IPA (2024 – 2025) Match 2 Recap

Overview

Match 2 of the 2024–2025 season took place on February 1, bringing exciting shifts in the standings as teams battled for playoff contention.

Wisconsin maintains its lead in Group A, while Bocconi closes the gap with a strong performance. USC climbs the standings, while McGill, Cornell and Tufts will need to rebound in future matches.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 13.20·Penalties 0

Waterloo still leads Group B, while Virginia surges with a strong showing. Emory, Yale, Caltech and Chicago all remain in the mix.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 5.09·Penalties 0

Georgia Tech takes the lead in Group C, while Vanderbilt posts the top score of the match with 53 points to move into second and Harvard posts an impressive score to climb the standings. Carnegie Mellon remains in contention, and Imperial struggles with penalties.

Average 27.5 pts·Std. dev. 19.59·Penalties 5

Cambridge takes the lead in Group D with a strong showing, and Berkeley closes the gap on the top three. Johns Hopkins, Northwestern and Occidental remain competitive, while Harvey Mudd struggles with penalties.

Average 27.0 pts·Std. dev. 15.65·Penalties 8

Oxford still leads Group E, with Princeton and Wake Forest close behind. Booth struggles with penalties, while North Carolina and Washington both need a turnaround to stay competitive.

Average 25.33 pts·Std. dev. 15.32·Penalties 18

Michigan remains dominant in Group F, and Brown and Duke post solid performances. MIT, Warwick, NYU and Penn will need stronger scores in future matches to stay in contention.

Average 22.43 pts·Std. dev. 15.86·Penalties 32

Match 2 Table Leaders

Name	Team
Kunaal Agarwal	Virginia
Aitegin Akmatbekov	Wisconsin
Maysa Barandish	Berkeley
Timothy Bello	Northwestern
Elliot Boualaphanh	Vanderbilt
Michael Chang	Wisconsin
Welford Chen	Berkeley
Yuxuan Chen	Yale
Calvin Cigna	Wake Forest
Florian Daefler	Bocconi
Nicholas DelFranco	Michigan
Jack Elliott	Brown
Micah Elwyn	Georgia Tech
Harrison Emery	Cambridge
Vincent Guarnieri	Virginia
Conor Hines	USC
Eric Li	Cambridge
Rex Liu	Caltech
Jeremy Luo	Vanderbilt
Daniel Matten	Duke
Senne Michielssen	Princeton
Jack O’Donnell	Princeton
Sohil Patankar	Harvard
Andrew Peterson	Wisconsin
Alexander Prather	Michigan
Benjamin Roberts	Washington
Hugo Saint	Oxford
James Sohigian	Duke
Benjamin Tao	Vanderbilt
Matthew Wang	Waterloo

Group A

Team	Points	Match 2	Change
Wisconsin	89	47	No change
Bocconi	53	39	Up 4
McGill	53	18	Up 1
Cornell	50	12	Down 2
USC	50	31	Up 1
Tufts	45	23	Down 2

Group B

Team	Points	Match 2	Change
Waterloo	63	27	No change
Virginia	59	38	Up 4
Emory	56	23	Down 1
Yale	54	26	Down 1
Caltech	53	28	No change
Chicago	53	28	Down 2

Group C

Team	Points	Match 2	Change
Georgia Tech	76	39	Up 1
Vanderbilt	72	53	Up 3
Carnegie Mellon	68	13	Down 2
Harvard	56	42	Up 2
Claremont McKenna	37	13	Down 2
Imperial	25	5	Down 2

Group D

Team	Points	Match 2	Change
Cambridge	84	51	Up 2
Johns Hopkins	68	27	Down 1
Northwestern	62	27	Down 1
Berkeley	57	35	No change
Occidental	28	17	Up 1
Harvey Mudd	20	5	Down 1

Group E

Team	Points	Match 2	Change
Oxford	93	38	No change
Princeton	71	40	Up 1
Wake Forest	69	35	Down 1
Booth	35	23	Up 2
North Carolina	34	15	Down 1
Washington	16	1	Down 1

Group F

Team	Points	Match 2	Change
Michigan	90	38	No change
Brown	73	39	No change
Duke	53	36	Up 2
MIT	42	24	No change
Warwick	38	12	Down 2
NYU	20	7	No change
UPenn	10	1	No change

Updates

The IPA tournament will resume on February 15, 2025.