Tess McNulty Wins New York PDAA Title

Tess McNulty and Jane Kessner

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — It was a round that you wouldn’t see in the NCAA, but that you could see in the PDAA: the Juliard School facing off against the University of Maryland in a championship round. Really. The PDAA December Madness, part of the Pinnacle Winter Seminar in New York, came to a close late Sunday afternoon. Forty-eight debaters — representing the colleges of their choice — vied for the PDAA Championship and — in a separate breakout — the “Frosh-Soph NIT” title. Congratulations, then, are in order for Millburn High School’s Tess McNulty (Juliard) and Walt Whitman High School’s Jane Kessner (Maryland) for making it through the bracket to the final round. The round was adjudicated by Mira Chernick, Petey Gil-Montllor, Ali Huberlie, Sean Mumper, and Matt Scarola. On a 5-0 decision, Juliard defeated Maryland to take the PDAA.

Congratulations are also in order for Walt Whitman High School’s Stefanie Rohde and Niskayuna High School’s Salman Syed for advancing to finals of the NIT Breakout! Stefanie represented GW; Salman represented RPI. Ali Huberlie, Liz Mullins, and Hannah Rothman adjudicated. GW defeated RPI on a 3-0. (Coaching credits, a photo of the NIT finalists, and extended results for both the PDAA and the NIT Breakout follow.)

Tess is coached by Brian Raymond. Jane and Stefanie are coached by Anjan Choudhury, Tanya Choudhury, and Elyse Lyons. Salman is coached by Loralynne Krobetzky and Mike Welch.

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PARTIAL ROUND OF 64
(1) Juliard advances without debating
(2) Cornell University advances without debating
(3) Maryland advances without debating
(4) Johns Hopkins advances without debating
(5) Penn State advances without debating
(6) Northwestern advances without debating
(7) Yale – Saybrook advances without debating
(8) Northeastern advances without debating
(9) UCLA advances without debating
(10) Caltech advances without debating
(11) Villanova advances without debating
(12) Farleigh Dickinson advances without debating
(13) Pittsburgh advances without debating
(14) Ohio State advances without debating
(15) Lehigh advances without debating
(16) ARMY advances without debating
(17) Michigan advances without debating
(18) Duke advances without debating
(19) Dartmouth advances without debating
(20) Cooper Union advances without debating
(21) Yale advances without debating
(22) Cal Berkeley advances without debating
(23) UNC advances without debating
(24) UPenn advances without debating
(25) Binghamton def. (40) Yale — Ezra Stiles [Hunter College JL] (Jonathan Lee)
(26) Mercy College def. (39) Oxford [Loyola Blakefield KW] (Kevin Wenger) (Massey)
(27) NYU def. (38) Illinois [Whippany Park DC (Dan Chen) (Crichton)
(37) Hofstra def. (28) UChicago [Hendrick Hudson PL [Paul Leszczysnki) (Blaine)
(36) Pratt def. (29) Wesleyan [Carnegie Vanguard RV] (Rachel Vogel) (DeFranco)
(30) Indiana def. (35) Columbia College [Manchester Essex EO] (Emily Osborne) (Sherman)
(31) La Salle def. (34) MIT [Whippany Park BY] (Ben Yu) (Kelley)
(32) Notre Dame def. (33) Harvard [Timothy Christian SW] (Steve Wiatroski) (Vehstedt)

ROUND OF 32
(1) Julliard def. (32) Notre Dame [Arthur L. Johnson AG] (Alex Grajewski) (Cruz)
(2) Cornell Univ. def. (31) La Salle [La Salle College SJ] (Sean Janda) (Choudhury)
(3) Maryland def. (30) Indiana [Millburn GB] (Glen Boden) (Rothman)
(4) Johns Hopkins over (36) Pratt [Bronx Science EL] (Emilija Landsbergis)
(5) Penn State def. (37) Hofstra [Bronx Science RD] (Rupert Deese) (Sherman)
(6) Northwestern def. (27) NYU [Bronx Science SS] (Saboor Sheerazi) (McNulty)
(7) Yale — Saybrook def. (26) Mercy College [Bronx Science NC] (Nixxi Chen) (Crichton)
(8) Northeastern def. (25) Binghamton [Hunter College AB] (Alex Bores) (Yang)
(9) UCLA def. (24) UPenn [Morristown AJ] (Avi Jayaraman) (Blaine)
(10) Caltech def. (23) UNC [Walt Whitman CS] (Caroline Sherrard) (Hertzig)
(22) Cal Berkeley def. (11) Villanova [Perkiomen Valley KG] (Karlyn Gorski) (Huberlie)
(21) Yale def. (12) Farleigh Dickinson [Whippany Park CJ] (Chris Jeng) (Scarola)
(13) Pittsburgh def. (20) Cooper Union [Bronx Science AK] (Arielle Kellman) (Jayaraman)
(14) Ohio State def. (19) Dartmouth [Ridge KS] (Kevin Shia) (Vehstedt)
(15) Lehigh def. (18) Duke [Millburn KJ] Kevin Justich) (Berryhill)
(17) Michigan def. (16) ARMY [Monticello MT] (Matt Thomas) (Fleyzor)

SWEET SIXTEEN
(1) Julliard def. (17) Michigan [Horace Greeley JK] (Johanna Katz) (Scarola)
(15) Lehigh def. (2) Cornell University [Anderson MV] (Madeline Vuong) (Berryhill)
(3) Maryland over (14) Ohio State [Walt Whitman BL] (Ben Lewis)
(13) Pittsburgh def. (4) Johns Hopkins [Bronx Science MD] (Matt Dunay) (Massey)
(5) Penn State def. (21) Yale [Bronx Science MP] (Melanie Plaza) (Choudhury)
(6) Northwestern def. (22) Cal Berkeley [Ridge VJ] Varun Jayaraman) (Gil-Montllor)
(7) Yale — Saybrook def. (10) Caltech [Ridge SC] Stephanie Caravias) (Mumper)
(8) Northeastern def. (9) UCLA [Lake Highland GB] Gurdane Bhutani) (Hertzig)

ELITE EIGHT
(1) Julliard def. (8) Northeastern [Chaminade MC] (Michael Contillo)
3-0 (Matt Scarola, Chetan Hertzig, Mira Chernick)
(7) Yale — Saybrook def. (15) Lehigh [Millburn MK] (Michael Katzman)
2-1 (*Hasan Massey, Anthony Berryhill, Anjan Choudhury)
(3) Maryland over (6) Northwestern [Walt Whitman EN] Ellen Noble)
(13) Pittsburgh def. (5) Penn State [Newburgh Free RZ] (Rob Zambito)
(Sean Mumper, Naveen Jayaraman, Petey Gil-Montllor)

FINAL FOUR
(1) Julliard over (13) Pittsburgh [Upper St. Clair JG] (J.P. Gooderham)
(3) Maryland over (7) Yale [Lexington GS] (Gabe Schonfeld)

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(1) Juliard def. (3) Maryland [Walt Whitman JK] (Jane Kessner)
5-0 (Mira Chernick, Sean Mumper, Petey Gil-Montllor, Ali Huberlie, Matt Scarola)

CHAMPION
(1) Julliard [Millburn TM] (Tess McNulty)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Tess McNulty — Millburn High School (NJ)
2. Madeline Vuong — Anderson High School (TX)
3. Ellen Noble — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
4. Gabe Schonfeld — Lexington High School (MA)
5. Michael Contillo — Chaminade High School (NY)

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Stefanie Rohde and Salman Syed

NIT FROSH-SOPH BREAKOUT ELITE EIGHT
(1) GW def. (8) Yeshiva [Bronx Science ES] (Emanuel Scorsch) (Fleyzor)
(2) RPI def. (7) Tisch Fine Arts [Cypress Bay RT] (Ryan Terrell) (Thanawala)
(3) Columbia University def. (6) Rutgers [Kinkaid SP] (Sunil Pai) (McNulty)
(4) USC def. (5) Cornell (Archith Murali) (Yang)

NIT FROSH-SOPH BREAKOUT FINAL FOUR
(1) GW def. (4) USC [Berkeley Carroll DS] (Dylan Scher)
(2) RPI def. (3) Columbia University [Monticello DC] (Dan Cook)

NIT FROSH-SOPH BREAKOUT CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
(1) GW [Walt Whitman SR] def. (2) RPI [Niskayuna SS] (Salman Syed)
3-0 (Liz Mullins, Ali Huberlie, Hannah Rothman)

NIT SOPHOMORE BREAKOUT CHAMPION
1) GW [Walt Whitman SR] (Stephanie Rohde)

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