Michigan State University Debate reached the final four in the junior varsity division at the American Debate Association Fall Championship last weekend.

The team of Miaomiao Zi, an interdisciplinary humanities freshman, and Glen Scully, a computer science freshman, bested teams from the Naval Academy, Monmouth University and the University of Houston in preliminary debates.

Zi and Scully entered elimination debates as the second overall seed because of their record in preliminary debates and their high ranking as individual speakers. Scully was named fifth overall speaker and Zi 15th. As the second seed, they received a bye through the octafinals round.

In the quarterfinals, Zi and Scully defeated a team from the University of Houston before losing a close semifinals debate against the University of Minnesota.

“Miaomiao and Glen have been having an amazing year,” said Kevin McCaffrey, MSU Debate Assistant Coach. “They’ve had strong showings at all of the tournaments they’ve attended and semifinals at the ADA Fall Championship is an awesome result.”

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