Eight students traveled to St. Louis, MO for the Webster University Gorlok Invitational this past weekend.  38 schools attended the tournament from all over the country.  Creighton University, Purdue University, Rice University, Truman State University, University of Nebraska, University of the Pacific, and Western Kentucky University.

In individual events, Samantha Sangenito advanced to the final round in Informative Speaking.  In the final round, Samantha finished in 1st place!

In debate, there were 78 debaters in the open division.  This was the largest open division ever in a regular season tournament.  Only nationals has ever been larger.  Lafayette placed three debaters in the top 16 at the tournament.  Teevrat Garg (5-1 record), James Hilbert (4-2) and Samantha Sangenito (4-2) all advanced to the octafinal round to place in the top 16.  Senior, Teevrat Garg was named 5th speaker at the tournament and Junior, James Hilbert was named 16th speaker at the tournament.

This weekend, Lafayette travels to Boston, MA for the Suffolk University tournament!  Wish us luck!