IMG_0538Stanford, CA -- Congratulations to Peninsula's Arjun Tambe and Akhil Jalan for closing out the 2015 Stanford Invitational! In semifinals, Akhil defeated Mission San Jose's Shivane Sabharwal, Arjun defeated Harvard-Westlake's Nick Steele. Congratulations to Arjun and Akhil for advancing to elims undefeated and closing out the tournament!Stanford is quarterfinals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions! The tournament will run six preliminary rounds, with breaks to triple octafinals. Pairings can be found on Tabroom: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=3593 Top Speakers

  1. Peninsula - Arjun Tambe

  2. Del Mar - Varun Bhave

  3. Peninsula - Akhil Jalan

  4. Oakwood - Jack Wareham

  5. Saratoga - Shrey Desai

  6. Lake Highland - Michael Corder

  7. Harvard-Westlake - Nick Steele

  8. Mission San Jose - Anand Balaji

  9. John Marshall - David Dosch

  10. Miramonte - Andrew Bower

 Triple OctafinalsPeninsula AJ advances without debatingPeninsula AT advances without debatingDougherty Valley SZ over Dougherty Valley RBOakwood AM def MSJ PBDel Mar KK def Milpitas SXInterlake AL def Lake Highland MCoWDM Valley TG def MSJ LSPeninsula JL def Mountain View DZPresentation MS def Lake Highland JNLos Altos JN def WDM Valley TFHarvard-Westlake NS def Los Altos SNSaratoga SD def Del Mar NKLoyola DW def Bellarmine HSHarvard-Westlake CE def Loyola JOEvergreen Valley KV def Fairview TWMiramonte AB def Oakwood ABLoyola NR def Palo Alto GCDel Mar VB def Lynbrook NSMiramonte TK def Loyola BSBASIS Scottsdale CD def William Enloe WSMeadows KB def Citrus Valley SOLynbrook DW def San Marino NLLa Canada AZ def Palo Alto AMMSJ AB def Mountain View VPPeninsula KK def Bainbridge CWPeninsula JZ def Lynbrook VVMSJ SS def Harvard-Westlake EEHawken NK def Lake Highland MKLoyola ZM def Meadows MSJohn Marshall DD def La Reina EPOakwood JW def Rancho Bernardo ITDel Mark KB def Lynbrook HW Double OctafinalsPeninsula AJ def Del Mar KB 3-0 (DeLateur, Amestoy, Alvarez)Interlake AL def BASIS Scottsdale CD 2-1 (Harris, Alvarez*, Damerdji)MSJ SS def Los Altos JN 3-0 (Millman, Peiris, Lin)Peninsula JL def Loyola ZM 3-0 (Millman, Liu, Damerdji)Oakwood JW def Bellarmine HS 2-1 (Yanofsky, Go*, Guthrie)MSJ AB def Miramonte AB 3-0 (Yanofsky, Lonam, Hudgens)Hawken NK def Harvard-Westlake CE 3-0 (McHugh, Overing, Tarsney)John Marshall DD def MSJ PB 2-1 (Overing*, Lin, Jaffer)Lynbrook DW def Presentation MS 3-0 (Amestoy, Overing, Matson)Miramonte TK def Peninsula JZ 2-1 (Fife, Overing, Jacobson*)Del Mar VB def Loyola NR 3-0 (Hughes, Liu, Fife)Dougherty Valley SZ def Saratoga SD 2-1 (Hughes, Goyal*, Berger)Harvard Westlake NS def Meadows KB 2-1 (Berger, Newkirk*, Theis)Peninsula AT def WDM Valley TG 2-1 (Letak, Newkirk, Getty*)Del Mar KK def Peninsula KK 2-1 (Goyal*, Letak, Sabharwal)La Canada AZ def Evergreen Valley KV 2-1 (Peiris, Perdomo, Sabharwal*) OctafinalsPeninsula AT def La Canada AZ 3-0 (Overing, Lin, Amestoy)MSJ AB def Dougherty Valley SZ 3-0 (Peiris, Yanofsky, Alderete)John Marshall DD def Miramonte TK 3-0 (Letak, Harris, Liu)Harvard-Westlake NS def Hawken NK 3-0 (Theis, Amestoy, Go)Del Mar KK def Oakwood JW 3-0 (Lonam, Jacobson, Sabharwal)MSJ SS def Peninsula JL 3-0 (Tarsney, Fife, Jacobson)Del Mar VB def Interlake AL 3-0 (Liu, Lonam, McGinnis)Peninsula AJ def Lynbrook DW 2-1 (Letak, Overing*, Peiris) Quarterfinals (bid)Harvard-Westlake NS def John Marshall DD (David Dosch) 2-1 (Jacobson, Alderete*, Amestoy)Peninsula AT def MSJ AB (Anand Balaji) 3-0 (Lin, Fife, Yanofsky)MSJ SS def Del Mar KK (Kevin Krotz) 3-0 (Liu, Letak, Lonam)Peninsula AJ def Del Mar VB (Varun Bhave) 2-1 (Fagan, Harris*, Leone) SemifinalsPeninsula AT def Harvard-Westlake NS (Nick Steele) 2-1 (Leone, Jacobson, Amestoy*)Peninsula AJ def MSJ SS (Shivane Sabharwal) 2-1 (Yanofsky, Liu*, Letak) Co-ChampionsPeninsula AT (Arjun Tambe) and Peninsula AJ (Akhil Jalan)