RECENT TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Latest stories on how our students are doing at tournaments at home and across the country!

August 26, 2022
Yale Summer Debate Program Tournament

Varsity Tournament:

First Place: Luis Diez and Cade Fravel

Second Place: Tessa Higbee and Jeffrey Kaihin Cheung

Third Place: Ray Cao and Connor Wolff

Fourth Place: David Abrams and Devan Patel

Fifth Place: Thomas Murphy and Chaitanya Prasad Pinjala

Novice Tournament:

First Place: Isabel Faustino and Sathwika Nadella

Second Place: Kevin Gu and Krishiv Patel

Third Place: Elissa Matthews and Miranda Higbee

Fourth Place: Riley Long and Ava Advani

Fifth Place: Christina Cao and Gopika Sheth

Impromptu Round:

Varsity Champion: Mari Arnold

Varsity Exceptional Scores: Catherine Gutowski, Judah Friedman, Chloe Walsh, Thomas Murphy, Ryan Murray, Janet Fan, Luis Diez

Novice Champion: Isabel Faustino

Top Varsity Speakers by Points:

Ethan Masoperh

Cade Fravel

Helen Avila

Catherine Gutowski

Ammy Arias

Top Novice Speakers by Points:

Riley Long

Sathwika Nadella

Aran Advani

Elissa Matthews

Ava Advani

PAST TOURNAMENT RESULTS

UDL MARCH 2022 TOURNAMENT

Varsity
Top Speakers
1. Ethan Masoperh (Winner of a UDL crewneck!)
2. Bertony Georges
3. Snigtha Mohanraj

Top Teams
1. Ethan and Brayden
2. Mari and Snigtha
3. Sophie and Jacqueline

Novice
Top Speakers
1. Chloe Walsh (Winner of a UDL crewneck!)
2. Matthew Mowerson
3. Shawaunda Newby

Top Teams
1. Chloe and Matthew
2. Sayah and Aaron
3. Odeno and Salithi

2019 NATIONAL YALE INVITATIONAL

Matthew Mauriello and Sebastian Ward broke to oct0-finals, placing fifth varsity team.

Matt Mauriello placed 7th varsity speaker.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHILALETHIC 2019

March 2019

Congratulations to all the members of UDL that competed in our annual away tournament in California!

Matthew Mauriello and Sebastian Ward broke to octo-finals.

Mel DeBlasio broke to quarter-finals in impromptu.

VASSAR INVITATIONAL

November 2018

Winnie Jiang and Matt Mauriello place 6th at the Vassar invitational, and land 13th and 20th place speakers.

COLUMBIA IVY LEAGUE DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

March 2019

Owen Heaphy and Alim Rodican place 5th at the Columbia Ivy League Champsionships.
Prastik Mohanraj and Arnav Paliwal (not pictured) place 6th.

UDL REGULAR TOURNAMENTS

2019 Results

Check out the top winners at our local tournaments here: https://www.tabroom.com/index/circuit/calendar.mhtml?circuit_id=142

SPRING 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations to our winners from our year championships!

Varsity 1st place - Alim and Owen

Varsity 2nd place - Jay and Salaar

We additionally awarded a senior scholarship to Alim Rodican and Owen Heaphy. Alim Rodican and Owen Heaphy not only are exceptional debaters, but leaders in their community. They have volunteered at middle school tournaments, led school clubs, and recruited many students onto their debate team.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHILALETHIC 2018

March 2018