IPA (2022 – 2023) Playoffs Match 3 Recap
Overview
The IPA 2022–2023 tournament resumed with the third and final IPA Playoffs match on April 16.
USC, Pomona, Georgia Tech and Columbia Law win their respective groups and will face each other in the IPA Finals at Susquehanna International Group’s headquarters on May 5. Columbia Law wins four of its five tables to take its group as the lowest seed.
9 seed USC wins Group A with an 18-point lead over 1 seed Vanderbilt, while 8 seed Emory and 16 seed Indiana trail by 28 and 34 points, respectively. Vanderbilt falls short of USC at most of its tables. USC qualifies for the IPA Finals, its first Finals appearance.
Average 16.5 pts·Std. dev. 5.92·Penalties 3
2 seed Pomona wins Group B with a five-point lead over 7 seed Carnegie Mellon, while 15 seed Yale and 10 seed Harvey Mudd trail by 12 and 13 points, respectively. Group B finishes as arguably the most competitive playoff group. Pomona qualifies for the IPA Finals, its first Finals appearance.
Average 17.5 pts·Std. dev. 3.32·Penalties 0
6 seed Georgia Tech wins Group C with a 13-point lead over 14 seed Harvard, while 3 seed Manchester and 11 seed Chicago Booth trail by 52 and 62 points, respectively. Georgia Tech puts up another strong performance with three table wins and qualifies for the IPA Finals, its first Finals appearance.
Average 16.75 pts·Std. dev. 8.18·Penalties 3
13 seed Columbia Law wins Group D with a 26-point lead over 4 seed Waterloo, while 5 seed Tufts and 12 seed Oxford trail by 27 and 43 points, respectively. Columbia Law dominates the match with four table wins and qualifies for the IPA Finals. This will be Columbia Law’s second IPA Finals appearance, after placing fourth in the 2022 IPA Finals.
Average 17 pts·Std. dev. 11.34·Penalties 2
Playoff Match 3 Table Leaders
| Name | Team |
| Maxwell Austin |  Emory University |
| Zachary Beller |  Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Michael Bonaventura | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Henry Burns |  Tufts University |
| Vikrant Goel |  Pomona College |
| Maxwell Guo | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Shrey Gupta |  University of Southern California |
| Neal Kapoor |  Columbia Law School |
| James Leung |  Yale University |
| Ryan Li | University of Southern California |
| Edward McDonald | Columbia Law School |
| Jonathan Pry | Columbia Law School |
| Casey Sandalow | Columbia Law School |
| Erik Tkachenko | Emory University |
| Andrew Voor |  Carnegie Mellon University |
| Charlie Welch |  Harvard College |
| Kevin Wu | Pomona College |
| Justin Yaker |  Indiana University |
| Austin Zhu | Yale University |
| Alvin Zou | Harvard College |
Group A
| Seed | Team | Points | Match 3 | Change | Status |
| 9 | USC | 70 | 20 | = | Qualified |
| 1 |  Vanderbilt | 52 | 12 | = | |
| 8 | Emory | 42 | 23 | ↑+1 | |
| 16 | Indiana | 36 | 11 | ↓-1 |
Group B
| Seed | Team | Points | Match 2 | Change | Status |
| 2 | Pomona | 60 | 17 | = | Qualified |
| 7 | Carnegie Mellon | 55 | 13 | = | |
| 15 | Yale | 48 | 20 | = | |
| 10 |  Harvey Mudd | 47 | 20 | = |
Group C
| Seed | Team | Points | Match 2 | Change | Status |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | 82 | 27 | = | Qualified |
| 14 | Harvard | 69 | 19 | = | |
| 3 |  Manchester | 30 | 8 | = | |
| 11 |  Chicago Booth | 20 | 13 | = |
Group D
| Seed | Team | Points | Match 3 | Change | Status |
| 13 | Columbia Law | 77 | 32 | = | Qualified |
| 4 |  Waterloo | 51 | 13 | = | |
| 5 | Tufts | 50 | 18 | = | |
| 12 |  Oxford | 29 | 5 | = |
Updates
The IPA tournament will resume with the IPA Finals on May 5.