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2019 Youth NABC: Berkeley wins Collegiate Bowl
Source: Las Vegas NABC Bulletin 9
The University of California at Berkeley successfully defended its title in the Collegiate Bridge Bowl Championship, defeating the University of Chicago in the final, 78–57. Playing for Berkeley was Stella Wan, Kevin Rosenberg, Jess Chao, Foster Tom and Armin Askari. The squad won $10,000 in scholarship money for the victory.
The Chicago lineup was Zihan Tan, Cynthia Huang, Ilan Wolff, Raphael Hallerman and Boris Fang. Chicago collected $5000 in scholarship money for second place.
In the playoff for third-fourth, the Georgia Tech Gold team beat Northwestern 51-42.The Georgia Tech roster was Shengding Sun, Cyrus Hettle, Zhuangdi Xu, Richard Jeng and Santhosh Karnik. Third place was awarded $3000.Northwestern: Fourth in the Collegiate Bridge Bowl was Northwestern: Coach Phil McPeek, Liwei Zeng, Daniel Weiss, Sarik Goyal and Kyle Rockoff.The Northwestern team was Liwei Zeng, Kyle Rockoff, Daniel Weiss and Sarik Goyal, and they earned $2000.
In the semifinal round, Chicago narrowly defeated Northwestern 67–65 to advance, while Berkeley beat Georgia Tech 57–30.
Don’t forget – you can still enter for the 6th World Youth Open Bridge Championships being held in Croatia from 20 – 29 August.