Sept 20 UVA IM tournament, won by Serge, Sidarth, Aditya and Jason.
Nov. 2ACF Fall, held at the University of Maryland. Our A team (Morgan, Sidarth, Gwen, and Ben) went 10-2 in a circle of death with Princeton and Rutgers-N ew Brunswick. Princeton had the most points, so we played Rutgers for the chance to play Princeton in the finals. We beat them, and in the finals, we beat Princeton 275-260, thus winning the tournament. Our B team (Jason, Steve Y., Serge, and Tareq) we nt 4-8 and came in second in the Div 2 standings to Swarthmore B. Jason was the fourth highest scorer in Div 2, and Steve was the highest negger with an impressive 17.
Nov. 8SNEWT VIII, a tournament for first and second year players held at Swarthmore College. Twenty-two teams showed up, and our team (Sidarth, Gwen, Meg, and Ja son) went undefeated with a 13-0 record, demolishing everyone there.
Nov. 15Cavalier Classic VIII, our annual high school tournament. Congratulations to TJ A for winning the tournament.
Jan. 23-4 Penn Bowl XIII, one of the nation's largest tournaments, held at the University of Pennsylvannia. We sent three teams. Our A team (Chris, Morgan, Ben, Sidarth) went 9- 2 and got jipped out of the playoffs in a fabulous circle of death. Our B team (Gwen, Steve, Serge, Meg) went 4-7, and our C team (Tareq, Lousie, Jade) went 1-11.
Feb. 7 NAQT Mid-Atlantic Sectionals, held at Princeton University. For the second tournament in a row, our Div 1 team (Morgan, Chris, Ben, Gwen) got screwed over by a circle of death, but our strong stats forturnately still qualified us for Nationals. We went 9-4, finishing at the top of the bottom bracket. Our Div 2 tea m (Sidarth, Jason, Steve, Louise, and Tareq) went 11-3 and finished in second, losing to Penn in the finals, easily qualifying them for Nationals. Sidarth was the Div 2 high scorer with 61.43 ppg.
Feb. 21Cavalier Open, a brand-new high school tournament using NAQT questions. Congratulations to TJ A for winning the tournament.
March 6. DSHIT, a JV tournament at the UMD-College Park. We sent one team (Sidarth, Jason, Serge, and Tareq), who after playing on high school questions mangaged to win the tournament for our second JV win this year. Sidarth was the se cond high scorer
March 20NAQT Virginia High School Championships, won by Gov A.
April 2-3NAQT ICT, held at Washington University in St. Louis. We sent two teams: our Div I team (Chris, Ben, Gwen, and Morgan) finished at 7-6, tied for 17th overall and 5th place undergraduate. The Div II team (Jason, Louise, Sidarth, and Tareq) finished at 6-7, tied for 18th.
April 9 ACF Nationals, held at the University of Maryland. We sent a Div II team (Serge, Sidarth, Steve, Tareq) that finished 2-11 overall, 2nd in Div II, losing to Harvard in the final.
If you are interested in attending any tournament or helping out at one of ours, e-mail us at mps4a@virginia.edu.