Michigan State University Debate had a team reach the Sweet 16 at the Harvard University Tournament this past weekend.
MSU Debate was represented in the octa-finals elimination debate by Ephraim Bennett, a computer science freshman, and Nate Glancy, an economics senior. Bennett and Glancy both debated in high school at Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois.
In preliminary debates, Bennett and Glancy defeated teams from Northwestern University, the University of Minnesota, California State University – Fullerton and the University of Kentucky. Winning four wins in preliminary debates qualified Bennett and Glancy for elimination debates.
Bennett and Glancy defeated a team from Emory University in the double octa-finals elimination debate before being bested by the University of Michigan in the Round of 16.
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