KEENE, N.H. – All of Keene State College Esports' five teams completed their final week of the Spring 2026 season during the week of Sunday, March 22nd, going a combined 4-4.
Keene State Esports is a Varsity member of PlayVS College League (PCL). Formerly known as Playfly College Esports, PCL is one of the largest governing bodies of collegiate esports competition in the world. PCL sanctions competitions from colleges and universities across the United States and Canada, 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 they qualify. Divisions of play are divided into two categories: Premier and Ranked, with Premier being the highest level of play PCL offers. For Spring 2026, all five KSC Esports squads are competing within the Ranked designation.
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. Occasionally, games are also streamed on PCL's official Twitch:
twitch.tv/PlayVS_College.
Rocket League Varsity
Keene State Varsity Rocket League, 6-0, took on the University of Central Florida, also 6-0, to determine the number one seed in the PCL Ranked 1 playoff bracket.
Game 1: Due to a broadcasting error, footage of the first game is not available: UCF defeated the Owls 2-0 to take a 1-0 series lead.
Game 2: ThickPiggy got UCF going with a goal at 0:57 to put them up 1-1. Andrew "Aurorxs" Sorcinelli responded with a score at 1:03, assisted by Jack "Jackattack1600" Manning. Manning got himself on the board at 2:48 with a goal that was assisted by Aurorxs to make it 2-1 KSC. Aurorxs scored yet again at 3:24, making it 3-1 in favor of Keene State. Ketch knocked in a shot at 3:43 to make it 3-2 with just over a minute remaining. The Owls would hold onto this lead to take game two and tie the series 1-1.
Game 3: Ketch struck first for UCF with a goal at 0:57. A second Ketch goal came at 3:28 with a shot assisted by PrepaidClaw to put the Knights up 2-0. PrepaidClaw contributed a goal of their own at 4:12 to make it 3-0. Eric "Twisty9" Carlo got the Owls on the board with four seconds remaining to avoid a shutout as KSC fell 3-1 and faced a 2-1 series deficit.
Game 4: The Knights scored off the opening kickoff as ThickPiggy knocked in a redirected shot to take an immediate 1-0 UCF lead. A second goal came at 0:52 as Prepaid Claw scored, making it 2-0. ThickPiggy scored again at 1:21 to bring the Knights lead to 3-0. Twisty9 got KSC on the board at 3:35 to bring the score to 3-1. From that point, UCF began to rain shots down on the Owls with goals at: 3:57 and 4:18 (ThickPiggy), 4:25 and 4:33 (Ketch) and 4:44 (PrepaidClaw) which gave the Knights an 8-1 lead with 16 seconds remaining.
As time expired, Twisty9 managed to knock in a goal to bring the score to 8-2 as KSC fell 3-1 on the series to the Knights.
What's next:
Varsity Rocket League finishes the regular season with a 6-1 record and will embark on their PCL Ranked playoff journey, kicking off with a quarterfinal matchup on Tuesday April 7th; the opponent is TBD.
Rocket League Academy
KSC Rocket League Academy finished their regular season with games on Sunday and Tuesday against RIT White and University of Wisconsin-Superior respectively.
Opponent 1: vs. RIT White
Game 1: Samwell got the scoring going first as they knocked in a goal at 0:14 to put RIT up 1-0. Joe "Julio" Aste tied it up at the 2:20 mark with a goal assisted by Ryan "Dreamz" Morrison. This tie persisted for nearly two minutes until Wrenyx broke through for RIT with a goal that put them up 2-1 with 33 seconds remaining. KSC were unable to tie the game a second time and fell down 1-0 in the series.
Game 2: The second game of the series remained scoreless for nearly the first three minutes until RIT's Kal scored an unassisted goal to take a 1-0 lead at 2:53. Kal would strike again immediately thereafter with a goal at 2:58 to put the Tigers up 2-0. KSC's first goal of the game came at 3:32 as Aidan "kCrona" Law knocked in a shot assisted by Julio which took RIT's lead down to 2-1. However, with just three seconds remaining, Samwell would score a third RIT goal to put them up 3-1. This goal secured the game for the Tigers as they went up 2-0 in the series.
Game 3: Kal got the first goal of the game at 1:34 to make it 1-0 in favor of the Tigers. This goal would go on to be the only one of the game as RIT defeated KSC Rocket League Academy 3-0 in the series.
Opponent 2: University of Wisconsin-Superior
Game 1: Over three minutes of gametime elapsed before the first goal of the series, which came from KSC's Dreamz at 3:39, putting the Owls up 1-0. This single goal proved to be enough for a victory as KSC would take game one and move to a 1-0 series lead.
Game 2: Like the first game, KSC would score the first goal of game two as Julio scored a shot assisted by Dreamz at the 0:56 mark. Snip3rAssasin9 scored UWS's first goal of the series at 2:28 to tie it at one goal a piece. A second UWS goal came at 3:57 as Halsty knocked in a shot, putting them up 2-1 with just over a minute remaining. Dreamz responded right away on behalf of the Owls as he scored at 4:07 with a shot assisted by Julio, tying it 2-2.
With just 12 seconds left in regulation, Sauzey7317 scored their first goal of the game to put UWS up 3-2, putting immense pressure on KSC. The goal would prove to be too late into the game as KSC failed to tie it up, giving Wisconsin-Superior a 3-2 game victory and a 1-1 series tie.
Game 3: After four minutes and two seconds of regulation, a 0-0 stalemate was broken by UWS's Halsy to put them up 1-0. Like game one, game three would end in a 1-0 victory; this time the Yellowjackets took the victory and pushed them to a 2-1 series lead heading into game four.
Game 4: Like the previous game, this one was marked by minimal offense to begin. At the 3:31 mark, UWS got on the board with a goal by Snip3rAssasin9. This was followed by a goal by Halsty at 3:46. Sauzey7317 contributed another goal at 4:04 to make it 3-0. With ten seconds remaining, Julio got the Owls on the scoreboard but this proved to be too late as UWS carried a 3-1 game four victory to a 3-1 overall series victory.
What's next:
Rocket League Academy's regular season ends with a 2-5 record and they just narrowly missed out on a top four PCL Ranked 3 East B finish necessary to qualify for postseason play. They will instead compete in a consolation bracket, to begin on the week of April 6th.
Overwatch
KSC Overwatch wrapped up their regular season against University of North Carolina Blue: a game wherein a victory would clinch a top four PCL Ranked 1 division spot and therefore a playoff berth.
Map 1: Ilios
The Owls took the control point first and began taking percentage. After several teamfights, KSC continued to stop UNC's attempts to take the point back and won it 100%-0%. KSC would capture the second point first as well, but only progressed it to 14% before UNC Blue took it for themselves. UNC established high ground control that KSC had trouble breaking through, progressing to 82% on the control point. The Owls finally broke down the UNC defense, winning a teamfight and flipping the point. From there, KSC held the point all the way to completion, winning 100%-82% on the point and 2-0 on Ilios.
Map 2: Midtown
UNC Blue selected Midtown as the Hybrid map following Ilios. The Owls were tasked with defending an initial capture point for four minutes and managed to do so but full holding the Tar Heels. Because of this, KSC only needed to capture 33% (a "tick") of the capture point. UNC were successful in repelling the Owl attacks for over half of the four-minute window, but the Owls finally broke through and captured the tick needed to win after three minutes and 3 seconds, taking Midtown 1-0 and advancing to a 2-0 series lead.
Map 3: Esperanca
After losing Midtown, UNC were able to pick the Push map, and selected Esperanca. After a long and drawn out feeling out process, KSC broke through with a team fight win, pushing the robot objective to the first check point. The Owls maintained momentum, advancing the robot nearly all the way to the final check point at 138.96 meters. The Tar Heels played tough and traded teamfights with Keene State which allowed them to make advances on the robot. KSC would end up winning out however as time expired and they had advanced 138.96 meters compared to UNC's 19.68. KSC won Esperanca 2-0 and the series overall 3-0 to move to 4-3 on the season.
What's next: KSC Overwatch finishes the regular season with a 4-3 record, good for the fourth and final seed needed to qualify for PCL postseason play. They will play their Quarterfinal matchup on Wednesday April 8th against a to-be-determined opponent.
VALORANT
KSC VALORANT's final two regular season games came against the University of South Florida and The College of New Jersey on Monday and Thursday night respectively.
Opponent 1: vs. University of South Florida White
Map 1: Bind
KSC started on attack against the Bulls and took a strong 9-3 lead into the second half as sides swapped. They maintained momentum in the second half, allowing USF only two round wins on their attack and went on to win Bind by a score of 13-5. Top frag in the lobby was Jeremy "yerrei" Giguere with 20 kills as Viper. Right behind him was Thomas "Chumbladorfian" Czwakiel with 18 as Raze.
Map 2: Haven
The Owls began Haven on defense and saw USF play them even tougher than map one. By round 12, the Owls were up 6-5, with USF closing in on them. Entering the 17th round, the Bulls had completely swung the game's momentum on defense and were up 10-6. The Owls recovered and would win the next six rounds to take a 12-10 lead. Round 23 was won by USF to make it 12-11. In the 24th round, KSC found themselves in a three-on-one situation with one Bull alive and KSC's spike having been planted. This situation proved to be just what the Owls needed as Hayden "HBass" Bassett took out USF's "Milk" to win the round and map for KSC by a score of 13-11, pushing KSC VALORANT to a 2-0 victory.
Opponent 2: vs. The College of New Jersey Blue
Map 1: Haven
The Lions, on attack, took an early 4-2 lead over the Owls, but KSC fought back and tied it up at 4-4 heading into round 9. From there, both teams traded rounds back and forth and by round 17 were tied 9-9. Rounds were alternated back and forth still and an intense 12-12 scenario precipitated round 25 and an ensuing overtime period. In round 26, HBass and Gavin "Melatonin" Pierce found themselves in a two on one scenario against TCNJ's Soultsuki and were able to win out to secure a 14-12 Haven victory and subsequent 1-0 series lead.
HBass led Keene State with 25 kills as Cypher, followed by Yerrei with 21 as Sova and team captain Hailey "HMeesh" Michaud as Omen with 20.
Map 2: Bind
KSC began Bind on defense. Haven appeared to be a strong indication of how the second map would go, as for the second time both teams found themselves in a 4-4 tie in the ninth round. However, TCNJ would run away with the next batch of rounds, winning the next seven to take an 11-4 lead. The Owls were able to take two out of the next three to make it 12-6 in favor of the Lions but were closed out in round 19 as the Lions took Bind with a score of 13-6. Top frag for KSC was Chumbladorfian with 19 as Raze.
Map 3: Split
With a 1-1 tie on record, KSC versus TCNJ needed a third and final map to determine the series winner. For the third time in as many games, both squads took a 4-4 tie into round nine, showing how evenly matched they were in the early game. KSC then won rounds nine and ten to take a 6-4 lead. TCNJ would win the next four to take an 8-6 lead. The Owls clawed back to make it 10-9 TCNJ, but the Lions began to pull away yet again and won Bind by a score of 13-9. HMeesh led the server with 27 kills.
What's next: KSC VALORANT finishes their regular season with a 5-2 record, tying USF White for second place. Since they beat USF White, they lock in a two-seed placement and will await their opponent for PCL Ranked Quarterfinals play on Thursday 4/9.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
KSC SSBU competed in a doubleheader on Friday night to close out their regular season.
Opponent 1: vs. Howard University
Game 1: Kicking off the action was Jackson" Jackabot27" Schimpf as Steve vs. Howard's Pikachu.
Both players traded stocks, leaving Jackabot with one stock compared to Pikachu's two with one and a half minutes gone. Jackabot took a second stock to even it up but had taken substantial damage. Pikachu was able to finish Jackabot off, giving Howard a 10-9 stock lead. Entering next to attempt to take Pikachu's final stock was Matthew "Squidman" Silvestri as Mario.
Pikachu took an early stock away within 30 seconds to make it 10-8 Howard. Pikachu followed it up with another to put KSC in a 10-7 hole. Squidman, with one stock left, was able to finally defeat Pikachu and make it 9-7 and signal Howard's second player in as Corrin.
With one stock to work with, Squidman made the most of it by a stock from Corrin after one minute and 40 seconds. Squidman took a second stock following that and even it up at 7 stocks per team. Squidman was finally defeated by Corrin following this, putting Howard at a 7-6 advantage. The third entrant for KSC was Brody "Ph4r0h" Freehling as Pyra/Mythra.
The first stock taken in this matchup was by Howard's Corrin, who knocked off Ph4r0h's first stock to bring the score to 7-5. This was followed up with another stock taken by Corrin to push KSC to their deepest deficit of the match at 7-4. Corrin maintained the momentum and three-stocked Ph4r0h to finish them off, prompting team captain Aidan "Sour" Zimmer to enter as KSC's anchor, playing Piranha Plant. Sour finished off Corrin swiftly while keeping his three stocks, which halted Howard's momentum. The third HU player to enter came in as Little Mac.
Little Mac took the first stock of the encounter that Sour answered right away, making it 5-2 in favor of the Bison. Little Mac took a second stock to bring Sour down to his final stock. With 15% damage taken, Sour took Little Mac's second stock. With one stock to work with, Sour managed to take Little Mac's final available stock. Howard's final player selected Cloud.
With one stock available compared to Cloud's three, the final on one on of the first game commenced. Sour managed to take two stocks from Cloud to even it up at 1-1. However, by the time Cloud's second stock was taken, Sour had taken over 150% damage. Cloud was able to finish off Sour to bring Howard to a 1-0 game one victory.
Game 2: Jackabot27 once again led off for KSC against Howard's first player as Palutena. Jackabot took the first two stocks of the game to give the Owls a 12-10 lead. Palutena responded by taking a stock from Jackabot, making it 11-10. Jackabot won out and defeated Palutena fully while keeping two stocks to provide KSC a solid 11-9 lead with the second Bison entering the fray as Little Mac.
Little Mac took Jackabot's second stock after 40 seconds of action to bring the count to 10-9. Jackabot responded with another stock taken to give Keene State another two-stock lead at 10-8. Both players got each other up to over 100% damage, but Little Mac won the encounter, taking Jackabot's final stock and making the score 9-8 in favor of the Owls.
Entering second for KSC was Brody "Ph4r0h" Freehling as Min Min. Both players traded stocks, and after two minutes of game time, Ph4r0h had two stocks compared to Little Mac's one. Ph4r0h managed to take Little Mac's final stock with two of their own left which gave KSC an 8-6 lead. The third Bison entering the game entered as Corrin. Ph4r0h took a stock first to put KSC at an 8-5 advantage. Ph4r0h took a second stock following this but had taken 112% damage. Because of that Corrin was able to easily take Ph4r0h's second stock to make the score 7-4. To end the match, Ph4r0h reflected Corrin's Dragon Fang Shot to send them off the stage and give the Owls a 7-3.
Anchoring the Bison was their final player as Cloud. Cloud took Ph4r0h's final stock to make it 6-3 in favor of the Owls. Entering third for KSC was Squidman as Mario. Squidman took first blood to make it 6-2 KSC. Cloud responded with a stock take of their own that was traded out immediately by Squidman, putting KSC in a 5-1 position. Cloud took Squidman's second stock to make it 4-1. Squidman took out Cloud's final stock to solidify a 4-1 game two victory for the Owls, making it 1-1 in the series.
Game 3: Howard's first player selected Snake, matching up against Squidman as Mario. Squidman took the first stock of the game, putting KSC up 12-11. Snake responded with a KO of their own to tie it up. Snake followed it up with another stock taken off of Squidman. Once he respawned, Squidman took Snake's second stock to tie the game at 10-10. Both players got each other up to over 130% damage with one stock left each. Squidman emerged victorious with a final KO on Snake to put KSC up 10-9.
With one stock to work with, Squidman was faced with Howard's Cloud player entering second. Squidman was able to immediately "zero to death" Cloud; meaning he hit Cloud off the stage and took a stock without taking any damage himself, granting the Owls a 10-8 lead. Cloud took Squidman's final stock after this, bringing the score to 9-8. Following Squidman, KSC's next player was BlueShell as Pikachu.
BlueShell took a stock first in the matchup, bringing Cloud down to their final stock alongside a 9-7 lead. BlueShell took Cloud's final stock following this, making it 9-6. The third entrant for Howard entered as Pikachu to go up against BlueShell's Pikachu. Howard's Pikachu took the first stock to make it 8-6. BlueShell responded with an elimination of their own to bring the score to 8-5, with both Pikachu's holding two stocks. Howard's Pikachu took BlueShell's second stock following this, bringing the stock count to 7-5. BlueShell responded with another KO, making it 7-4. With both Pikachu's keeping one stock, Howard's Pikachu emerged victorious to make it 6-4. The third entrant for Keene State was Sour as Yoshi.
Pikachu took Sour's first stock to narrow KSC's lead to just 5-4. Sour responded with an immediate KO on Pikachu to widen the lead back to 5-3. The final Howard entrant for the game was their Corrin player. Corrin took the first stock of this set to bring Sour down to his final one. KSC's lead was once again just one stock at 4-3. Sour was defeated by Corrin without taking a stock, which tied the teams for the first time since the start of it. With a 3-3 tie, KSC's anchor was Ph4r0h as Min Min. A final one on one was needed to determine the winner of the game.
Corrin took the first stock, which put KSC at a stock disadvantage for the first time, at 2-3. Ph4r0h took Corrin's first stock to re-tie the game at two stocks each. Corrin took a second stock to make it 2-1 Howard. Ph4r0h responded by taking Corrin's second stock while only taking 21% damage themself. Ph4r0h reflected another Dragon Fang Shot to stun Corrin and knock them off, tying the game. After an intense final encounter, Ph4r0h managed to clutch the matchup and secure a 1-0 game victory for the Owls to go with a 2-1 series lead.
With the win, the Owls moved to 5-2 on the season and clinched a playoff spot in their PCL Ranked division.
Opponent 2: vs. Immaculata University
Game 1: Jackabot began the action for the Owls as Steve against IU's first player as Falco. Jackabot took the first stock of the series to put his Owls up 12-11. Jackabot followed it up with another KO that was immediately mirrored by Falco, swiftly changing the stock count to 11-10 in favor of Keene State. Jackabot then took Falco's final stock to secure a set win and a 11-9 lead for KSC.
The second entrant for Immaculata selected Pac-Man. Jackabot took the first two stocks of this encounter to bring the score to 11-7. Jackabot successfully three-stocked Pac-Man with two of his own stocks in place to give KSC a comfortable 11-6 lead. Jackabot took the first stock of this match to put the Owls in a favorable 11-5 advantage. Jackabot then lost his second stock to make it 10-5. Jackabot then landed a big smash attack onto Mario to send him off stage. Jackabot then quickly followed that up with an additional KO on Mario to bring the score to 10-3 as IU sent in their final player who selected Bowser.
Jackabot took Bowser's first stock to make it 10-2. When Bowser reentered, they took Jackabot's final stock away to make it 9-2 as BlueShell entered second for KSC as Pikachu. BlueShell took a stock quickly from Bowser within the first 30 seconds to bring IU down to their final stock of the first game. BlueShell followed that up with a final KO on Bowser to secure a 9-0 game victory for KSC and a 1-0 series lead.
Game 2: Beginning the action was Tyler "Tadpole" Adkins as Chrom against IU's first player who selected Joker. Tadpole took the first stock of this game, but was knocked off quickly after to tie the game at 11-11. Both players traded stocks yet again, which tied it 10-10. Joker emerged victorious from this first game to give IU their first lead of the series at 10-9. KSC's second entrant was Sour as Piranha Plant.
Sour came out on top of this match with two consecutive Spike Balls to send Joker off the stage, tying the game at 9-9 stocks per team. Coming in second for Immaculata was their Mario player. Mario landed a successful combo to spike Sour off the stage to reassert IU's lead at 9-8. Sour responded very quickly when he came back alive, knocking off Mario and tying it at 8-8. Both players once again traded stocks and a 7-7 tie saw both players take equal damage at 53% each at one point. One final stock ball from Sour pushed Mario off the stage to give KSC a 7-6 advantage.
The third player for IU selected Pac-Man. Sour landed an up smash to take a stock off of Pac-Man and give the Owls a 7-5 lead. With both players having taken substantial damage, Sour managed to grab Pac-Man and throw him up in the air, hitting him with his own fire hydrant, and sending him off stage. Sour then achieved a three-stock on Pac-Man while keeping his final stock; this granted KSC a 7-3 lead as he awaited IU's final player in game two.
IU's final player entered as Ganondorf. With one stock in reserve, Sour took Ganondorf's first stock to bring it to 7-2 KSC. Sour followed it up with two more KOs on Ganondorf, fully defeating IU by a 7-0 margin. This 2-0 game victory was the sixth straight win for KSC Smash Bros as they finished the regular season with a 6-2 record.
What's next:
KSC SSBU finishes their regular season with a 6-2 record, including six straight wins. Their 6-2 record is tied with Harrisburg University; whom they lost to on February 13th. Because of that, KSC Smash Bros. takes the three-seed in their PCL division and will compete in their Quarterfinal playoff matchup on Friday 4/10.
