[Cider Jim]

Liberty began the ICT national tournament ranked 26th in the country, but with a 6-7 record at nationals, we improved our final ranking to 20th in the country.

Our two most impressive wins were against the University of Alabama (315-195) and Northeastern University (165-145); we even beat our first Canadian team, Carleton University (340-55).

While we did have 2 losses to the Ivy Leagues, we nevertheless scored 190 points on Harvard and 185 points on Columbia. And LU, at 20th, finished ahead of Ivy League Cornell who finished at 25th in the country.

http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-te ... playoffs=1

[Sly Fox]

Congrats to CJ and the entire squad!

[Cider Jim]

One of our Quiz Bowl alumni took her knowledge and skills to LA:

Liberty University's own 3-time Quiz Bowl MVP, Catherine Hardee, M.A., B.A., was selected to play on Jeopardy earlier this month, and the show will air on television this September 23.

[Sly Fox]

Awesome!

[Cider Jim]

Our Novice A team posted 4 wins at the ICCS Novice Tournament that Virginia Tech hosted:
LU over VCU, 295-85
LU over LU-B, 390-45
LU over VCU, 290-95
LU over LU-B, 375-40

And freshman Leah DePiero was the second leading scorer of the whole tournament!
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... dividuals/

Lastly, don't forget to tune in tomorrow night (Sept. 23) to watch LU Quiz Bowl alumna Catherine Hardee compete on Jeopardy.

[BJWilliams]

Winner winner chicken dinner! will be tuning in tomorrow night!

[Cider Jim]

Jeopardy champion and LU Quiz Bowl alumna Catherine Hardee will be at the Hancock Welcome Center Theater to watch her second performance tonight at 7:30.

http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?pid=18495&MID=129913

[Cider Jim]

Liberty's Quiz Bowl team earned 6 wins at VCU's tournament on Saturday, which included beating UVa, Virginia Tech, and Pennsylvania. Defeating UPenn was significant because that was Liberty's first-ever win over an Ivy League opponent:

LU over Virginia Tech, 215-100
LU over University of Pennsylvania, 125-105
LU over LU novice, 215-70
LU over UVa, 140-80
LU over Virginia Tech, 105-95
LU over LU novice, 150-40

[Sly Fox]

What a weekeend!

[Cider Jim]

LU News showing the Quiz Bowl team some love after we beat U Penn:

http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?P ... MID=131474

[Cider Jim]

Liberty's Quiz Bowl teams scored 13 wins yesterday at the ACF Fall tournament hosted by the University of Maryland:

LU varsity over University of Maryland, 250-235
LU varsity over Johns Hopkins University, 360-65
LU varsity over American University, 350-65
LU varsity over University of North Carolina, 285-130
LU varsity over University of Maryland, 130-115
LU varsity over University of Maryland, 280-160
LU varsity over University of Maryland, 305-155
LU jr. var. over LU novice, 245-140
LU jr. var. over VCU, 215-100
LU jr. var. over Georgetown University, 270-70
LU novice over VCU, 185-150
LU novice over American University, 220-205
LU novice over Virginia Tech, 200-195

[Sly Fox]

The Johns Hopkins victory in particular looks extremely impressive. You are doing a fantastic job with the team, CJ!

[Kiwon]

LU Quiz Bowl team is plowing through the competition.

But are they ready to take on the big guns?

[flamesfilmguy]

question: since I don't know a lot about quiz bowl. do the schools like the Ivy's and patriots tend to field good teams? I guess my question is does Academic "prowess" of the schools dictate how good their teams generally are? Obviously Liberty and Cider are doing it right. Just wanted to know more about the competition.

[Cider Jim]

At the Nationals last year in Chicago, 32 teams were invited out of 103 that played at their sectional (regional) tournaments. Liberty finished 20th in the country last year, and here are the top 25 teams:

1. Harvard
2. Northwestern
3. McGill
4. WUSTL
5. Chicago
6. Illinois
7. Missouri
8. MIT
9. Columbia
10. Virginia
11. Yale
12. Kenyon
13. NYU
14. Ohio State
15. UC San Diego
16. Minnesota
17. Michigan State
18. Valencia
19. Virginia Tech
20. LIBERTY
21. Kansas State
22. Alabama
23. Carleton State
24. Northeastern
25. Cornell

FYI--the Ivys are underlined; and if you don't recognize a few of those other schools, it's most likely because they are Canadian universities.

[Sly Fox]

One could argue that #4, #5 & #8 are a step up from the Ivy League. Very impressive list to have LU amidst.

[flamesfilmguy]

wow. yea I'd have to agree with sly. Thats pretty cool. I guess it also depends on how much the school invests in fielding a team. I kinda want to go watch a competition now. haha

[Cider Jim]

One of the national tournaments is in Atlanta this year!

https://www.naqt.com/ict/2015/details.jsp

[flamesfilmguy]

HA! that might be our spring break. if it is. I'm down.

[Cider Jim]

Longwood came to town last night for a friendly scrimmage warm-up before the Big South tournament that they are hosting on January 31. Results from the 3 games last night in the Scholars Commons conference room in the Jerry Falwell Library:

Round 1--Liberty varsity over Longwood, 425-95
Round 2--Liberty JV over Longwood, 110-35
Round 3--Longwood over Liberty novice/scout, 280-105

[Cider Jim]

The scores from our 7 Quiz Bowl wins yesterday at UVa's ACF Sectional tournament (including our second win this season over an Ivy League team):
> Liberty over Maryland, 175-130
> Liberty over VCU, 230-60
> Liberty over South Carolina, 285-175
> Liberty over VCU, 160-155
> Liberty over South Carolina, 160-125
> LU jr. var. over UPenn, 170-135
> LU novice over VCU, 55-20

The varsity team won 2 games--against VCU & USC--by scoring on the very last question!

[Sly Fox]

Awesome!

[PAFlame]

I assume those wins are against UPenn's and VCU's novice/junior varsity teams? Regardless, impressive wins.

[Cider Jim]

PA, LU's 160-155 win was against VCU's A-team.

[Sly Fox]

An 8-0 Sweep! Congrats, CJ!