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Got our feet wet starting our season at a very small initial event -- just five teams, playing a double round robin. Both Carleton teams lost twice to both Chicago teams, twice beat a winless Drake squad, and had two games versus each other, with "A" winning both. Three frosh -- Carsten Gehring, Frank Firke, and Max Bearak -- made their Carleton debuts on the B team, along with sophomore Tom Sullivan. Carleton A was seniors Garrett Ryan and Ted Kuhn, and sophomores Austin Bell and Andreas Stoehr. Individually, Garrett was the tournament's #3 scorer, Carsten #5, and Austin #7.
Hmm, left to the coach to write something about this. Garrett, Andreas, Austin, and Tom went for Carleton, and played under pseudonyms, so who knows who scored what, except that "Shaft" scored about 2.5 times as many points as Blackula, Superfly, and Foxy Brown put together. They went 3-5, and then, things moving much more slowly than they had known it would, decided to take pity on the spectating set of parents and left the tournament early. Shortly after which, I (Eric) showed up to look in on how things were going, and was surprised to be told my team had just left. I read a round as a moderator, then actually played a game as Carleton (beating Grinnell, so I guess Carleton was sort of 4-5 before all the forfeits) and then had to leave myself, so that was that. Carsten was also at the open tournament, playing with other friends, on a team that went 3-11.
Nine of our freshmen attended this "novice" event, a nice first tournament choice for the six who were playing for us for the first time. The three who had already debuted in Iowa in October, Carsten, Frank, and Max, combined with Anna Swanson to win the tournament, undefeated at 10-0. Carsten and Frank were the tournament's #4 and #8 individual scorers, making Carleton "A" the only team to have two individuals in the top ten. Altogether they outscored their opponents 4270 to 1535 over 10 games. Carleton "B", which tied for 6th in the 11-team field at 4-6, was a rotation of Scott Fox, Dustin Anderson, Emily Barter, Collin Hazlett, and Becca Cordes, with one of the five playing each round with a combined "Extras" team knocked together to fill a schedule slot left empty by a no-show. For this team Scott finished 5th in overall individual scoring for the tournament -- and had a 9-tossup game during his one appearance on the "Extras" team.
Andreas, Austin, Carsten, and Frank attended this for us, and finished 3rd in the eleven-team field, losing only to Minnesota and Chicago. The individual scoring was nicely balanced among these four, with each of them averaging between 20.00 and 33.46 ppg. A good tournament.
It may not have been the most gracious thing for a host school to do, but we finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th in a 19-team field at our own tournament. (20 teams played, but the Iowa team that placed in between 2nd and 3rd was technically ineligible.) Going 10-1 on the day, losing only to that Iowa team, was the duo of Austin and Ted, playing as Old Possum's Book of Practical Carls. Runners-up were Michael Servis and Andreas, playing as 'Tis Pity She's a Carl, and going 10-2, with both losses at the hands of Austin/Ted. Then came the freshmen: Emily, Frank, Scott, and Anna, playing as Ode on the Death of a Favorite Carl, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, who went 9-3. In 5th, just behind Wisconsin, was Tom, playing solo as The Country of the Pointed Carls, and winding up 8-3. Not counting matches of Carls vs. Carls, our four teams' collective extramural record on the day was 32-4. Alright...
Farther south on the same day, Carsten joined two Iowa grad students to play at the Illinois Open, where his team went 9-3 to finish 4th. All in all, a very winning day for Carleton quizbowlers.
(Ahead. We are hosting, and may have house teams.)
(Ahead. Awaiting a location announcement, but we will certainly attend. No packet submission.)
(Ahead. Awaiting a location announcement; we would consider attending. Packet submission.)
(Ahead. We will attend with any team(s) that we may qualify through sectional play. No packet submission.)
(Ahead. We would consider attending. Packet submission.)
