Esports continues its busy fall schedule. Below is a recap of the action from September 18-28:

League of Legends vs Dalhousie University (9/18/25): Win 1-0
Centre's League of Legends team had a wildly successful performance in the NECC placement tournament. During their first match, the team utilized an unconventional approach against Dalhousie Pink by sticking together in the jungle to attack the different lanes as a team. After establishing control and a significant gold lead, Centre cleared the field effortlessly, advancing to the winners bracket. Notably, esteramu (Gabriel Habeeb) had an incredible debut game, finishing 18-0 with 13k gold.

League of Legends vs Concord University (9/18/25): Win 1-0
During the second round, Centre utilized a traditional strategy of lane splitting. This match was particularly interesting as both Centre and Concord used similar team comps, creating a clash of true skill. While at points Centre struggled, they prevailed and secured the win. With the placement tourney concluded, Centre was placed into NECC Division VI for their regular season conference.

Marvel Rivals vs Columbus State University (9/21/25): Win 3-1
In round 1, Centre dominated the first objective, just to struggle in the second, leaving the round neck and neck until Centre used some unorthodox tactics to surprise CSU and capture the final round winning point. This tactic was placing Caleb "Powers" Pelanne on Human Torch which added an elevation to Centre's firepower that CSU couldn't combat. In round 2, CSU swapped one of their players on to Captain America which pummeled Centre. Centre couldn't come up with any long term answers for the swap and lost round 2. In round 3, Centre learned from their mistakes and banned Captain America. CSU responded with a Bruce Banner which was perfect for Centre's team composition, and would be a defining factor of Centre's stalwart defense which left zero room for error on CSU's part going into the second half. CSU's players are only human and would give the round to Centre. In the final round, CSU made a fatal mistake by not banning Magik or Wolverine which allowed for Centre's duelist players to lock in both. Leif "StarGarden" Becker would use that Magik to secure several multikills to quickly and effortlessly win the final round and series.

Rocket League vs Florida Southern College (9/21/25): Loss 3-0 (3-4, 0-1, 1-11)
The first goal of the series was scored by ACKess off a pass from Duroxy only 9 seconds in. Additional goals were traded back forth between the two teams with the Colonels maintaining a lead until the 23 second mark which allowed FSC to trigger overtime. Game 2 saw some impressive defense from the Centre—only allowing 1 of the 10 total shot attempts from FSC to go in. In round three, Florida Southern came alive and scored over and over with incredibly speedy and tricky shots. While the Colonels still managed to defend a meaningful portion of the shot attempts, they were unable to turn things around. As the score deficit rose, the Colonels opted for riskier plays to attempt a comeback, but it did not manifest. Finally, after being down by double digits, Duroxy managed to sneak in Centre's one and only goal in the final second of the round.

Valorant vs Transylvania University (9/22/25): Win 2-0 (13-5, 13-6)
The Colonels had a strong opener in their NECC Div VII season facing off against a local Rival. Map one was Lotus, Centre's pick, where the colonels started on defense. They managed an astounding 10-2 lead in the first half highlighted by Green Guy (Bishwo D) 's aggressive Raze which racked up 22 elims in the half and 28 total in the game. Slightly slower on attack, Centre only needed a few strong round executes to finish things out. Map 2 was Ascent, selected by Transy. The Colonels opted to begin on defense, and once again managed to rack up a sizable round lead before the half. Centre similarly lost a bit of momentum on attack, but quickly closed things out when they regained econ advantage. Performative Man this time lead the pack with 28 total eliminations.

League of Legends vs Florida Polytechnic (9/25/25): Win 2-0
In the first match Centre opened with a team fight and pick based comp against a crowd control comp of FL Poly. After over 20 minutes of an evenly stacked game Centre pulled ahead with a large team fight in mid using the Rift Herald for extra pressure. They finished the round 17-11-36 with a 4k gold lead. Notably, MetroMina, aka Mina Hartman, dealt a massive amount of damage playing Syndra, by the end of the match she had accumulated 41k damage. During the second round, Centre played a burst comp and FL Poly switched to a sustain comp. This round was significantly shorter with Centre initiating many team battles which played into the weakness of FL Poly's laning. Some noteworthy gameplay came from Captain Nick "orbiterpluto" Minton playing Seraphim, with 12 assists in match one and 9 assists in match two, he saved his teammates countless times in the series. Centre won the second round 16-4-25 with an 8k gold lead, making them now 2-0 in the regular season.

Marvel Rivals vs University of Montevallo (9/28/25): Loss 3-1
In round 1, Centre faced some unorthodox tactics when the fight began against Montevallo due to their Dr. Strange opening a portal that split Centre's defences and would put them on the backfoot going into the objective opening. Centre would struggle to push to the objective as some well timed ultimates and positioning from Montevallo would see Centre losing the first round. In round 2, Centre changes up their team to place Caleb "Powers" Pelanne on the strategist role rather than the duelist role. Nate "Minnelism" Brantley would also come in to serve as a second vanguard. Centre struggled in the first half to find their footing, but as the match was nearing completion, Leif "StarGarden" Becker swaped to Magik to turn the round in Centre's favor. These well timed swaps from Centre allow them to come out on top in round 2. Round 3 saw Montevallo immideatly ban Centre's Magik, so their saving grace was now unplayable. An unfortunately timed ultimate from Centre's strategists simultaneously would cause them to be on the back foot for the majority of round 3. They would gain their footing close to the end of the round by using their ultimates as perfect counters to what Montevallo threw at them, yet the round would end in a loss for Centre. Moving into the 4th round, Blake "BigSoup" Shrewsberry would be relegated back to the only vanguard. The round would be incredibly close as each team had won an objective. The last objective would decide the winner. Unfortunately, Montevallo would use their same tactics from round 1 to catch Centre off guard and ultimately take the round and win the series.

Rocket League vs Augusta University (9/28/25): Win 3-0 (3-1, 2-1, 3-1)
After a humbling start to the season, the Colonels managed a clean sweep to get them on the board in the challenging PBC Masters division. Game 1 began slowly with Augusta scoring the first goal after 3 minutes had passed—this opportunity occurring in part because Sush (Grant Walker) was stuck in a "Rule 1" in Augusta's net. With less than 1:30 remaining though, the Colonels fired back with 3 goals back-to-back, 2 of which came from ACKess (Adam Kessinger). They finished the round with 11 total shot attempts vs Augusta's 5. Game 2 was much tighter, but a beautifully angled shot from Duroxy (Eddie Mora) off the wall allowed the Colonels to pull ahead. Game 3 was also quite dominant with the Colonels making 11 total shot attempts again vs Augusta's 3. Centre was consistently able to punish mistakes which allowed them to play the more offensive and rotation-heavy style of play they prefer.

Valorant vs Arkansas State University Mountain Home (9/29/25): Loss 2-0 (9-13, 1-13)
Centre started this series in a rough way by losing the first three rounds. They opened with an aggressive playstyle while on defense which brought them to to conclusion that playing back was going to be a more fruitful strategy. Centre managed to bring the game to a tie using a slower strategy that employed stalling and flanks. The two teams stayed neck and neck until half time. Every time Centre had a winning position, ASUMH adapted quickly and closed the gap between the teams. While Centre got a great start to the second half of the first match, it was short lived because as soon as ASUMH got some of their ultimate abilities they took the lead and never look back. Aaron "performative man" Klein was a great entry duelist and managed to get the highest first bloods in the game at 6. In the second match ASUMH defended with a strategy that was incredibly powerful against Centre. They played in different locations every single round. This kept Centre from getting any real footing and would lead to a nearly flawless half from ASUMH. Because of the score difference at half time, Centre did not have the wiggle room to mount a meaningful comeback.

The Colonels now prepare for a busy month of October, starting on Sunday 10/5 with a League of Legends matchup against Middle Tennessee, Marvel Rivals versus North Georgia, and Rocket League versus Columbus State.