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In this state, a family heirloom called Ashley’s Sack became the basis for the National Book Award winner All That She Carried. C. Vann Woodward won a Pulitzer in History for an adaptation of a diary of a woman from this state, Mary Chesnut. (10[1])Before (10[1])moving to Philadelphia, the abolitionist Grimké sisters were born and (10[1])raised in this state. A woman from this state named Floride (“flor-EED”) helped lead the shunning of Peggy Eaton in the Petticoat Affair. (-5[2])In the Nullification Crisis, (10[3])this state rejected the “Tariff of Abominations” (10[1])while led by John C. Calhoun. (10[1])For 10 points, name this state, the first to secede and the location of Fort Sumter (10[1])outside of Charleston. ■END■

ANSWER: South Carolina [or SC]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1100%0%0%81.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%22%74.44
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%0%71.71
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%0%68.83
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY10100%0%0%74.10
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%85.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%86.33

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Carter Pisocky (DII)Michigan D (UG)Ohio State B (DII) 4310
Connor McClellan (UG)Miami A (UG) Miami B (UG) 4410
Matthew Stall (DII)CWRU B (DII) Michigan C 5410
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan A (UG) 76-5
Anton Akroush (DII)Michigan State A Michigan B (UG)76-5
Venkat Das (DII)West Virginia A (UG) CWRU C (UG)8010
Adam Monusko (UG)Michigan A (UG) Jefferson County Scholars (DII)8010
Andrew Stappenbeck (DII)CWRU A (UG) Ohio State A (UG) 8010
Cole Polley (UG)Michigan B (UG)Michigan State A 8710
Brady Hagan (DII)Ohio State C (DII) Miami C (DII) 9310
Brooke Weiss (UG)West Virginia B (UG) Michigan State B 10910