KEENE, N.H. – Keene State Esports wrapped up its second week of the Spring '25 season this week, with its five teams going a combined 3-2.
Keene State Esports is a Varsity member of Playfly College Esports, one of the largest governing bodies of collegiate esports competition in the world. Playfly sanctions competitions from colleges and universities across the country, awarding scholarship money and hardware to successful teams each season (Fall and Spring). KSC Esports teams compete in a regular season schedule and a playoff bracket, if teams qualify.
All KSC Esports games are streamed on Twitch, at twitch.tv/KeeneStateEsports and twitch.tv/KeeneStateEsports2, as well as KSC Athletics' official YouTube page youtube.com/@keenestateowls1909.
Rocket League Varsity
Season record: 2-1
Coming off of an intense 2-3 loss to Robert Morris on February 3rd, KSC Varsity Rocket League looked to get back in the win column versus Clarke University, and succeeded in doing so. In a three game sweep of a best-of-five series, the Owls managed to score 15 goals across the series, and held Clarke to 5 goals. This victory swings momentum back for the Owls, who are competing in a division against other Rocket League juggernauts such as Fisher College.
Series stats:
Eric "EricKamii" Carlo
6 Goal, 2 Assists, 0 Saves
Alex "normal" Nimiroski
5 Goals, 4 Assist, 1 Saves
Andrew "Aurorxs" Sorcinelli
4 Goal, 5 Assists, 0 Saves
What's next: KSC Varsity Rocket League battles a rival from last season in the Stony Brook University Seawolves on Thursday, February 20th at 8:00 PM EST.
Rocket League Academy
Season record: 0-2
Week 1: vs. RIT Black (0-3 loss)
Looking to secure their first win of the season, KSC Academy Rocket League took on RIT Gray. The Owls started off the series hot, taking the first game of the best-of-five series 2-1, following an overtime goal by Adam "Stylobiko" Albik to secure the victory. However, RIT made adjustments that KSC couldn't quite find answers to, as the Owls were held scoreless in the following three games, as RIT took them 4-0, 3-0, 3-0 to take the overall series 3-1.
Adam "Stylobiko" Albik
1 Goal, 1 Assist, 7 Save
Aidan "Maudlu" Law
0 Goals, 0 Assists, 4 Saves
Ryan "Dreamz" Morrison
1 Goal, 0 Assists, 7 Saves
What's next: Rocket League Academy has two games on its slate next week:
First, on Monday, February 17th, they take on the Llamas of Neumont College of Computer Science at 8:30 PM, followed by a showdown with DePaul University JV Red on Thursday, February 20th at 9:00 PM.
VALORANT
Season record: 2-0
Week 1: vs. Coffeyville Community College (2-0 victory)
In Playfly College Esports, VALORANT matches are contested in a best two-out-of-three series. Teams compete against one another in a standard VALORANT ruleset, with the first team winning 13 rounds wins in a given game results in a match victory. Doing so twice results in a series victory for a team.
This week, KSC VALORANT took on the Gaels of Iona University.
Map 1: Bind
On Bind, the Owls came out strong on attack, where they won the first ten out of 12 rounds. By the end of the first half, Thomas "Chumbladorfian" Czwakiel led all players with 20 kills; second place was teammate Nathan "ShotgunUser" Ruangturakid with 13. The momentum stayed as the two teams switched sides. On defense, the Owls were able to stave off three attacks from Iona, and won Bind 13-2.
Map 1 statistics:
Thomas "Chumbladorfian" Czwakiel as Raze
24 Kills/7 Deaths/4 Assists
Nathan "ShotgunUser" Ruangturakid as Skye
14 Kills/11 Deaths/7 Assists
Hailey "HMeesh" Michaud as Brimstone
10 Kills/7 Deaths/11 Assists
Jeremy "yerrei" Giguere as Gekko
10 Kills/5 Deaths/5 Assists
Sheldom "redblast" Vasquez as Cypher
11 Kills/3 Deaths/3 Assists
Map 2: Haven
Having lost Bind, Iona selected Haven as map 2; the same map the Owls won 13-0 against Coffeyville last week. This time, both teams traded the advantage early, and by round five the Owls were down 2-3 on the map, with Iona taking three rounds in a row. However, KSC rebounded and would lose only one more round, winning 11 out of the next 12, winning Haven 13-4, finishing the series with a 2-0 victory and an impressive 26-6 round score for both maps combined.
Map 2 statistics:
Thomas "Chumbladorfian" Czwakiel as Jett
14 Kills/10 Deaths/7 Assists
Nathan "ShotgunUser" Ruangturakid as Breach
21 Kills/9 Deaths/8 Assists
Hailey "HMeesh" Michaud as Omen
16 Kills/10 Deaths/10 Assists
Jeremy "yerrei" Giguere as Sova
22 Kills/6 Deaths/7 Assists
Ysaiah "YsaHolmes" Arezzo as Cypher
4 Kills/8 Deaths/8 Assists
What's next: KSC VALORANT next plays the 1-1 Llamas of the Neumont College of Computer Science on Tuesday, February 18th at 8:30 PM EST.
Overwatch 2
Season record: 1-1
Week 1: vs. RIT White (0-2 loss)
The Owls were set to take on the Toros of California State Dominguez Hills in a cross-country matchup, however CSUDH were unable to present a full team and were forced to forfeit, resulting in a 3-0 victory for KSC.
What's next: KSC Overwatch 2 takes on DePaul JV Blue on Wednesday, February 12th at 8:30 PM in a rematch of the Playfly College Esports Varsity Plus 2 Fall '24 championship game, in which KSC won 3-0.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Season record: 1-1
Week 1: vs. St. John's University (2-0 victory, SJU forfeit)
In Playfly College Esports, Super Smash Ultimate matches are contested in a four-person "Crew Battle" format; a relay race of sorts wherein both teams sport four players with three stocks each. Players enter the battle once three of their teammates' stocks have been depleted, and the first school to lose all 12 of their team's stocks lose the match. This format is contested in a two-out-of-three contest.
Match 1
Against St. John's the Owls led off the Crew Battle format match with Matthew "squidman" Silvestri on Mario versus SJU's Pyra/Mythra. After trading a stock with one another, Pyra/Mythra was able to push momentum and subsequently eliminated all of squidman's stocks. Next, team captain Aidan "Sour" Zimmer entered the match against Pyra/Mythra as Piranha Plant, and took Pyra/Mythra's final two stocks out, with one stock remaining on Sour. SJU's next player selected Cloud and took Sour's final stock. Tyler "Tadpole" Adkins came in for the Owls next, selecting Chrom. Cloud defeated Tapole 3-0, maintaining a 9 to 3 lead for SJU. Brody "pytt" Freehling anchored the Owls, selecting Joker to take on Cloud. In the final moments of the battle, Cloud knocked pytt over the stage, along with themselves, ending the first match with an 8-0 stock victory for SJU.
Match 2
For match 2, the Owls led off with Tadpole versus Cloud once again. Cloud defeated Tadpole without losing a stock, giving SJU an early 12-9 stock lead. Squidman reentered, playing Mario, and was also defeated 3-0 by Cloud, bringing the score to 12-6 in favor of SJU. Sour then came in for Keene State, playing King K Rool. Sour took two stocks from Cloud before being defeated. With pytt coming in as the anchor once again for KSC, the score was 10-3 with SJU in the lead. Pytt defeated cloud as R.O.B, with only one stock left. SJU brought in their next player on Donkey Kong, who took pytt's final stock away, securing the second match 9-0 once again for SJU, resulting in a 2-0 series victory.
What's next: KSC Super Smash Bros takes on Stony Brook University University at 7 PM on Tuesday, February 18th.
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