NACE Call of Duty vs. Lakeland College 3 – 0 W
The Bears earned a clean sweep on this March 8 match. Game one was a 250 – 131 win for Hardpoint on Zarqwa Hydroelectric, with Kevin Ralph (gamertag: WhiteChicken) and Hayden Walters (gamertag: Killer) leading on eliminations. Both players earned 24 eliminations to their name. Joao Toledo (gamertag: joaovtoledo10) locked down the point with two and a half minutes of hill time accumulated-- roughly a minute and a half more than any other player.
Game two was a decisive 6 – 1 Search and Destroy win for the squad on Breenbergh Hotel. Ralph once again held top eliminations in this swift match, claiming the highest overall at nine. Nicholas Byers (gamertag: Menace) earned top overall score with 950 points. Game three returned to Breenbergh Hotel for Control, where the unit completed their sweep with a 3 – 1 win. Ralph claimed top overall eliminations one more time, earning 27. He also captured the most objective segments on either side with six. Top damage went to Walters, who dished out 3049 damage to his opponents.
NACE Super Smash Bros. vs. West Virginia Institute of Technology 2 – 0 W
Benjamin Moushey (gamertag: Waywardness) renewed his 12-stock club membership in this clean sweep from the Bears on March 9. The senior kicked off game one by taking eleven stocks on his signature Zelda, while Noah Dean (gamertag: King) cleaned up the final stock to end the first half of the match as Wii Fit Trainer. Game two belonged to Moushey as he claimed all twelve of the stocks held by the Golden Bears, completing the sweep and totaling 23 total stocks.
Other notable esports performances
CCL Call of Duty vs. University of Cincinnati 3 – 1 W
CCL Call of Duty vs. Wilfrid Laurier University Forfeit W
CLoL League of Legends vs. Truman State University Forfeit W
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