NTHU Wins Meichu Tournament

This year’s Meichu Tournament between NTHU and National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) came to a dramatic conclusion on the evening of March 4^th, with NTHU winning the Meichu trophy for the first time since 2009. As purple ribbons celebrating the victory fell from the sky, the NTHU gymnasium erupted with fervent cheers and even tears of joy.

In this year's ten official competitions, NTHU won six: table tennis, baseball, women's basketball, chess, bridge, and women's volleyball. The victory was especially meaningful since this was the 50th anniversary of the Tournament, and was broadcast live for alumni who couldn’t attend in person.

Throughout the Tournament, NTHU President Hocheng Hong was on the sidelines cheering for his teams. After the women's volleyball team made a decisive comeback in the final match, thereby bringing the coveted Meichu trophy back to NTHU after an eight-year hiatus, Hocheng made a heart gesture and declared, “That’s the Meichu Spirit! What a tremendous effort! Let’s keep it up for another 50 years!” The last two competitions were men’s and women’s volleyball. Although the men's volleyball team put up a good battle, they lost the match, leaving the final outcome of the Tournament to the women's volleyball match. After losing the first set, the women's volleyball team quickly recovered and won the second and third sets.

By the fourth set, the Tsinghua Women's Volleyball Team was in top form, winning the set, match, and trophy, whereupon the entire stadium was shaken by the screams of NTHU’s overjoyed fans.

Results of the 2018 Meichu Tournament

Date	Match	Score		Winning school	Official match tally
Date	Match	NTHU	NCTU	Winning school	NTHU	NCTU
March 2	Billiards (exhibition match)	3	0	NTHU	-	-
	Women’s table tennis (exhibition match)	3	0	NTHU	-	-
	Soccer (ordinary) (exhibition match)	1	7	NCTU	-	-
	Kendo (exhibition match)	7	4	NTHU	-	-
	Table tennis	4	1	NTHU	1	-
	Badminton	2	3	NCTU	-	1
	Men’s badminton (exhibition match)	1	1	Tied	-	-
March 3	Bridge	21	14	-	-	-
	Go (exhibition match)	5	6	NCTU	-	-
	Women’s tennis (exhibition match)	2	1	NTHU	-	-
	Tennis	2	3	NCTU	-	1
	Baseball	12	2	NTHU	1	-
	Women’s basketball	55	37	NTHU	1	-
	Men’s basketball	53	62	NCTU	-	1
March 4	Bridge	51.73	28.27	NTHU	1	-
	Darts (exhibition match)	9	13	NCTU	-	-
	Chess	4	2	NTHU	1	-
	Soccer (open) (exhibition match)	1	7	NCTU	-	-
	Softball (ordinary) (exhibition match)	10	8	NTHU	-	-
	Softball (open) (exhibition match)	8	9	NCTU	-	-
	Men’s volleyball	0	3	NCTU	-	1
	Women’s volleyball	3	1	NTHU	1	-
Official match totals					6	4