Saint Vincent College team advances to semifinals at national moot court competition

LATROBE, PA - The Saint Vincent College team of Rebekah Bollman and Caleb Banwar advanced to the semifinals of the American Moot Court Association (AMCA) Fearless Challenge Regional on Oct. 25-26 at the University of Maryland.

Bollman, of Ambridge, and Banwar, of Youngwood, are seniors majoring in criminology, law and society. The lost in the semifinal round against a team from Maryland. In the individual standings, Bollman finished 14th and Banwar was 21st.

Matthew Thomas, a junior from Canonsburg, and Jacob Mock, a senior from Butler, came up one win shy of advancing to the final day of competition. Both students are political science majors.

"It was a tremendous showing for Saint Vincent's first time in the competition," said Bruce Antkowiak, JD, C'74, law professor and senior legal counsel to Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Archabbey.

Thirty-two teams, including groups from Georgetown University, the University of Virginia and the University of Toronto, competed in the AMCA Fearless Challenge Regional. Regent University's team of Hannah Cavanaugh and Caleb Brown took first place.