Will McDermott ‘22
Staff Editor
The JD/MBAs held their Feb Club event this past Friday at Trinity, and surprise, surprise, it was a beer pong tournament. This was a good opportunity for many of us to finally see eye-to-eye with our North Grounds neighbors (pun intended).
The event was a hit with a whopping sixty-four teams signed up. The event was such a hit that there was a waitlist with four teams on reserve in the event that people didn’t show. Big shoutout to Ethan Silverman, JD/MBA ’21 for putting everything together.
“I’m just thrilled that so many good people from each of Darden and Law came together for the evening with something in common to bond over. Also, it is so perfect that we had in the Final Four one 1L, 2L, 3L, and Darden team to represent our North Grounds community. Can’t wait for next year!”
We crowned the team “Live, Laugh, Love” as champions. Congrats to Drew Calamaro ’21 and Zach Turk ’21, beautiful team name and impressive performance. We owe our finalists Beernie kegStanders [J. Carr Gamble ’22 and Tallulah Tepper ’22] a congratulations as well; they fought a hard journey to the finals but ultimately ended up falling short.
“Our closest game was in the opening round against Saucy and Notorious [Davin Laskin ’22 and Will McDermott (me) ’22]; the two came out strong. After that first game we got in the groove and knew nothing could stop us.” Calamaro said after the event.
Trinity was a great venue, even with the 150+ in attendance there was just enough room for the two schools to mingle without having to physically touch each other. My only regret was being one of the first teams to play. We weren’t going to beat Live, Laugh, Love anyway, but another twenty minutes of entertaining the fantasy would have been nice at least.
The team names obviously did not disappoint. Some interesting ones: Two Guys, Six Cups; Two Guys, Ten Cups;Size Matters; ~Lean and Tight 2020~; Brown v. Board of Intoxication; Learned Handz; ModeloVirus; and The Beerie Doctrine.
Overall, the event was a huge success. It was a great way to take it easy the day before the Barrister’s Ball. We’re definitely looking forward to keeping the championship trophy at the Law School next year. But we should watch out, I’d bet Darden will be working hard this offseason, Lord knows they have nothing better to do. To those who wish they performed better––hit the gym, watch game film, and work on your technique. We’ll see you next year.
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