Dartmouth's College Bowl team won the New England Regional Championship this weekend at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., and will head to the National Championships at the University of Florida in Gainesville at the end of April.
The team, composed of captain Grant Bosse '94, Ted Schuerzinger '94, Steve Schmidt '97, Dan Clark '97 and alternate Michael New '97, defeated Harvard University in the championship game of the 17-team tournament, avenging a loss to Harvard in the finals of the same tournament last year.
Schuerzinger, Dartmouth's high scorer, was voted to the tournament's all-star team, Bosse said.
The team finished the tournament with an 11-1 record, defeating Connecticut College in the semifinals. Dartmouth was ranked 11th in the January polls, but Bosse said he expects their recent performance will improve their ranking.
College Bowl competitions test the team members' knowledge of general trivia, Bosse said. Government Professor Tom Nichols, who appeared on Jeopardy earlier this month, advises the group.
The team's meetings are open to all students and potential members can expect intense preparation.
"We have practices twice a week where we go over questions from past tournaments," Bosse said. The group attends two or three tournaments each term.
