Esports continues to grind
MEQUON, Wis. – The CUW esports team continues to chug through the semester. This past week, the Falcons competed in Call of Duty, Rocket League, Overwatch, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, Smash Bros and Starcraft.
The quartet of Falcons went unbeaten in Super Smash Bros solos play on Friday. Junior Gideon Cain Cedarburg, Wis.) recorded a 2-1 victory over UTSA with Wolf and Falcon to improve to 5-0 on the season. Junior Nathanael Quezada (St. Charles, Mo.) swept Rogers State, 2-0, with Daisy. Senior Micah Chilman (Las Vegas, Nev.) froze Moravian with a 2-0 victory as Chrom and sophomore De'Shawn Ford (Gardena, Calif.) sank Alfred State with Prya and Mythra to remain undefeated.
"We soared through the sky," said Quezada. "Like Bellerophon, together were brought low; in that moment, he and I were comrades."
The Blue and White competed in Fortnight solos and trios play this past week. Freshman Steven Pieroni (Danvers, Mass.) led the flock in 14th place in solo play with 576 points. Sophomore Anthony Garron (Danvers, Mass.) followed behind in 20th place with 555 points.
In trios play, the team of Steven Pieroni, sophomore Colby Williams (Myrtle Beach, Calif.) and Anthony Garron finished in 21st place with a season-high 349 points.
After losing to Missouri Baptist, 0-3, the Rocket League team of senior Alex Reimer (Sheboygan, Wis.), senior Ethan Koch (Fredericksburg, Iowa) and junior Austin Esterly (Lombard, Ill.) bounced back with a 3-2 victory over Fresno State. Austin Esterly led the way with nine goals and eight saves.
We had a handful of good games and two bad games." Said Williams. "We just need every game to be a good game so we can get the top-five finish we are looking for."
The Overwatch team fell short with a 1-2 loss to Randolph Macon. In the game one victory, Caleb Durst led the Blue and with 24 eliminations.
SUNY Oswego sank the Falcons in Rainbow Six Siege with a pair of 7-4 and 7-3 victories at Club House and Café. Sean Sullivan led the Falcons with 10 eliminations.
"This was just a sloppy day," said head coach Lewis Smith. "Between integrating a new sub and having to have a player leave early, there were just too many forces external to the game that prevented us from winning."
The Call of Duty team stumbled again on the week after starting the year off 7-0 with a pair of 0-3 losses to Bethany College and Ottawa University.
Senior Andrew Gordon (Olney, Md.) picked up a 0-2 loss in Starcraft. Gordon dropped both games with Zerg against Protoss.
The Falcons will continue to fight this week.
