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!

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:

JMU Debate had a bit of a rough weekend at Kentucky, with two of our teams 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 George Mason University for hosting a great season opener for the D7!

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 JMU 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