The University of Maryland A won NAQT's Mid-Atlantic Sectionals Saturday at UMBC in Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland A (Mike Starsinic, Dave Hamilton, Julie Singer, Willie Keller) defeated Virginia A (Anthony Airne, Brian Hight, John Kenney, Steve Grey) in a best of three playoff. Maryland A ran the gauntlet, going undefeated throughout the day. John Kenney led all scorers, with Tim Young (George Washington A), John Nam (Maryland B), Ed Cohn (Swarthmore), Julie Singer, Dave Hamilton, and Josh Miller (Swarthmore) were all-stars. Teams from Maryland, Virginia, George Washington, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Roanoke, and Johns Hopkins. In Division II, Virginia C defeated Maryland D for the championship. Virginia's Matt Brady was high scorer, while Minh Nguyen (Virginia) and Chad Groft (Maryland) were all-stars. A special thanks to everyone at UMBC, and for all the help from outside or team: Adam Fine, Arthur Fleming, Jason Dettelbach, Kenny Peskin, and James Dinan. We also appreciate everyone's understanding about the problems ordering pizza (one person at Papa John's was not enough to handle our sizeable order, nor could we find anyone else who would.) More information will be coming as available. Once again, congratulations to all the teams who played today. Thanks for a great tournament. Chris Truffer UMBC Here are the final results from the NAQT Mid-Atlantic Sectionals Championships: Team Statistics: Team Wins Losses PPG Opp PPG Bon Conv 1. Maryland A 12 0 497.1 122.5 21.48 2. Virginia A+ 10 2 384.6 153.3 18.20 3. Maryland B 10 2 323.8 141.3 16.20 4. George Washington A 9 3 317.1 151.7 16.81 Swarthmore 9 3 320.8 162.5 15.99 6. Maryland C* 6 6 126.3 230.1 9.63 Johns Hopkins 6 6 135.8 208.8 11.14 8. Virginia B 4 8 100.4 235.4 10.23 9. George Washington B 3 9 73.8 241.7 7.36 10. Roanoke 4 8 111.7 235.0 8.22 11. Virginia C** 2 10 92.1 245.4 8.59 Georgetown 2 10 96.3 265.8 10.08 13. Maryland D** 1 11 71.7 255.0 7.26 + Virginia A finished second by head-to-head tiebreaker, defeating Maryland B. Team PTU/TU/NEGS TU HEARD/RD PTS/TUH Maryland A 52/134/30 23.25 21.380 Virginia A 26/135/11 23.92 16.080 Maryland B 27/123/36 22.17 14.605 George Washington A 26/115/21 21.33 14.863 Swarthmore 15/132/9 22.17 14.474 Maryland C* 10/70/21 20.83 6.060 Johns Hopkins 7/72/15 21.25 6.392 Virginia B 1/64/23 20.92 4.801 George Washington B 1/54/15 20.75 3.554 Roanoke 5/71/14 22.42 4.981 Virginia C** 4/60/23 21.67 4.250 Georgetown 5/55/15 21.58 4.457 Maryland D** 5/48/16 22.23 3.221 Individual Statistics: Player Team Rounds PPG (PTS/TH) John Kenney Virginia A 12 66.67 (2.788) Tim Young George Washington A 12 65.00 (3.047) John Nam Maryland B 12 63.75 (2.876) Ed Cohn Swarthmore 12 58.33 (2.631) 5. Dave Hamilton Maryland A 12 56.25 (2.419) Julie Singer Maryland A 12 55.42 (2.387) Josh Miller Swarthmore 12 34.58 (1.56) Peter Austin Swarthmore 12 32.08 (1.447) Zeke Berdichevsky Maryland B 12 32.08 (1.447) 10. Anthony Airne Virginia A 12 30.42 (1.272) Mike Starsinic Maryland A 12 30.00 (1.290) Alex Richman Virginia B 12 29.17 (1.395) Jeff Boulier George Washington A 12 27.92 (1.309) Fong Hsu Johns Hopkins 12 27.50 (1.294) 15. Brian Hight Virginia A 12 27.08 (1.132) Rob Maryland C* 12 25.42 (1.220) Patrick Slaven Roanoke 12 25.00 (1.115) Matt Brady Virginia C** 12 22.92 (1.058) Willie Keller Maryland A 12 22.50 (0.968) 20. Kanishka Maryland C* 12 22.08 (1.060) Allison Holmes Georgetown 11 20.45 (0.947) Minh Nguyen Virginia C** 12 20.00 (0.923) Steve Friedman Georgetown 10 19.50 (0.903) Tim Leitzke Roanoke 12 19.17 (0.855) 25. Jonathan So Johns Hopkins 12 18.33 (0.863) Chad Groft Maryland D** 12 17.92 (0.805) Edmund Schluessel George Washington A 12 17.50 (0.820) Brendan McManus George Washington B 12 15.83 (0.763) Mark Tervakoski Maryland B 12 15.42 (0.696) 30. Steve Grey Virginia A 12 15.00 (0.627) Jon Needle George Washington B 12 14.17 (0.683) Moe Maryland C* 12 12.08 (0.580) Lakshmi Vadlamudi Johns Hopkins 12 11.67 (0.549) Matt Schiffler Virginia B 12 11.67 (0.560) 35. Alexis Mansfield Georgetown 10 10.00 (0.463) Josh Allen Maryland B 12 10.00 (0.451) John Paul Roop Roanoke 11 9.55 (0.426) Jeremiah Merceruio Roanoke 8.5 9.41 (0.420) Rick Terpstra George Washington A 12 7.92 (0.371) 40. Matt Nehmer George Washington B 12 7.92 (0.382) Jessie Stevens Maryland D** 12 7.92 (0.356) Patrick Schmahl Maryland D** 12 7.08 (0.318) Andy Hu Maryland D** 12 6.67 (0.300) Lee Aarons Johns Hopkins 12 5.00 (0.235) 45. Sparky Freiberg Georgetown 10 4.50 (0.208) Katie Bowers Virginia B 12 4.17 (0.199) Rachelle Laskan Virginia C** 12 3.33 (0.154) Khon Maryland C* 12 2.50 (0.12) Dan Larsen George Washington B 12 2.08 (0.100) 50. Johnathan Sjiem Fat Georgetown 7 0.00 (0.00) Shannon Cross Roanoke 4.5 0.00 (0.00) * Maryland C played as an exhibtion only team with an ineligble player ** Division II Playoffs: Maryland A (12-0) entered the best 2 of 3 playoffs with a 1-0 advantage over Virginia A (10-2) Final Score: Maryland A 365 (4/10/6) - Virginia A 250 (1/7/1) Maryland A: Mike 1/4/1 Dave 2/1/2 Julie 1/3/3 Will 0/2/0 Virginia A: Steve 0/0/0 John 1/4/0 Brian 0/2/0 Anthony 0/1/1 Christopher Truffer UMBC Quiz Bowl