TOURNAMENT RESULTS
THE 1996-1997 DEMON DEACONS
UNI National Earlybird Debate Tournament, University of Northern Iowa, 63 teams, September21-23, 1996, Brian Prestes & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross.
Rd Side WL Opponent Prelims 7-1
1 A W Samford (Buzachero & Southerland) Elims 1-1
2 N * W Michigan (Hessel & Stoughton) Total 8-2
3 A W Southwest Missouri (Bramble & Vega) Honors:
4 N W Georgetown (Botnivik & Delonis) Quarter-Finals
5 N L Baylor (Coulter & Dunbar) 2nd Speaker - Prestes
6 A W Wayne State (Cowan & Thomson) 2nd Seed
7 A * W Liberty (Lawrence & Snell)
8 N * W Utah (Evans & Heider)
D-Octas Bye
Octas A WWW Redlands (Miller & Lambrinos)
Q-F N WLL Louisville (Renzelmann & Arnett)
Earlybird Debates, Univ. of South Carolina, 78 teams, Sept. 20-22, 1996, Drew Brown & Josh O’Donnell
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 3-4
1 N L Pittsburgh (Panehal & Lewis) Elims
2 A W Cal. Berkeley (Pathak & Grosjean) Total 3-4
3 N W Emory (Chase & Bradford) Honors:
4 A * L West Georgia (Lewis & Carver)
5 N L Webster State (Lorenz & Lorenz)
6 A W Loyola, LA (Tamashiro & Morgan)
7 A * L Michigan State (Owens & Hoffman)
Earlybird Debates, Univ. of South Carolina, 78 teams, Sept. 20-22, 1996, Emma Filstrup & Justin Green
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 6-1
1 A * W Southern Illinois (Rowland & Slusher) Elims 0-1
2 N W Emory (Horowitz & Falconer) Total 6-2
3 A * L Michigan St. (Cornellier & Sullivan) Honors:
4 N * W West Point (Skimmyhorn & Ayers) D-Octa-Finals
5 A * W Central Oklahoma (Russell & Donald) 6th Seed
6 N * W Emory (Wade & Rufo)
7 N * W UMKC (Stevens & Jenkins)
D-Octas A WLL Pittsburgh (Corrigan & Kerpen)
Earlybird Debates, Univ. of South Carolina, 78 teams, Sept. 20-22, 1996, Andy Geppert & Clay Rhodes
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 2-5
1 A L South Carolina (McFadden & Rhodes) Elims
2 N W Webster (Rosenthal & Ranch) Total 2-5
3 A * L West Point (Skimmyhorn & Ayers) Honors:
4 N L Pittsburgh (Beichner & Delaney)
5 N L Cal. Berkeley (Sullivan & Bearden)
6 A ** L Pace (Kloster & Mount)
7 N W Pittsburgh (Panehal & Lewis)
Earlybird Debates, Univ. of South Carolina, 78 teams, Sept. 20-22, 1996, Kristin Langwell & Nicole Runyan
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 4-3
1 A W Vermont (Jones & Egizi) Elims 0-1
2 N W West Point (Shelhammer & Burns) Total 4-4
3 A * L Michigan St. (Klinkhammer & Wyatt) Honors:
4 N * W Fort Hayes (Schnippel & Yaffe)
5 A * W Arizona St. (Skarb & Williams)
6 N * L UM KC (Betz & Barker)
7 N * L Miami (Anderson & Prieto)
D-Octas N LLL UMKC (Stevens & Jenkins)
Earlybird Debates, Univ. of South Carolina, 78 teams, Sept. 20-22, 1996, Sean Nowak & Armen Zohrabian
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 4-3
1 N * L UMKC (Stevens & Jenkins) Elims 0-1
2 A W Cal. Berkeley (Sullivan & Bearden) Total 4-4
3 N W Middle Tennessee (Pejaver & Crews) Honors:
4 A * L West Georgia (Harriman & Bonilla)
5 N W Sam Houston (Kochensky & White)
6 A * W Fort Hayes (Schnippel & Yaffe)
7 N * L West Point (Skimmyhorn & Ayers)
D-Octas N WLL Macalester (Alme & Garen)
Earlybird Debates, Univ. of South Carolina, 33 JV teams, Sept. 20-22, 1996, Joe Gagnon & Michele Young.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 2-5
1 A L Florida (Gittings & Itzkowitz) Elims
2 N W SC Spartenburg (Gamble & Priester) Total 2-5
3 A L Valdosta State (McCullough & Smith) Honors:
4 N L Southern Illinois (Featherstrum & Moreland)
5 A L Middle Tennessee St. (Dubarry & Ishak)
6 N L William Jewell (Watson & Cobourn)
7 N W SC Spartenburg (Cash & Gordon)
Thoroughbred Round Robin, Univ. of Kentucky, 9 teams, October 2-3, 1996, Justin Green & Brian Prestes.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 6-2
1 N L Dartmouth (Ashe & Mead)
2 N W Michigan State (Cornellier & Sullivan) Total 6-2
3 A W Iowa (Rayburn & Mutel) Honors:
4 N W Harvard (Starr & Bulsara) 1st Place
5 A W Emory (Fitzmier & Landy) Top Speaker
6 A L Northwestern (Gottlieb & Johnson) Prestes
7 N W Georgia (Barsness & Davis)
8 A W Michigan (Hessell & Stoughton)
Henry Clay Debates, Univ. of Kentucky, 75 teams, October 5-7, 1996, Justin Green & Brian Prestes.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 5-3
1 A W Dartmouth (Graham & Snipe) Elims 0-1
2 N W Georgetown (Botvinnik & Rayman) Total 5-4
3 A * L Louisville (Arnett & Renzelmann) Honors:
4 N * W Emory (Todd & Tabak) D-Octa Finals
5 N * W Emory (Burdette & Kouros) 6th Speaker - Prestes
6 A W Georgia (Dhruva & Miller)
7 N * L Dartmouth (Ashe & Meade)
8 A * L Emory (Landy & Sahni)
D-Octas A WLL Northwestern (Gottlieb & Johnson)
The Hank Greenspun Invitational Debate Tournament, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, 37 teams, October 12-14, 1996, Kristin Langwell & Nicole Runyan.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 7-1
1 N * W King’s (Minchak & Moses) Elims 1-1
2 A W Redlands (Grant & Lennon) Total 8-2
3 A W Redlands (Garland & Wetzel) Honors:
4 N * W Baylor (Mathews & Clayton) Q-Finals
5 A * W Miami, FL (Anderson & Wulkan) 2nd Seed
6 N * W Southern California (Weitz & Walther) 8th Speaker - Langwell
7 A * L U. of Missouri-Kansas City (Stevens & Jenkins) 12th Speaker
8 N W Southern California (Pince & Tapia) Runyan
Octas N WWL Trinity (Hansum & Lotz)
Q-F N WLL Redlands (Lambrinos & Miller)
The Hank Greenspun Invitational Debate Tournament, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, 37 teams, October 12-14, 1996, Andy Geppert & Clay Rhodes.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 4-4
1 A W Clairmont-McKenna (Pellis & Robinson) Elims
2 N L New Mexico (Stalley & Clark) Total 4-4
3 N * L Berkeley (Kalra & Yearwood) Honors:
4 A * W Southern California (McKenzie & Aquino)
5 A W Southern California (Tallungan & Trimmer)
6 N * L Utah (DeLaHunt & Peterson)
7 A W Utah (Tweed & Upton)
8 N L Redlands (Grant & Lennon)
Spider Classic, University of Richmond, 28 JV teams, October 11-13, 1996, Khalid Jones & Russell Burch.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 3-3
1 N * W George Mason (Brazzi & Clifton) Elims
2 A * L South Carolina (Hanson & LeFevre) Total 3-3
3 N W US Military Acad. (Hoskins & Villa) Honors:
4 A ? L US Military Acad. (DeLong & Wehner)
5 A ? L Cornell (Melton & Jabado)
6 N W Old Dominion (Howell & LeFevre)
Spider Classic, University of Richmond, 28 JV teams, October 11-13, 1996, Tom Segars & John Sena.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 2-4
1 A W Old Dominion (Howell & LeFevre) Elims
2 W Bye Total 2-4
3 A * L Liberty (Swenson & Crawford) Honors:
4 N * L Cornell (Winston & Gergor) 12th Speaker - Segars
5 N ? L US Military Acad. (DeLong & Wehner)
6 A * L George Mason (Brazzi & Clifton)
Spider Classic, University of Richmond, 33 Novice teams, October 11-13, 1996, Joe Gagnon & Rob Shaw.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 3-3
1 N ? L Tennessee Tech (Preston & Hetton) Elims
2 A * L Mary Washington (Scott & Tussing) Total 3-3
3 N * L Shepherd (Tatham & Bradey) Honors:
4 A * W Liberty (Vick & Dacharux)
5 A W Mansfield State (Jones & Corni)
6 N W Liberty (Evans & Thompson)
The Tarheel Debates, University of North Carolina, 36 teams, October 18-20, 1996, Justin Green & Emma Filstrup.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 6-2
1 A W George Mason (Badestella & Clifton) Elims 0-1
2 N L Georgia (Miller & Dhurva) Total 6-3
3 A * W Baylor (Brasure & Coulter) Honors:
4 N W Dartmouth (Culyba & Deeken) 3rd Seed
5 A * W Emory (Todd & Tabak) Octa-Finals
6 N * W Georgia (Roberts & Teagle) 12th Speaker - Filstrup
7 A * W Mercer (Cockrell & McGuire) 20th Speaker - Green
8 N * L Michigan (Hernandez & Nicolo)
Octas N WLL Emory (Todd & Tabak)
The Tarheel Debates, University of North Carolina, 36 teams, October 18-20, 1996, Armen Zohrabian & Sean Nowak
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 4-4
1 N W Liberty (Anderson & Palermo) Elims 1-1
2 A W Richmond (Bates & Luchetti) Total 5-5
3 N * L Emory (Goshal & Lupo) Honors:
4 A * L Northwestern (Busby & Northam) Q-finals
5 A * L Harvard (Engstrom & Li)
6 N * W Emory (Todd & Tabak)
7 N * L Georgia (Roberts & Teagle)
8 A W Liberty (Chapa & Tynes)
Octas N WWW Michigan (Wexler & Pudelski)
Q-F A LLL Emory (Goshal & Lupo)
The Tarheel Debates, University of North Carolina, 36 teams, October 18-20, 1996, Josh O’Donnell & Drew Brown.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 3-5
1 N * L Samford (Lantz & Smith) Elims
2 A L Dartmouth (Golden & Reilly) Total
3 N * L Mercer (Cockrell & McGuire) Honors:
4 A * L Michigan (Hernandez & Nicolo)
5 A W George Washington (Stubbs & Ellenbogan)
6 N * L Louisville (Kidwell & Westbrook)
7 A W Richmond (Bates & Luchetti)
8 N W George Washington (Verma & Garland)
James Madison Debates, James Madison University, 17 teams, JV, October 25-27, 1996, Kalid Jones & Russell Burch.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 3-3
1 A W Hampton (Brandon & Duniver) Elims
2 N * W Mary Washington (Greene & Richards) Total 3-3
3 N * L George Washington (Shah & Maddox) Honors:
4 A L Naval Acad. (Beck & Groves) 10th Speaker - Jones
5 A W Liberty (Hampton & Martin)
6 N * L South Carolina (Katz & Trotti)
James Madison Debates, James Madison University, 21 teams, Novice, October 25-27, 1996, Chris Mills & Michelle Young
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 4-2
1 A W Liberty (Atwood & Ringsmuth) Elims 1-1
2 N W Methodist (Masker & Scmick) Total 5-3
3 A * L George Mason (Igiel & Surratt) Honors:
4 N * L Liberty (Dacharux & Vick) Q-Finals
5 N W Methodist (Johnson & Nuemann)
6 A * W Naval Acad. (Kay & West)
Octas N WWL Naval Acad. (Kay & West)
Q-F A WLL Liberty (Hull & Munyon)
Spider Classic, University of Richmond, 7 teams, November 1-3, 1996, Khalid Jones & Drew Brown.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 3-3
1 W Bye Elims
2 A W Alabama (Horn & Pfister) Total 3-3
3 N L Alabama (Shaw & Lee) Honors:
4 A W Capital (Park & Ryan)
5 N L Richmond (Bates & Cramer)
6 A L Morehouse/Richmond (Johnson & Newby)
Harvard University Debates, Harvard Univ., 50 teams, November 1-4, 1996, Emma Filstrup & Justin Green.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 4-4
1 N W Utah (Peterson & DeLaHunt) Elims
2 A L Michigan (Wexler & Rice) Total 4-4
3 A W Northwestern (Nemecek & Plutsky) Honors:
4 N L Northwestern (Anderson & Sparacino)
5 N L Georgetown (Kwon & Steele)
6 A L West Georgia (Harriman & Bonilla)
7 A W Cornell (Hightower & Cole)
8 N W Redlands (Grant & Wetzel)
Harvard University Debates, Harvard Univ., 50 teams, November 1-4, 1996, Andy Geppert & Clay Rhodes.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 3-5
1 A W Northwestern (Busby & Northam) Elims
2 N ** L Cornell (Woods & Aguilar) Total 3-5
3 N L Redlands (Lambrinos & Miller) Honors:
4 A L Emory (Kouros & Burdette)
5 A W Redlands (Lennon & Pujari)
6 N ** L Texas (Renken & Griffen)
7 N L Utah (Peterson & DeLaHunt)
8 A W New Mexico (Clark & Stalley)
Harvard University Debates, Harvard Univ., 50 teams, November 1-4, 1996, Kristin Langwell & Nicole Runyan.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 6-2
1 N L Dartmouth (Graham & Snip) Elims 0-1
2 A * L Kansas (Ardebili & France) Total 6-3
3 A W Georgia State (Carroll & Horsley) Honors:
4 N W Cornell (Jabado & Melton) Octa-Finals
5 A W Northwestern (Anderson & Sparacino) 9th Speaker - Langwell
6 N W Cornell (Hightower & Cole)
7 A W Michigan (Rice & Wexler)
8 N * W Emory (Landy & Sahni)
Octas N LLL Northwestern (Gottlieb & Johnson)
Harvard University Debates, Harvard Univ., 50 teams, November 1-4, 1996, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Brian Prestes.
Rd Side W-L Opponent Prelims 7-1
1 N W Iowa (Scott & Podgorski) Elims 4-0
2 A * W Georgia (Barsness & Davis) Total 11-1
3 N W Michigan (Nicalo & Hernandez) Honors:
4 A W Michigan (Rice & Wexler) 1st Place
5 A * W Emory (Landy & Sahni) 1st Seed
6 N * L Dartmouth (Hung & Lehotsky) 2nd Speaker - Prestes
7 N * W Kansas (Ardebili & France) 14th Speaker
8 A * W Northwestern (Gottlieb & Johnson) Gartenstein-Ross
Octas N WWW Northwestern (Fletcher & Mueller)
Q-F A WWWLL Kansas (Ardebili & France)