Fall 2018 Season

WesMock kicked off the unstacked portion of our season by sending two split stacked teams, Team Muoio and Team Lieb, to the first annual New England Classic hosted by the University of Connecticut on October 27-28. There, Team Lieb came in third with a 6-2-0 record, and Team Muoio came in second with a 7-1-0 record. Ethan Addis won an award for his outstanding performance as a plaintiff attorney and Nell Buechler each won an award for her outstanding performance as a defense attorney.

Teams Leib and Muoio at the UConn tournament. Left to right: Tobias Wertime, Ethan Addis, Nika Litt, Lucine Poturyan, Jillian Pincus, Virginia Sciolino, Akaash Waghmode, Fitzroy “Pablo” Wickham, Isabella Morais, Samantha Lao, Lincoln Alkind, Kathryn Machanic, Sam Brumer, and Nell Buechler.

On November 3-4, Split-stacked team Hamimtt competed at Mumbo Jumbo, where they won the Spirit of Mumbo (SpMumbo, if you will). Heather Pincus won an award for her outstanding performance as a double-sided attorney (19 ranks plaintiff, 19 ranks defense). New members Elodie Frey, Phoebe Nance, and Kathryn Campbell did a phenomenal job at their first college mock trial competition ever! Full results here.

Team Hammitt at Mumbo Jumbo. Back row, left to right: Elodie Frey, Joshua Ng, Nell Buechler, Jonah Skolnik, Nia Eddy-Pia. Front row: Kathryn Campbell, Heather Pincus, and Phoebe Nance.

On November 10-11, team Team Leib competed at arguably the most competitive invitational of the fall semester, “Black Squirrel,” hosted by Haverford College Mock Trial in Philadelphia, PA. Team Lieb came away with 3 ballots and tied for the highest CS in the tournament (CS 20). Team Lieb dropped ballots against top-tier teams by extremely small margins, and everyone learned a lot from competing in the Nationals courthouse against some of the best teams in the country.

Team Leib at Black Squirrel. Back row, left to right: Sam Brumer, Tobias Wertime, Nika Litt, Lucine Poturyan. Front row: Lincoln Alkind, Jillian Pincus, Ethan Addis, and Heather Pincus.

On the weekend of November 17-18, teams Muoio and Hammitt both competed at the Scarlet Knight Invitational at Rutgers University. Team Hammitt won first place, going 7-1-0 with a CS of 19! Team Muoio also had a very strong showing, going 4-3-1. Heather Pincus won an award for her outstanding performance as a double sided attorney for Team Hammitt (17 ranks plaintiff, 17 ranks defense) and Virginia Sciolino won an award for her outstanding performance as a plaintiff attorney for Team Muoio (20 ranks).