Cambridge, MA -- Congratulations to University's David Branse for winning the 2015 Harvard Invitational! In finals, David defeated Cypress Bay's Jake Steirn on a 3-0 decision (Drucker, Kymn, Massey). Congratulations to both debaters! David is coached by Zach Prax, Tom Evnen, and Grant Reiter. Jake is coached by Megan Loden, Grant Reiter, Bob Overing, Robbie Steirn, Martin Sigalow, Nick Montecalvo, Ben Miller, Tim West, Sam Azbel, Michael Fried, and Coach Doug.Harvard is an octafinals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions. Due to inclement weather, the second day of competition was canceled, after four preliminary rounds on Saturday. The tournament resumed on Monday morning, with breaks to a triple octafinal round.For pairings, check out Tabroom: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=3610 Triple OctafinalsHopkins SG def Bronx Science JSEvanston EW def Harrison RPHunter College NP def Lexington JKUniversity DB def Plano East SAWestlake DB def Dulles AWByram Hills AJ def North Allegheny JZEvanston CT def Walt Whitman NLKinkaid TG def duPont Manual XHHawken NK def Scarsdale AYLake Highland NK def Brophy BMLake Highland RS def Walt Whitman LKWalt Whitman SC def Lexington PCSacred Heart AT def Pinecrest MSHarrison SR def Concord Carlisle DLHarrison SO def Lake Highland AACypress Bay JS def Lake Highland SPMillburn WH def American Heritage JYClements FT def Stuyvesant KWDulles NB def Crandall GPHarrison AG def Scarsdale MBEastside Catholic TD def Scarsdale DWWoodlands College Park VM def Clements RGHarrison KK def Lake Highland KPStrake Jesuit SM def Ridge SKHarvard-Westlake CC def University JRGlenbrook JB def Cambridge PONorth Allegheny GR def Dulles KSScarsdale RG def Collegiate DKHunter College SC def Ridge NPLexington DA def Montville EHDurham DB def St. Thomas JBHunter College BL def Episcopal AB Double OctafinalsDulles NB def Glenbrook JB 3-0Eastside Catholic TD def Byram Hills AJ 2-1Harvard-Westlake CC def Strake Jesuit SM 3-0Hunter College BL def Woodlands College Park VM 3-0Sacred Heart AT def Westlake DB 3-0Hunter College NP def Lake Highland RSClements FT def North Allegheny GR 3-0Lexington DA def Millburn WH 3-0Scarsdale RG def Lake Highland NK 2-1Cypress Bay JS def Evanston EW 2-1Hawken NK def Walt Whitman SC 2-1Evanston CT def Kinkaid TG 2-1Hopkins SG def Durham DB 2-1University DB def Hunter College SC 3-0Harrison KK over Harrison AGHarrison SR over Harrison SO Octafinals (bid)Harrison KK def Hawken NK (Nicole Kastelic) 3-0 (Bhat, Fitzgerald, Li)University DB def Harrison SR (Sarah Ryan) 3-0 (Begley, Drucker, Szulanski)Lexington DA def Evanston CT (Carlos Taylor) 2-1 (Tartakovsky, Gorthey, Hertzig*)Hunter College NP def Sacred Heart AT (Adam Tomasi) 2-1 (Massey, Harris, Guha-Majumdar)Hunter College BL def Clements FT (Felix Tan) 3-0 (Gofman, Chocolate, Richards)Harvard-Westlake CC def Dulles NB (Nolan Burdett) 2-1 (Koshak*, Koh, Chernick)Cypress Bay JS over Eastside Catholic TD (Tinuola Dada)Scarsdale RG over Hopkins SG (Sam Greenwald) QuarterfinalsCypress Bay JS def Harvard-Westlake CC (Cameron Cohen) 3-0 (Gorthey, Drucker, Yim)Lexington DA def Harrison KK (Kathryn Kenny) 2-1 (Li, Evnen, Richards*)University DB def Hunter College NP (Nina Potischman) 2-1 (DeBois, Millman*, Massey)Scarsdale RG over Hunter College BL (Ben Laufer) SemifinalsCypress Bay JS def Lexington DA (Dan Alessandro) 3-0 (Evnen, Kymn, Posner)University DB def Scarsdale RG (Rahul Gosain) 3-0 (DeBois, Ditzian, Massey) FinalsUniversity DB def Cypress Bay JS (Jake Steirn) 3-0 (Drucker, Kymn, Massey) ChampionUniversity DB (David Branse)