U.VA. COLLEGE BOWL TEAM WINS BERTH AT NATIONAL COMPETITION

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 3 -- The University of
VirginiaÕs College Bowl team is preparing for national competition
after winning its regional tournament for the fifth consecutive year.
	Twenty teams competed in the regional tournament Feb. 24-26
at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  The U.Va. team won
11-0, defeating Vanderbilt in the finals.  The team has won the
regional tournament six out of the last seven years.
	ÒThe region in which the University competes is the toughest
in the nation, containing such strong College Bowl programs as
Vanderbilt and the University of North Carolina.  It is the only
region to produce four different national champions,Ó said U.Va.
team coach Thomas F. Michael.
	The region contains schools in Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.
	To prepare for the national championships April 28-30 at the
University of Akron in Ohio, team members will hold bi-weekly
practices, engage in question writing and play several other
tournaments.  Among the 16 teams at the national tournament will be
those from Harvard, Cornell, Princeton and Stanford.
	The U.Va. team won the national competition in 1993 and was
runner-up in 1994.
	The team consists of 19 members including the five who
competed at the regional tournament:  John Harris, captain; Phil
Odonoghue; Charles Odell; Andrew Yaphe; and Steve Gray. 
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March 2, 1995
	FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Tom Michael at (804) 924-5318
(office) or (804) 979-1765 (home) or John Harris at (804) 979-4789.