KEENE, N.H. – All of Keene State College Esports' five teams completed their fourth week of the Spring 2026 season throughout the week of March 2nd, going a combined 6-0, with two victories being via forfeit.
 
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 looked to mark a 5-0 start to their season as they took on the 3-1 University of Cincinnati Black squad.
 
Game 1: The first goal of the series went to KSC as Jack "Jackattack1600" Manning scored at 0:34, assisted by Andrew "Aurorxs" Sorcinelli to take a 1-0 lead. Aurorxs struck next for the Owls as he knocked in a goal at 1:45 assisted by Eric "Twisty9" Carlo to put the Owls up by two. Aurorxs contributed a second goal at 4:33 to extend the lead to three. The Owls' 3-0 lead lasted to the end of regulation, giving them a 1-0 series lead.
 
Game 2: Coming off of a hot game one start, Aurorxs scored immediately off of the opening kickoff, with a goal at 0:02 to give KSC an immediate 1-0 lead. Aurorxs struck yet again for his fourth goal in less than six total minutes of game time, as he scored an unassisted goal at 0:28 to make it 2-0. Amendih scored the first goal of the game for Cincinnati Black at 0:36 to make it 2-1. KSC answered immediately with yet another goal at 0:48 by Twisty9 to give KSC a 3-1 advantage. At 1:09, Twisty9 scored once again to bring the score to 4-1. This offensive flurry calmed down over the next minutes of game time until UC scored at 3:04: this time it was Nytro making it 4-2 KSC. Twisty9 scored his third goal of the game at 3:52, putting the Owls up 5-2 with just over a minute remaining. This would be the final score of game two as KSC stood at match point territory.
 
Game 3: Nearly two minutes of scoreless Rocket League marked the opening of game three until Aurorxs scored an unassisted goal at 1:57 to grab a 1-0 Owl lead. A second KSC goal came at 3:07 as Jackattack1600 scored, assisted by Twisty9. Nytro scored UC's first goal of the game at 3:50 to make it 2-1 in favor of the Owls. Nytro struck right after with a game-tying goal at 4:11 with 49 seconds remaining. The 2-2 score would last into sudden-death overtime where Nytro scored their third goal of the game, keeping Cincinnati alive with a game-winning score 17 seconds into overtime.
 
Game 4: After the heartbreak of game three, KSC got on the board first with a goal by Twisty9 just 16 seconds into proceedings. Twisty9 contributed his second goal of the game at 1:01 to grant the Owls a 2-0 advantage. Plapbo scored their first goal of the series for Cincinnati Black at 1:57 to bring the score to 2-1. Aurorxs re-expanded KSC's lead to two when he knocked in a goal at 3:04. Cincinnati stayed alive as Amendih scored an unassisted shot at 3:49 to bring the score to 3-2 Owls. The comeback was staved off by KSC however, as Jackattack scored with 30 seconds remaining to make it 4-2. Aurorxs added to the lead with a goal at 4:38 to extend it to 5-2. Plapbo would score with seven seconds left at 4:53, but it wouldn't be enough. The Owls held onto a 5-3 lead as time expired, defeating University of Cincinnati Black 5-3 in the fourth game of the series and winning 3-1. This victory continued their unbeaten streak in the Spring 2026 as they improve to 5-0.
 
What's next:
Varsity Rocket League has two games remaining in their regular season schedule, and they look to improve to 6-0 as they take on 3-1 University of Wisconsin-Stout on Tuesday March 10th at 8 PM.
 
Rocket League Academy
KSC Rocket League Academy took on George Mason University Green on Tuesday evening, looking to snag their first win of the regular season and keep their playoff hopes alive.
 
Game 1: The first goal of the series went to George Mason as Stargaze knocked in a goal at 1:46 to put the Patriots up 1-0. Legend69jod scored for GMU next at 2:51 to increase the Owl deficit to 2-0. KSC showed life towards the final minute and a half of the game as Ryan "Dreamz" Morrison scored at 3:30 to make it 2-1. A game-tying goal came from Joe "Julio" Aste at 4:02, making the final minute vital for both squads. Dreamz would score his second goal of the game at 4:45, giving the Owls a third straight goal alongside a 3-2 lead with 15 seconds remaining. However, GMU answered back in amazing fashion as Weretiger scored a game-tying goal as time expired to make it 3-3 and trigger sudden-death overtime.

Nearly two minutes of overtime followed, and Stargaze would deliver the blow that put the Owls down 1-0 on the series with a goal at 1:54 to give GMU a 1-0 series lead.
 
Game 2: Like the first game, Dreamz opened up scoring with a goal at 0:23, assisted by Aidan "kCrona" Law. This was responded to immediately by GMU's Stargaze, tying the game 1-1 at 0:36. Dreamz contributed his second goal of the game, also assisted by kCrona, at 1:33 to put KSC up 2-1. Another KSC goal followed as Julio contributed an unassisted score at 1:52 to extend the lead to 3-1. Yet again, the Patriots responded quickly with another goal by Stargaze at 2:19, followed by Legend69jod at 2:58, which tied the game at three goals a piece, a score that carried all the way through regulation.
In the second overtime period in as many games, the Owls would not be defeated as Dreamz scored exactly one minute in, which gave KSC a 4-3 game victory and tied the series 1-1 heading into the third game of the best-of-five.
 
Game 3: For the first time in the series, the Patriots scored first in game three, as Legend69jod scored at 1:04. GMU Green maintained this lead for over three minutes until Legend69jod scored yet again at 4:21 to expand their lead to 2-0. The Owls were unable to respond, and Weretiger added in a final goal as time expired, their second time doing so in the series, to give GMU a 3-0 game three victory and establishing a 2-1 series lead.
 
Game 4: For just about the first half of the fourth game, both teams remained scoreless until Julio got the Owls up on the board with a score at 2:28. Dreamz contributed a goal at the final second (4:59) to put KSC up 2-0 and winning game four, sending the series to a deciding game five.
 
Game 5: Weretiger achieved first blood in the final game of the series, scoring unassisted at 0:40. For three minutes the Owls played from behind, desperately trying to close the gap and keep the series alive. Dreamz would finally tie the game for KSC at 3:34 to make it 1-1 with just over a minute and a half left. The pressure then shifted immediately onto GMU as kCrona scored his first goal of the series at 3:39, giving KSC a 2-1 lead with minimal time remaining.  The Patriots were unable to respond and the Owls kept the lead through regulation, winning the deciding game five 2-1 and taking the series 3-2. This also marks KSC Rocket League Academy's first win of the regular season and keeps their playoff bid alive with three more regular season games remaining.
 
What's next:
Rocket League Academy's next game is scheduled for March 17th at 7 PM; a game that will be rescheduled due to KSC's Spring Break; the next definitive game for the squad is on Tuesday, March 22nd at 8 PM against RIT White (4-0).
 
Overwatch
KSC Overwatch's opponent on Monday night was Pennsylvania College of Technology in a game with massive playoff implications as both squads entered with two wins a piece.
 
Map 1: Ilios
KSC won the opening coin toss and chose Ilios as the Control map. The Owls snagged the first control point to begin and progressed it to 18% before Penn assumed control. Penn would win the next teamfights to progress to 95% until KSC took it back. KSC would progress the control point to 84% before Penn once again took it. The Owls were unable to regain the point and fell to 1-0 in the best-of-three game mode.
On the second point, the Owls took control first yet again and progressed to 37% until Penn fought them off and took it over. Penn only progressed 18% of the way until KSC wrestled it back. The Owls would hold it all of the way through and win point two with a 100%-18% score, forcing a final control point to be fought over. On the third point, KSC again captured first and progressed 43% before Penn College gained control. 37% progress was achieved by Penn until KSC took it back, moving all the way to 99% capture progress. An extremely scrappy and extended teamfight took place at this time, and KSC were able to stave off Penn and win the third control point 100%-37%, completing the come-from-behind victory on Ilios and securing a 1-0 series lead.
 
Map 2: Kings Row
Penn College selected Kings Row as the site of map two. KSC began on defense, tasked with holding off Penn College's attack of a control point for four minutes. KSC held Penn back for a minute and 50 seconds before being overwhelmed and ceding the point. At this time, Penn was now tasked with moving a payload cart across two more checkpoints on Kings Row. The Owls succeeded in disallowing Penn from unlocking the second checkpoint, stopping Penn short at 99.95 meters of progress; meaning KSC would need to capture the control point and progress the payload 99.96 meters within the time limit to win Kings Row. For a minute and 40 seconds Penn were able to hold back KSC, but KSC broke through and took the point.

The Owls were able to take the control point. From there, they cruised through the rest of the payload progress, achieving the 96.96 meters to win the map with over a minute remaining. This gave Owls a 2-0 series lead as they entered match point territory.
 
Map 3: Suravasa
On the first flashpoint, KSC would capture first and stave off multiple attempts from Penn en route to a clean 100%-0% point victory making it 1-0 in the first-to-three game mode. On the second point, Penn College would capture first and this time they would complete a full 100%-0% capture to tie Suravasa up at 1-1. On the third flashpoint, KSC would win out in a scrappy teamfight and secure the point first. They progressed to 44% as Penn captured the flashpoint mid-teamfight. KSC quickly took out the rest of Penn and recaptured after just 19% progress earned for Penn. Through a few intense teamfights, the Owls were able to hold strong and fully secured the third flashpoint, earning a 2-1 map advantage.
 
On the fourth flashpoint, the Owls captured first yet again and held all the way to 99% progress until Penn took control to keep the game alive. Penn progressed to 73% but the Owls took the point back in the final teamfight and would win the point 10)%-73%, giving them a 3-1 map victory and 3-0 overall series win.
 
What's next: KSC Overwatch now moves to 3-2 on the season and takes aim at 4-0 University of Maryland on Monday, March 9th at 8:30 PM.
 
VALORANT
KSC VALORANT were scheduled to face Ohio State University's 1-1 Club Team on Thursday March 5th at 7 PM EST. However, OSU were unable to field a full team and were forced to forfeit, pushing KSC VALORANT to 4-0 on the season. Their next scheduled game is on Thursday March 12th at 7 PM against 1-2 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Keene State Smash Smash Bros were scheduled to compete in three games this past week.
 
Opponent 1: 0-2 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
WCU were administratively forfeited from the PCL season, granting KSC SSBU a 2-0 victory and improving their record
 
Opponent 2: 1-2 Malone University (Friday March 6th at 7:00 PM)

Game 1: Jackson "Jackabot27" Schimpf led off for the Owls as Steve against MU's first player as Pikachu. Jackabot would go on to successfully 12-stock Malone's lineup starting with Pikachu, followed by Sora, Min Min and finally Meta Knight; meaning that he eliminated all four MU's players three stocks and in the process did not lose any stocks himself. Therefore, KSC won game 1 by a stock score of 12-0; the first time in program history.
 
Game 2: Jackabot27 once again led off for the Owls following his history game one performance. This time, Malone led off with their Sora player. In this matchup MU's Sora succeeded in taking Jackabot's first stock of the match away, but otherwise was defeated by Jackabot, giving KSC a 11-9 stock lead with Malone's second player entering as Min Min. Min Min took yet another stock away from Jackabot but was also defeated, making it 10-6 in favor of KSC. Malone's third player entered the fray as Pikachu. Jackabot, like in the first game, three-stocked Pikachu and kept his hope of a second straight solo clear of Malone alive alongside a comfortable 10-3 stock advantage for KSC.

The final player for Malone University selected Meta Knight. Jackabot, with plenty of pressure on him knowing this was a historic performance, and with one stock remaining, managed to three-stock Meta Knight without losing his final stock. This secured yet another solo defeat of Malone's lineup by Jackabot; the second time in team history immediately following the first.

With this performance, the Owls won a critical matchup to move up their divisional standings, improving to 2-2 on the season.

Opponent 3: 3-1 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design (Sunday March 8th at 12:00 PM)

Game 1: Jackabot27 opened up proceedings for the Owls as Steve, against PCAD's first player, as Ridley. Jackabot got on the board with an early elimination on Ridley that was immediately responded with an elimination by Ridley to tie it up. The two traded stocks once again before Ridley emerged victorious to assert a 10-9 stock lead for PCAD. Entering second for the Owls was Evan "BlueShell" Giardina as Pikachu. Tasked with taking out one Ridley stock, BlueShell succeeded while retaining all three of their stocks to tie the game up at 9-9. Entering next for the Peacocks was their second player as Kirby. BlueShell managed to three-stock Kirby and secure a 9-6 advantage for KSC.
 
The third player for PCAD selected Sephiroth. BlueShell took the first stock of the encounter, giving the Owls a 9-5 lead. Sephiroth was able to get 104% onto BlueShell, but BlueShell took a second stock off of them. Finally, Sephiroth took BlueShell out to bring the score to 8-4 in favor of KSC. BlueShell then eliminated Sephiroth's third stock, grabbing an 8-3 Owl lead as the Peacocks sent in their final player as King K. Rool.
 
With two stocks remaining on BlueShell, PCAD's King K. Rool drew first blood and took a stock away from BlueShell, making it 7-3. BlueShell responded with an elimination, bringing the stock count to 7-2. King K. Rool took BlueShell's final stock away, signaling a third Owl to enter the fray as they held a 6-2 lead. Entering next for KSC was Brody "Ph4r0h" Freehling as Min Min. Ph4r0h took a stock within the first 35 seconds, and took K. Rool's final stock shortly after, giving KSC a 6-0 victory in match one and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.
 
Game 2: Jackabot27 led off as Steve against PCAD's Kirby player. Jackabot managed to three-stock Kirby and secure an immediate 12-9 stock lead for KSC. Second for the Peacocks was their Sephiroth player. Jackabot grabbed the first elimination of the match, making it 12-8 KSC. Sephiroth responded by taking a stock out of Jackabot. Jackabot then took Sephiroth's second and third stocks to fully defeat them, walking away with an 11-6 stock lead for Keene State.

The third player for the Peacocks selected Greninja. Greninja struck first in this encounter, taking a stock away from Jackabot. Jackabot then quickly lost his last stock with Greninja keeping all three of theirs, moving the score to a 9-6 advantage for the Owls. The second Owl to enter the matchup was BlueShell as Pikachu. Greninja was the first to take a stock, which reduced KSC's stock lead to 8-6. A second stock was taken by Greninja, bringing it down to a 7-6 lead. BlueShell responded with a KO on Pikachu to make it 7-5. Greninja then took BlueShell's last stock, making it just a single stock lead for the Owls at 6-5.

The next Owl coming into the game was team captain Aidan "Sour" Zimmer as Piranha Plant. Greninja took a stock off of Sour in the first 50 seconds, which tied the game for the first time since the start of it. Sour responded with an elimination to get Greninja down to their final stock and reasserting an Owl stock lead at 5-4. Greninja tied it up again with a KO on Sour, and followed it up with another one right after to swing the lead over to the Peacocks for the first time in the match.

Down 4-3, the Owls sent in their final player, Ph4r0h as Min Min. Ph4r0hwas able to survive Greninja with all three stocks, tying it up at 3-3 and setting up a final one on one match between both squads. The final Peacock selected Inkling. Ph4r0h struck first by taking a stock from Inkling, which gave KSC another stock lead at 3-2. This was immediately answered by Inkling, who KO'ed Ph4r0h to tie it once again. The two traded stocks with each other again, but Ph4r0h had Inkling at 121% damage while having only taken 11.3% themselves going into each player's final stock. Ph4r0h emerged victorious from this matchup and secured a 1-0 stock victory for KSC and an overall 2-0 series victory as they improved to 3-2 on the season.

What's next:
KSC SSBU will compete against Emerson College on Friday March 13th at 7:00 PM before a two-week break. The Owls last played Emerson on November 7th, losing 2-0.