Wolf Pack esports falls to Wichita State

NEW ORLEANS – The Loyola University New Orleans esports team battled Wichita State Thursday night in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, dropping the match with the Shockers esports program, 2-0. Next up for Loyola is Week 5 of competition next Thursday at 6 p.m.
 

All competitions are streamed live on the program's Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/loynoesports. 
 

WSU got off to a good start in the first set, as the Shockers' Palutena character defeated Nathan Long, playing as Rosalina & Luna, 3-2. Anthony Nodolski stepped up as Olimar and took out Palutena, but Nodolski lost his two remaining stocks against Mega Man in the next round. Ameer Joseph then knocked out Mega Man before being eliminated by Wichita State's Ken character. As Luigi, Owen Salinas battled tough against Ken, eventually winning, 3-2, but WSU ended the first set by taking out Salinas' last stock. 
 

Loyola fared much better in the second set, as Salinas got things started with a 3-0 win over the Mega Man, then he took two stocks away from R.O.B. to help Joseph in the next round. This time playing as Bayonetta, Joseph quickly eliminated R.O.B. before giving way to Long against WSU's Ken. However, the set came down to the final battle between Nodolski and Palutena, as Wichita State closed things out with a hard-fought 3-2 win. 

Results

First Crew Battle:

Palutena (WSU) def. Rosalina & Luna (Nathan Long), 3-2

Olimar (Anthony Nodolski) def. Palutena (WSU), 1-1

Mega Man (WSU) def. Olimar (Anthony Nodolski), 2-2

Zelda (Ameer Joseph) def. Mega Man (WSU), 1-2

Ken (WSU) def. Zelda (Ameer Joseph), 1-0

Luigi (Owen Salinas) def. Ken (WSU), 3-2

R.O.B. (WSU) def. Luigi (Owen Salinas), 1-0

Wichita State leads match, 1-0

 

Second Crew Battle:

Luigi (Owen Salinas) def. Mega Man (WSU), 3-0

R.O.B. (WSU) def. Luigi (Owen Salinas), 3-2

Bayonetta (Ameer Joseph) def. R.O.B. (WSU), 1-1

Ken (WSU) def. Bayonetta (Ameer Joseph), 2-1

Rosalina & Luma (Nathan Long) def. Ken (WSU), 2-2

Palutena (WSU) def. Rosalina & Luma (Nathan Long), 1-0

Palutena def. Olimar (Anthony Nodolski), 3-2

Wichita State wins match, 2-0

 

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