Loyola New Orleans esports put together a clean 3–0 sweep over West Virginia
University, leaning on sharp dive engagements and mid-match adaptations to stay
in control from start to finish.
The Wolf Pack took the opening map on Busan 2–0 off-stream before heading into
Map 2 on New Junk City (Flashpoint). From the start, Loyola zeroed in on West
Virginia's frontline, repeatedly catching WVU tank Mantazti out of position and
stripping their D.Mon out of mech. That opened wide lanes for Zhaye on Vendetta,
who strung together multi-kills to take the first point 100–0.
West Virginia pushed back on Point 2, building an early 40% lead, but Loyola
quickly turned the tide. Zhaye popped Sundering Blade while Quorked dove the
Mountaineer backline, wiping WVU off the objective and running the board to
close the map 3–0. By the end of New Junk City, Zhaye had put up 24 eliminations
and nearly 6,900 damage, while Quorked logged 21 eliminations. Loyola's support
line of Siren (Kiriko) and Tato (Lúcio) gave up just three deaths combined while
tallying over 16,000 healing.
Map 3 on Esperança (Push) followed a similar script early on, with Loyola
rolling the robot past 80 meters on their first attack. West Virginia found some
traction midway through behind Mantazti's Winston dives and Primal Rage, slowing
Loyola's advance and forcing fights into the side streets.
To counter, Tato swapped onto Sombra, a move that ended up sealing the match.
Tato landed back-to-back EMPs, notably catching WVU's Lúcio before a defensive
Sound Barrier could go off. Left without shields or escape tools, West Virginia
crumbled to Zhaye's Genji blades and frontline pressure from Quorked. A brief
overtime contest by WVU came up short, locking in the push victory and
completing the 3–0 match sweep for Loyola.
