Michigan State University Debate won the George Ziegelmueller Invitational Tournament hosted by Wayne State University this past weekend.

Ephraim Bennett, computer science sophomore, and David Koster, political science-prelaw and economics junior in the Honors College, bested teams from Missouri State University, Samford University, and Wayne State University in preliminary debates.

Bennett and Koster entered the elimination debates as the fourth overall seed. In elimination debates, they defeated teams from Missouri State University and Wichita State University before coming out on top against Wayne State University in the championship debate.

Bennett and Koster also received speaker awards at the tournament. Speaker points are given to each individual debater in preliminary debates. Bennett was the seventh overall speaker and Koster was the sixth overall speaker.

“This is an exciting result,” said Will Repko, MSU Debate Head Coach. “It was a challenging field of competitors but Ephraim and David were debating so well – they deserve this win.”

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