The Bloomsburg University Forensics Team won the first-place Team Sweepstakes Trophy out of six schools at the Collegiate Forensic Association’s annual Fall Speech and Debate Tournament hosted by the University of Lynchburg on Nov. 5-6. Thirteen out of 15 BU students combined to win 50 individual and team speaking awards, including first-place awards in nine of the 13 events at the tournament.

Emme Reiser from Slatington took first in Communication Analysis; second in Dramatic Duo with Lindsey Garnel; and sixth in Extemporaneous Speaking.

This was the second straight tournament that BU won first place. BU captured first place two weeks ago at the Randolph-Macon College Invitational Tournament. BU finished ahead of Randolph-Macon College, University of Lynchburg, Shepherd University, Cleveland State Community College (Tennessee), and Lenoir-Rhyne University at Lynchburg.