This Week in Michigan Tech Esports
Thursday, April 14
• Overwatch vs. Bethel, 7 p.m.
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CSGO
The Huskies ended their National Championship run in the top eight, falling to Kennesaw State and then Central Florida.
Round 1, Monday, the Huskies defeated Stony Brook 2-0. With scorelines of 16-14 on Vertigo and 19-16 on Ancient, it was an exhilarating start to an action-packed week. On Vertigo, Brendon "DeadO" Cook led the effort with 33 kills. Not to be outdone, Tyler "LordOPies" Short matched with 33 kills of his own on Ancient.
Round 2, Tuesday, the Huskies stalled out Kennesaw on Ancient in Overtime 19-16 but got locked out of Mirage 16-1. MTU showed composure in the early stages of Inferno, but KSU was able to end the series 2-1 with a 16-7 win on Inferno. The recording is available on the NACE Starleague Twitch channel.
This sent Tech to the lower bracket to face Cal Poly Pomona.
On Wednesday in round 2 of the loser's bracket, Tech moved on over Cal Poly Pomona 2-0. With wins of 16-9 on Nuke and 16-10 on Inferno, the Huskies showed confidence moving into the next round to face Central Florida. Sean "Cleanslate" Parker and Hunter "Retnuh" Holm each put up 25 frags on the board on Nuke. Inferno saw 126.3 ADR from Hunter and 128.7 ADR from Sean.
Thursday saw the end of Tech's National Championship dreams with a 2-1 loss to UCF. The match was off to a terrific start, Hunter "Retnuh" Holm put a staggering 48 kills on the board to lead the Huskies to a 19-17 map one win on Dust 2. Inferno saw similar struggles to Tuesday with a 16-7 loss. Ancient was on track to another victory, but the map ultimately went to Central Florida 16-13 and with it, the match. You can catch the recording on the NACE Starleague Twitch channel.
Tech ends its postseason with two wins and two losses, the Midwest Conference Championship Title, and a top-eight national placement. For more CSGO action, the first match of ESEA S41 is April 25, and the Huskies are preparing to regain ground through the IM league.
Overwatch
On Thursday, the Huskies fell to Purdue Gold 3-2. On Lijiang Tower, Claire "sheep" Holmes-Serrano secured 33 kills and Cameron "rebler" McCarthy scored 11,001 points of healing. This match's recording is available on the Michigan Tech Esports Twitch Channel.
MTU is now 3-6 in the NECC Champions Yellow Division. The Huskies play 7-2 Bethel on Thursday.
Super Smash Bros: Ultimate
The Huskies had back-to-back losses to Grand Canyon and Texas at Austin ending their National Championship aspirations. On Tuesday, Christian "Triple C" Clemmons took four of GCU's stocks as Incineroar.
On Saturday, Husky Smash rolled up to the Blizzard tournament hosted in Marquette and proceeded to tear up the 54 entrant singles tournament. Jonathan "Jcam" Parks placed third, Cameron "Psyke" Duffy placed fourth, and Christian "Triple C" Clemmons placed fifth overall.
Apex Legends
Huskies Apex placed 65th out of 153 teams in last week's Braghouse tournament Thursday.