KEENE, N.H. – Keene State Esports wrapped up another week of their Spring '25 season, with its five teams going a combined 2-3.
 
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: 2-3
Game 1: vs. Rowan University (3-1 victory)
Game 2: vs. Robert Morris University (2-3 loss)
Week 3: vs. Clarke University (3-0 victory)
Game 4: vs. Stony Brook University (3-2 loss)
Week 5: vs. Fisher College (3-1 loss)
 
In a hot contest, the Owls took on a top team in the country, Fisher College, with the game broadcasted live on the Playfly College Esports official Twitch channel. After a strong 6-1 victory for the Fisher in the first game of the best-of-five series, KSC showed tremendous fight in game 2, losing by just one goal in a 5-4 finish. The Owls were able to take game 3, winning 3-2. However, the Falcons staved off the KSC comeback, and won game 4 by a score of 2-1, sealing the 3-1 series victory for Fisher.

Series stats:
Eric "EricKamii" Carlo
2 Goals/4 Assists/4 Saves
Alex "normal" Nimiroski
2 Goals/1 Assists/ 3 Saves
Andrew "Aurorxs" Sorcinelli
5 Goals/1 Assists/3 Saves

What's next: KSC Varsity Rocket League takes on RIT Orange on Monday, March 3rd at 7:00 PM EST in their final regular game of the season.
 
 
Rocket League Academy
Season record: 1-4
Game 1: vs. RIT Black (3-0 loss)
Game 2: vs. RIT Gray (3-1 loss)
Game 3: vs. Neumont College of Computer Science (3-1 victory)
Game 4: vs. DePaul JV Red (3-0 loss)
Game 5: vs. UNC Pembroke (3-0 loss)
 
Looking to get back in the victory column, the Owls took on the Braves of UNC Pembroke. The first match was decided in 4-0 fashion, with UNCP taking the game. The Owls played close and tough in game two, but were unable to swing it fully, losing 2-1. UNCP finished off the sweep by winning game 3 in a 3-1 victory.
 
 
Adam "Stylobiko" Albik
0 Goals/0 Assists/6 Saves
Aidan "Maudlu" Law
0 Goals/0 Assists/1 Saves
Jack "Jackattack1600" Manning
2 Goals/0 Assists/4 Saves
 
What's next: Rocket League Academy wraps up their regular season versus Lethbridge Polytechnic on Monday, March 3rd at 8:30 PM EST.
 
VALORANT
Season record: 3-1
Week 1: vs. Coffeyville Community College (2-0 victory)
Week 2: vs. Iona University (2-0 victory)
Week 3: vs. Neumont College of Computer Science (2-1 Victory)
Week 4: vs. DePaul Academy Black (2-0 loss)
 
Looking to continue their unbeaten streak dating to the start of the Spring season, KSC VALORANT took on DePaul Academy Black.
 
Map 1: Bind
 
The first map, Bind, is a staple in KSC's Playfly matches. KSC and DePaul found themselves evenly matched, trading rounds back and forth. The Owls came as close as two rounds away from tying DePaul at the end of Bind, but DePaul managed to stop the Owls from forcing overtime and won Bind 13-10, bringing the series to 1-0 in favor of DePaul.
   
Map 1 statistics:
Thomas "Chumbladorfian" Czwakiel as Raze
16 Kills/18 Deaths/7 Assists
Nathan "ShotgunUser" Ruangturakid as Skye
14 Kills/17 Deaths/10 Assists
Hailey "HMeesh" Michaud as Brimstone
10 Eliminations/21 Deaths/14 Assists
Jeremy "yerrei" Giguere as Gekko
23 Kills/16 Deaths/7 Assists
Sheldom "redblast" Vasquez
16 Kills/16 Deaths/5 Assists
  
Map 2:  Haven
 
Another familiar map for the Owls, Haven further proved that both teams were very evenly matched on the night. Trading rounds once again, the Owls led the map 12-11 and made it to match point. DePaul, facing a map loss, took round 24 and tied the map. In overtime, both teams found themselves tied 12-12 forcing a period wherein a team had to win two rounds in a row to secure the map victory. DePaul maintained their momentum that initially swung the map to overtime, and won both overtime rounds, winning Haven 14-12 and winning the overall series 2-0, bringing KSC VALORANT's record to 3-1.
 
Map 2 statistics:
Thomas "Chumbladorfian" Czwakiel as Jett
15 Kills/17 Deaths/1 Assist
Nathan "ShotgunUser" Ruangturakid as Breach
10 Kills/16 Deaths/13 Assists
Hailey "HMeesh" Michaud as Omen
26 Kills/19 Deaths/11 Assists
Jeremy "yerrei" Giguere as Sova
25 Kills/13 Deaths/4 Assists
Ysaiah "YsaHolmes" Arezzo as Cypher
9 Kills/18 Deaths/3 Assists
 
What's next: KSC VALORANT enjoys a BYE this week, and will take on RIT Academy Yellow at 8:30 PM on Tuesday, March 11th.
 
Overwatch 2
Season record: 3-1
Game 1: vs. RIT White (2-0 loss)
Game 2: vs. California State Dominguez Hills (3-0 victory, CSUDH forfeit)
Game 3: vs. DePaul JV Blue (3-1 victory)
Game 4: vs. St. John's University (3-2 victory)
 
In what proved to be their longest game of the season by far, the Owls took on St. John's University. The series was marked by a tug of war between both teams, with St. John's taking the first map after winning the opening coin toss and selecting the Antarctic Peninsula.
 
Map 1: Antarctic Peninsula (2-0 SJU Victory)
 
 
Map 1 Statistics:
Shea "Hotpocket" Castriotta
14 Eliminations/2 Assists/7 Deaths
Eli "Goofymcgoob" Volpini
12 Eliminations/0 Assists/4 Deaths
Connor "HoodNut" Malone
10 Eliminations/0 Assists/8 Deaths
Korben "ShadowStorm" Robinson
4 Eliminations/8 Assists/8 Deaths
Jackson "Crimgo" Holderby
4 Eliminations/6 Assists/7 Deaths
 
Map 2: Kings Row (2–1 KSC Victory)
 
Losing map one, the Owls selected Kings Row for the Hybrid Game Mode. The Owls, on attack, were able to take the opening control point before moving the payload 97.06 meters down the lane. SJU were able to take the control point and begin moving the payload and found themselves with momentum as they made it as close as 90.70 meters of the 97.07 meters of progress needed to win the map with 2 minutes and 14 seconds left.
 
However, the Owls did not go down easily and fended off several large team fights from SJU and were able to hold their ground long enough to win Kings Row by a score of 2-1 in a gritty performance.
 
Map 2 Statistics:
Matthew "Midas" Bonner
15 Eliminations/2 Assists/8 Deaths
Catch "TuT" Foss:
15 Eliminations/4 Assists/9 Deaths
Connor "HoodNut" Malone
15 Eliminations/1 Assists/6 Deaths
Korben "ShadowStorm" Robinson
6 Eliminations/10 Assists/ 9 Deaths
Jackson "Crimgo" Holderby
11 Eliminations/11 Assists/6 Deaths
 
Map 3: Suravasa (3-2 KSC Victory)
 
SJU selected Suravasa as the third map for the Flashpoint mode. In this first-to-three game mode where teams fight for control of a capture point, the Owls found themselves down 2-1 going into the fourth control point. KSC, however, were able to take over the game largely off of a dominating performance by tank Matthew "Midas" Bonner, playing Zarya. The Owls went on to take the final two Flashpoints to win the map 3-2 and give KSC the series lead at 2-1 going into map four.
 
Map 3 Statistics:
Matthew "Midas" Bonner
34 Eliminations/11 Assists/7 Deaths
Catch "TuT" Foss:
30 Eliminations/0 Assists/12 Deaths
Connor "HoodNut" Malone
33 Eliminations/4 Assists/7 Deaths
Korben "ShadowStorm" Robinson
14 Eliminations/31 Assists/9 Deaths
Jackson "Crimgo" Holderby
20 Eliminations/24 Assists/10 Deaths
 
Map 4: New Queen Street (1-0 SJU Victory)

SJU Selected New Queen Street for Push after having lost Suravasa. KSC made a switch at the tank position and brought in Shea "Hotpocket" Castriotta. The Owls made several hero swaps, including Hotpocket starting on Doomfist, then swapping to D.Va and finally Hazard. The hero swaps were in response to a strong attack by SJU, who maintained momentum for most of the Push game. SJU pushed the robot objective a maximum distance of 76.53. In the final teamfight of the game, KSC got the robot to the 57.18 meter mark but the comeback was not to be as SJU held on to win Push and move the series to a deciding map 5.
 
Map 1 Statistics:
Shea "Hotpocket" Castriotta
19 Eliminations/6 Assists/6 Deaths
Eli "Goofymcgoob" Volpini
21 Eliminations/2 Assists/5 Deaths
Connor "HoodNut" Malone
16 Eliminations/1 Assist/8 Deaths
Korben "ShadowStorm" Robinson
8 Eliminations/18 Assists/7 Deaths
Jackson "Crimgo" Holderby
4 Eliminations/6 Assists/8 Deaths
 
 
Map 5: Watchpoint: Gibraltar (2-1 KSC Victory)
 
KSC selected Watchpoint Gibraltar for the fifth map of the series for the Escort game mode. Opposed to the map 2 game mode, Hybrid, the map 5 game mode Escort does not include an initial capture point to begin moving the payload objective. Rather, attacking teams immediately get access to the payload. Beginning on attack, the Owls moved the payload past the first objective and ultimately moved it 72.30 meters down. Similar to Kings Row in map 2, the Owls were tasked with not allowing SJU to move the payload 72.31 meters towards the second point.
 
In a great effort, KSC resolved to not allow St. John's to capture even the first point, as the Owls repeatedly stuffed attack attempts from SJU. St. John's managed to move the payload a total of 71.14 meters towards the first capture point by the final fight, but this was not enough. The Owls won Watchpoint: Gibraltar by a score of 2-1, winning the series 3-2 and improving to 3-1 on the season, capping off nearly two hours of action.
 
Map 5 Statistics:
Matthew "Midas" Bonner
30 Eliminations/9 Assists/6 Deaths
Catch "TuT" Foss
15 Eliminations/1 Assist/9 Deaths
Connor "HoodNut" Malone
22 Eliminations/2 Assists/7 Deaths
Korben "ShadowStorm" Robinson
13 Eliminations/14 Assists/12 Deaths
Jackson "Crimgo" Holderby
12 Eliminations/15 Assists/9 Deaths
 
What's next: KSC Overwatch looks to continue their winning streak against Ferris State University at 9 PM on Wednesday March 5th.
 
 
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Season record: 2-2
Game 1: vs. St. John's University (2-0 victory, SJU forfeit)
Game 2: vs. Iona University (2-0 loss)
Game 3: vs. Stony Brook University (2-0 loss)
Game 4: SUNY Farmingdale State College (2-0 victory, FSC forfeit)
 
The Owls' opponents last week were unable to produce a full team on a wired connection, per Playfly College Esports rules, and were forced to forfeit the match, awarding KSC a 2-0 victory.
 
What's next: KSC SSBU has a revenge game versus Stony Brook University on Tuesday, March 4th at 7:00 PM EST
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