JMU Debate

HUGE congratulations to JMU KM for winning the CEDA novice breakout!!! Also shout-out to Maggie Matzen for spending the weekend helping out with coaching! And thank you CSU Fullerton for a great weekend!

Huge congratulations to Matt Conway, Eric Pelletier, Jameson Balda, and Roy Rinehart for qualifying to the NDT!

Also in open: Roy Rinehart and Jameson Balda went 4-2 in the preliminary rounds and performed incredibly in their elimination rounds, winning finals against Wake Forest. Jameson was top speaker and Roy was second!

JMU had an excellent weekend at Liberty University! We brought six teams and three of them made it to elimination rounds, and we brought home six speaker awards. Results in thread:

In open: Anna Oehler and Tarang Mishra were undefeated in the preliminary rounds and advanced to semifinals.

In JV: Maggie Matzen and Berkley Smith were undefeated in the preliminary rounds and advanced to semifinals. Berkley was 3rd speaker and Maggie was top speaker!

In the novice division: Leon Lopez and Matt Gowel went 2-4 and had a great time! Lucas Tiffany and Maria Pinto went 3-3! Gia Kardos and Draic McConville went 2-4 and Gia was 10th speaker and Draic was 5th!

Special recognition to open debaters Jameson Balda and Tarang Mishra, who both had to end their tournament early when their partners were taken out by illness and immediately pivoted to helping out with less experienced debaters and supporting the rest of the team!

In novice, JMU KP had a great time at their first tournament, learned a ton about debate, and even won one of their rounds!

JMU Debate had a bit of a rough weekend at Kentucky, with several of our debaters having to withdraw from the tournament partway through due to illness. Even so, we had a very good weekend! Results in thread:

Ahh, the sweet sound of speaking drills in the morning

Thank you GMU Debate Team for hosting a great season opener for the D7!

Update: JMU MS wins on a 3-0 and advances to JV finals!

Mid-Day 3 update: JMU CP and JMU BR close out open finals! JMU MS win their quarterfinals debate on a 3-0 and advance to semifinals! JMU LT got a bye in octafinals and advance to quarterfinals. More updates coming soon!

JMU ends day 2 with 19 total ballots and four of our six teams clearing to elimination rounds. The following teams will be debating in elimination rounds tomorrow: JMU CP (5-1) JMU BR (4-2) JMU MS (3-3) JMU LT (3-3)

Dukes prepping for GMU day 2! Let's go!

JMU ends Day 1 with 7 total ballots. Records are as follows: JMU CP 1-1 JMU BR 1-1 JMU MO 1-1 JMU MS 2-0 JMU GK 1-1 JMU LT 1-1 Looking forward to a day full of debates tomorrow! Go Dukes!

T-minus 2.5 hours before we leave for the first tournament of the year! Looking forward to throwing down at George Mason University. This weekend's roster: Varisy JMU CP JMU BR JMU MO Junior Varsity JMU MS Novice: JMU GK JMU TP JMU/Liberty CL