New York, NY -- Congratulations to Hunter College's Ben Laufer for winning the 2015 Columbia Invitational, held at Columbia University in the City of New York. In finals, Ben defeated Sacred Heart's Adam Tomasi on a 2-1 decision (Ulene, Kwan, Koh*). Congratulations to Ben for winning the tournament and finishing his qualification to the Tournament of Champions, and to Adam for reaching finals. Ben is coached by Danny Li; Adam is coached by Jacob Nails.Columbia is a finals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions. Pairings can be found on Tabroom: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=3339 OctafinalsCambridge OS def Manchester Essex NA 3-0Byram Hills PE def Harrison MZ 2-1Bronx Science CL def Harrison RP 3-0Byram Hills AJ def Collegiate EW 3-0Hunter College BL def Harrison AE 3-0Sacred Heart AT def Benjamin Cardozo AB 3-0Hunter College NP def Bronx Science DR 3-0Collegiate DK over Collegiate KY QuarterfinalsByram Hills AJ def Cambridge OS 3-0 (Farrell, Gichan, Hertzig)Byram Hills PE def Collegiate DK 3-0 (Aguirre, Haughton, Jain)Hunter College BL def Bronx Science CL 3-0 (Heizelman, Koh, Kuzmenko)Sacred Heart AT def Hunter College NP 2-1 (Kymn*, Stafford, Ulene) SemifinalsHunter College BL def Byram Hills AJ (Amos Jeng) (Gichan, Kymn, Heizelman)Sacred Heart AT def Byram Hills PE (Paul Erlanger) (Bhat, Biel, Haughton) FinalsHunter College BL def Sacred Heart AT (Adam Tomasi) 2-1 (Koh*, Kwan, Ulene) ChampionHunter College BL (Ben Laufer)