PACE NSC results [more detailed]

• From: stipenn
• Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:39:54 -0700
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Twenty-two teams competed at the 2001 PACE
National Scholastics Championship, held at Bowling Green
State University in Bowling Green, OH, 16-17 June 2001.
[For those of you who were there, I apologize for my
absence Saturday morning; Mother Nature and US Airways
conspired to strand me in Pittsburgh from about 5 PM Friday
to shortly after noon on Saturday.]

After
seven preliminary rounds, the top twelve teams advanced
to a five-round quarterfinal round robin.


After the quarterfinals, the top two teams in each
bracket advanced to the semifinals, where Georgetown Day
School (Washington, DC, 5-0 in QF) defeated Detroit
Country Day School (Beverly Hills, MI, 4-1), and State
College Area HS A (State College, PA, 4-1) defeated
Detroit Catholic Central HS (Redford, MI, 5-0).

In
the finals, State College A defeated Georgetown Day
School to capture their fourth consecutive NSC
title.

All four schools, by qualifying for the semifinals,
have earned automatic bids to the 2002 NSC, scheduled
for 15-16 June 2002 at George Washington University
in Washington, DC.

In addition, the following
quarterfinalist teams have earned at-large bids to the 2002
NSC:

Governor's School for Government & International Studies
(Richmond, VA)
Maret HS (Washington, DC)
Plymouth
Canton Educational Park (Canton, MI)
Russellville HS
(Russellville, AL)
Adlai Stevenson HS (Lincolnshire,
IL)
Troy HS (Troy, MI)
Woodward Academy (College Park,
GA)

[State College B also made the quarterfinals, but PACE
rules stipulate that a school may not earn an automatic
bid and an at-large bid at the same tournament. Also,
an exhibition team, Team Illinois, competed,
although they were ineligible for the championship; they
went 5-2 in preliminary play, and later defeated
Detroit Country Day School in an exhibition
match.]

More detailed results will soon be posted at
<a href=http://www.pace-nsc.org target=new>http://www.pace-nsc.org</a> .

Congratulations to the above
teams.

--Samer Ismail
President, Partnership for Academic
Competition Excellence