MavForensics Splits Squad!

(Photo: Preston did not want to leave Queeny's side, as the underclassmen got ready to leave for Minnesota.)

Welcome back friends! MavForensics has been staying busy with travel, practice, and plenty of tournament preparation. Though it took some physical breaking up of hugs and embraces, last weekend the team parted ways. It was the first time all year the team has split squad as Senior Lauren Ackerman and Juniors Cole Evans, Trae Graham, and Queeny Pimentel stayed in Omaha for the Creighton Double-Up and Sophomores Dan Cutter, Karlee Currin and Freshman Catie Zaleski, Preston Prauner, and Bridget Hames went north to attend the Larry Schnoor Invitational in Mankato, MN and the Bill Robertz Invitational in St. Peter, MN. The upperclassmen were graced with the luxury of sleeping in their own beds back in Omaha, a gift given rarely in the speech world. However, the freshmen and sophomores battled travel to not only Minnesota, but to TWO different campuses in Minnesota! Luckily, both groups were able to pull themselves from either town to town in a foreign state or out of their own comfy beds to all the way down the street. Yet, it was the distance from each other that weighed on all of the students’ minds. Thanks to Facetime, Skype, and the magic of cell phones the ailing groups were able to cure their familial withdrawals long enough to have a great showing at all ofthe tournaments, including an individual sweepstakes championship by novice Nithya Rajagopalan! Check out results:

(Photo: Upperclassmen to novices, traveling coaches to competitors staying home, everyone had parting words of inspiration to share.)


Larry Schnoor Invitational Saturday October 20^th:

Extemporaneous Speaking:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 1^st

Duo Interpretation:

Prauner/Zaleski, 3^rd

Program of Oral Interpretation:

Dan Cutter, 4^th

Persuasive Speaking:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 1^st

Preston Prauner, 2^nd

Bridget Hames, 3^rd

Communication Analysis:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 2^nd

Prose Interpretation:

Dan Cutter, 2^nd

Dramatic Interpretation:

Catie Zaleski, 2^nd

Karlee Currin, 4^th

Impromptu Speaking:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 2^nd

Dan Cutter, 6^th

Individual Sweepstakes:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 1^st

Dan Cutter, 2^nd

Team Sweepstakes:

UNO, 2^nd

Quality Team Sweepstakes Award:

UNO, 1^st

(The Quality Award is a special award given to the team with the highest quality of competition. It is determined by the number of points a team earns compared to the size of the team’s entry in the tournament.)

(Photo: The northern team having some fun and loosening up at warm ups!)

Bill Robertz Invitational Sunday October 21^st:

Communication Analysis:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 2^nd

Program of Oral Interpretation:

Catie Zaleski, 1^st

Persuasive Speaking:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 1^st

Preston Prauner, 3^rd

Bridget Hames. 4^th

Prose Interpretation:

Karlee Currin, 2^nd

Dan Cutter, 3^rd

Duo Interpretation:

Currin/Hames, 1^st

Prauner/Zaleski, 2^nd

Currin/Cutter, 4^th

Extemporaneous Speaking:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 3^rd

Poetry Interpretation:

Dan Cutter, 2^nd

Dramatic Interpretation:

Catie Zaleski, 3^rd

Impromptu Speaking:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 1^st

Dan Cutter, 4^th

Individual Sweepstakes:

Dan Cutter, 1^st

Preston Prauner, 2^nd

Team Sweepstakes:

UNO, 1st

Creighton Double-Up Saturday October 20^th:

Prose Interpretation:

Lauren Ackerman, 3^rd

Program of Oral Interpretation:

Traelon Graham, 1^st

Queeny Pimentel, 2^nd

Lauren Ackerman, 3^rd

Duo Interpretation:

Evans/Graham, 1^st

Ackerman/Pimentel, 4^th

Poetry Interpretation:

Cole Evans, 2^nd

Team Sweepstakes for Saturday:

UNO, 3^rd

Creighton Double-up Sunday October 21^st:

Prose Interpretation:

Lauren Ackerman, 2^nd

Queeny Pimentel, 3^rd

Traelon Graham, 4^th

Program of Oral Interpretation:

Queeny Pimentel, 2^nd

Lauren Ackerman, 3^rd

Traelon Graham, 6^th

Poetry Interpretation:

Cole Evans, 1^st

Lauren Ackerman, 4^th

Duo Interpretation:

Ackerman/Pimentel, 1^st

Evans/Graham, 4^th

Individual Sweepstakes for Sunday:

Lauren Ackerman, 2nd

Team Sweepstakes for Sunday:

UNO, 3^rd

Overall Sweepstakes for Creighton Double-up:

UNO, 3rd

(Photo: Upperclassmen at the Creighton Double-Up!)

Thank you for keeping up with our wonderful students! This week the team hosted a tournament here on the lovely UNO campus. The tournament is the Halloween Swing, cohosted with Doane College. FYI: It is Muppet themed and we WILL have pics! Thanks again for following! For more results follow us on Twitter @UNOForensics.