Loyola Overwatch remains undefeated this week

NEW ORLEANS – The Wolf Pack Overwatch team remains undefeated after Monday's 3-0 sweep against Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.). The Super Smash Bros. Plus team lost Thursday's match against Lubbock Christian University, 2-0.

Loyola will begin next week with an Overwatch match against Texas A&M University-San Antonio on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. Esports action will continue on Thursday, Oct. 17, when the Wolf Pack face off with Blinn College and Ole Miss at 6 p.m. in Super Smash Bros. Premier and Plus, respectively. Loyola fans can tune into the action at https://www.twitch.tv/loynoesports with the Super Smash Bros. Plus team competing at https://www.youtube.com/@loynoesports2.

The Wolf Pack Overwatch squad stayed dominant in Monday's match, taking a sweeping victory over Olivet Nazarene University. The match began on the control map, Lijiang Tower. After quickly gaining control of the objective, Loyola kept ONU from getting possession, taking a 100-0 win in round one. At the halfway mark of round two, a Rampage from Matthew Marshall's Junker Queen helped set up kills for Dashiell Hazzard and Mark Violante. Just as it did in round one, the Wolf Pack dominated, securing the second round and a first-set victory.

Loyola started the second set on the attacker's side of King's Row. The Pack kept the ball rolling, moving the payload to its destination, leaving 3:33 on the clock. Switching over to the defensive end, Olivet Nazarene found a way to take down Loyola's back line to capture the payload. However, the Pack got back on track, preventing ONU from reaching the checkpoint, to head into set three with a 2-0 lead.

Olivet Nazarene played a stronger third set, trying to keep pace with the Pack on Flashpoint. ONU's best efforts did not stop the Maroon and Gold from advancing on each objective. After Loyola had already taken a 2-0 lead in the set, Olivet Nazarene pushed the objective to 99% but was unable to close it out, locking in Loyola's 3-0 sweep on the match.

Daven-Angelo Montalbano highlighted Thursday's Super Smash Bros. match against Lubbock Christian University, winning a game-leading three battles. As Toon Link, Montalbano took down consecutive opponents in set one, then beat another LCU fighter in the second set. The sophomore took away ten stocks from his opponents, while only losing six of his own.
 

Plus Results

First Crew Battle:

R.O.B. (LCU) def. Wolf (Lucian Payne), 3-0
R.O.B. (LCU) def. Sonic (Leyton Gould), 3-1
Toon Link (Daven-Angelo Montalbano) def. R.O.B. (LCU), 2-1
Toon Link (Daven-Angelo Montalbano) def. Luigi (LCU), 3-1
Link (LCU) def. Toon Link (Daven-Angelo Montalbano), 1-0
Link (LCU) def. Terry (Evan Sakryd), 3-0
Lubbock Christian leads match, 1-0
 

Second Crew Battle:

Hero (LCU) def. Mario (Leyton Gould), 3-1
Wolf (Lucian Payne) def. Hero (LCU), 2-2
Jigglypuff (LCU) def. Wolf (Lucian Payne), 1-0
Jigglypuff (LCU) def. Terry (Evan Sakryd), 3-0
Toon Link (Daven-Angelo Montalbano) def. Jigglypuff (LCU), 3-2
Terry (LCU) def. Toon Link (Daven-Angelo Montalbano), 1-2
Lubbock Christian wins match, 2-0