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Esports, 2022-23

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SXU Esports Ends Regular Season; Prepares for Playoffs

CHICAGO – The Saint Xavier University Esports teams concluded the regular season portion of their schedules last week and now prepare for postseason competition. Four of the five teams were in action as Rocket League, Overwatch, Valorant Varsity and JV, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate had contests. Both Overwatch and Rocket League went undefeated in the spring semester, with Overwatch compiling a 7-0 record in the NACE East 2 Conference and Rocket League going 7-0 in the NACE East 4 Conference, respectively.
  • Rocket League defeated Lawrence Tech University by a 3-0 score (3-1, 2-1, 5-2) in the best-of-five match on Monday, March 20. They featured a lineup of 'Toast' freshman Marcos Nunez (Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn Community), 'GruesomeOrc' junior Peyton Benes (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) and 'ItsZball' freshman Zuriel Munoz (Chicago, Ill./Back of the Yards College Prep). The win gives SXU a bye in the postseason and will return to action on April 10.
  • Overwatch took down University of Wisconsin-Stout 3-0 (2-1, 2-1, 1-0) on Tuesday, March 21. The Cougars played with the lineup of 'alphabet' freshman William Barquero Roman (Miami, Fla./Archimedean Upper Conservatory), 'Monkey' sophomore Jonathan Cosgrove (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice), 'Citronboss27' freshman Michael Guzaitis (Tinley Park, Ill./Marist), 'Glocktopus' junior Michael Hamm (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) and 'IntenseTimbo' sophomore Timothy Novak (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg). They also earned a bye and will resume play on April 11.
  • The Valorant Varsity team of 'Park Jihyo' senior Alfredo Arreguin (Chicago, Ill./Morton CC/Morton West), 'JayCee' sophomore Jonathan Cruz (Whiting, Ind./Lindblom), 'JuJu' senior Julian Rodriguez (Chicago Ridge, Ill./Richards) and 'Sainticer' senior Ray Rodriguez (Chicago, Ill./Washington CC/Cristo Rey Jesuit) and 'TBOP' junior Tien Nguyen (Calumet City, Ill./Bloom) split its two matches last week. They lost 2-1 (13-3, 14-16, 9-13) to Carolina University (N.C.) on Wednesday, March 22 and bounced back with a 2-0 win (13-5, 13-9) over University of St. Francis (Ill.) on March 23.
  • The Valorant JV team lost 2-0 (6-13, 11-13) to Missouri State University on March 22.
  • SSBU suffered a 2-0 loss (0-6, 0-2) to University of St. Francis (Ill.) on Thursday, March 24. The had a lineup of 'Greenbeas47' senior Horace Holifield (Chicago, Ill./Evergreen Park), 'Blokit' freshman Francisco Cayetano-Perez, 'B-Bop' freshman Brian Dykstra (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) and 'Immersed' freshman Javier Rodriguez (Chicago, Ill./Hancock College Prep). Despite the loss, Saint Xavier earned a bye and will now compete on April 13.

Saint Xavier will see Valorant Varsity taking on Carolina University (N.C.) in postseason play on Wednesday, March 29 and Rocket League competes this week as they take part in the three-day Illini eSports Invitational that begins on Friday, March 31.

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