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ICCL Inaugural Tournament - September 28, 1996

The ICCL Inaugural Tournament was played in 4 rounds involved 10 teams from the US, Canada, and Sweden. Virginia Tech fielded 2 teams. Va Tech "A" was led by Spencer Grogin and finished in a tie for 4th place. Va Tech "B" included only freshman players and was led by Brian Salomon.

Players

Board Virginia Tech "A" Virginia Tech "B"
1 Farzad Valad Brian Salomon (c)
2 Jeff Schoenborn Peter Unden
3 Spencer Grogin (c) Ted Brookings
4 Thinh Van ??
alt Eric Mayo ??

School Results

Place School Match Points
1st Lund Univ. (Sweden) 4.0
2nd University of Chicago 2.5
  University of llinois 2.5
4th Toronto "A" 2.0
  Toronto "B" 2.0
  Virginia Tech "A" 2.0
  Worchester Polytechnic " 2.0
8th Western Kentucky 1.0 + bye
9th Virginia Tech "B" 1.0
10th Stetson University 0.0

ICCL League Play - December 1996 - April 1997

Virginia Tech A

Players
Farzad Valad
Jeff Schoenborn
Spencer Grogin
Thinh Van
Eric Mayo
Brendan Cleary
Scott Gash
"A" Matches
In Conference Date W-L-D Result
University of Chicago "A" February 8 1-1-1 Drawn
University of Illinois March 23 0-4-0 Lost
University of Maryland, Baltimore County April 10 2-2-0 Drawn
Non Conference
Western Kentucky University March 27 3-1-0 Won
Colorado College February 1 3-1-0 Won
University of Chicago "B" February 8 1-3-0 Lost
Games   10-12-1
tr> Match Points   3 of 6

Virginia Tech B

Players
Brian Salomon
Pejter Unden
Jeff Hlywa
Brian Wagner
Ted Brookings
"B" Matches
In Conference Date W-L-D Result
University of Louisville "A" Month dd, yy 3-1-0 Won
Western Kentucky University March 31 2-1-1 Won
University of Chicago "B" February 8 0-4-0 Lost
Non Conference
Fort Lewis College - - Won (forfeit)
University of Illinois December 14 0-4-0 Lost
University of Chicago "A" February 8 0-3-1 Lost
Games:   5-13-2
tr> Match Points   3 of 6

ICCL Season Finale - April 12, 1997

Eight schools from all over the US participated in the tournament. Virginia Tech tied for 6th place with 1.5/4 match points.

Players
Spencer Grogin
Brian Salomon
Peter Unden
Jeff Hlywa
Matches
School W-L-D Result
University of Louisville "A" 2 - 1 - 1 Won
University Texas, Dallas 0 - 4 - 0 Lost
University of Chicago 2 - 2 - 0 Draw
University of Georgia 1 - 3 - 0 Lost
Games: 5 - 10 - 1
tr> Match Points 1.5 of 4

School Results

# School R1 R2 R3 R4 Points
1 Illinois BYE W(2) W(5) D(4) 3.5
2 Georgia D(4) L(1) W(7) W(6) 2.5
3 Louisville L(6) D(7) BYE W(5) 2.5
4 Chicago D(2) BYE D(6) D(1) 2.5
5 UT-Dallas W(7) W(6) L(1) L(3) 2.0
6 Va Tech W(3) L(5) D(4) L(2) 1.5
7 Colorado College L(5) D(3) L(2) BYE 1.5

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