Playoff Preview April 15th – April 19th
Amelia Green, April 19th, 2024
Welcome to the Semifinals and Championships of our Vandal Esports Program! We have some extra news that will be of interest.
Counter-Strike 2
For the Semifinals of the ECAC playoff tournament, our Vandals competed with the very impressive St. Clair College. While this did end in our loss, we will be competing next week for third place against a currently unknown opponent. It will either be Fisher West or Northeastern University. The match itself ended 0-3.
Rainbow Six: Seige
The R6 team had their Championship match against Keiser University on Thursday, the 18th. It was a 2-0 win and taking the Vandals’ second Championship win! Thanks to the R6 team’s hard work and determination throughout the season, they were able to achieve amazing feats.
Rocket League
An intense match-up against Redlands University for the NACE Championship led to a 4-0 win for the Vandals. It was a fantastic show of skill from our Varsity team that really showcased what they can do. Unfortunately, this is the end of the Rocket League season as well as the end of collegiate gaming for one of our varsity players. A farewell to Deyondre “ElBlastito” D; thank you for all of your hard work!
Valorant
For the championship match in NACE Valorant, our Vandals were invited to George Fox University to compete in person. At the big event, we took a 1-2 loss. We began in Lotus, which concluded as 0-13 defeat. Afterwards, the second game took place in Icebox. We won this match 13-11, a much better showing than the first match. The final game was in Sunset and ended as 3-13. This concludes the competitive season for Valorant.
Omega Strikers
Our Vandals played Ole Miss University in an intense best-of-five game for third place. Unfortunately, we lost this match and will be taking fourth place in the final rankings.
Coming Up
We are beginning to plan various Big Sky Championships for games, so look for news on that!
Thank you all for joining us for the Spring Season! We still have many events for the post-season, so be sure to continue to join us on Twitch, YouTube, or in person at the Pitman Center!