma team in double-octo finals (the round of 32). Assuming they beat Oklahoma, they’ll advance to the proverbial ‘Sweet 16′. Tournaments like Georgia State are pretty massive affairs (100+ teams compete in the [...]
September 21, 2008
Georgia State – Days 1 & 2
Four rounds into the tournament and Mary Washington KS is up 3-1. This morning they beat teams from Dartmouth and Trinity, but after a grueling twelve hour day, further updates have been pretty sparse. In an eight round tournament, most teams have to go 6-2 to qualify for elims. A lucky few will sneak in [...]
