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Summary
The unidentified goalie for Green Mountain College blocks a shot by an unidentified player from Ives Pond at the first large Intercollegiate Quidditch Tournament held at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 26 October, 2008.

Quidditch is based on the sport from JK Rowling's Harry Potter books and in 2005, Middlebury College adapted it into a real-life game similar to soccer, rubgy and dodegball.

Twelve teams in the tournament are:
 * Middlebury College
 * Princeton University
 * Vassar College
 * Louisiana State University
 * University of Washington
 * McGill University
 * University of Massachusetts
 * Boston University
 * Chestnut Hill
 * Emerson College
 * Green Mountain College
 * and Ives Pond, a club team from Buffalo, New York.

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