Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content
Valorant Team

Esports Kelsey Segren, Assistant Sports Information Director

Bushnell Esports: Weekly Recap

EUGENE, Ore. – Bushnell Esports continued the spring slate last week, picking up their first win of the season with a victory over George Fox in Valorant. Fortnite competed in the Spring Collegiate Championship, taking ninth place in the tournament.

ROCKET LEAGUE
The Rocket League regular season consists of six rounds of conference play. All matches are a best-of-five games. At the end of the Regular Season, three Rosters from each Division that have the best overall Records (W-L) will move on to the Playoffs.

Oklahoma Christian 3, Bushnell 1 (1-4, 0-1, 3-2, 2-4)
The Beacons fell to Oklahoma Christian (3-0) on Monday night. OC took the first two games, holding off Bushnell in game two with a lone goal at the 1:42 mark.

The Beacons trailed 2-1 with under 20 seconds ago in game three before Cole Vamos took one in on his own to tie it up and send the game to overtime. Lucas Fenton, who tallied eight saves on the match, knocked in the game-winner nearly four minutes into the overtime period.

OC took the match with a 4-2 win in game four.

Cole Vamos: 3 goals, 1 assist, 8 saves
Kyle Foss: 2 goals, 1 assist, 10 saves
Lucas Fenton: 1 goal, 1 assist, 12 saves

Up next, Bushnell takes on the University of Missouri (3-0) on Monday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m.

OVERWATCH 2
The Overwatch regular season consists of six rounds of conference play. All matches are a best-of-five games. At the end of the Regular Season, six Rosters from each Division that have the best overall Records (W-L) will move on to the Playoffs.

Irvine Valley College 3, Bushnell 0 (2-0, 1-0, 1-0)
Bushnell fell to 0-4 on Tuesday evening but Irvine Valley has since then dropped out of the conference, meaning the results of the match are up in the air.

Up next, Bushnell takes on Cornell College (4-1) on Tuesday, March 7 at 5:30 p.m.

VALORANT
The Valorant regular season consists of six rounds of conference play. All matches are a best-of-three games. At the end of the Regular Season, six Rosters from each Division that have the best overall Records (W-L) will move on to the Playoffs.

Bushnell 2, George Fox 1 (4-13, 13-7, 13-8)
The sides were tied at 2-2 on Icebox but Bushnell was unable to recover after dropping the next six rounds. The Beacons answered by cruising to a win on Haven after leading 10-2 at the swap on the defensive side. Bushnell then started on defense on the decisive map three, Pearl, and trailed 7-5 at the swap before going 8-1 on attack to earn their first win of the spring season.

Map 1: Icebox
Map 2: Haven
Map 3: Pearl

Cole Vamos: 76 eliminations, 11 assists
Chase Dean: 43 eliminations, 29 assists
Aaron May: 36 eliminations, 20 assists
Christian Velazquez: 29 eliminations, 22 assists
Christian Taylor: 21 eliminations, 25 assists

Up next, Bushnell takes on Keyano College (3-0) on Wednesday, March 8 at 5:30 p.m..

FORTNITE
The NACE Starleague Collegiate Series featuring Fortnite (Split 1) takes place over the course of four tournaments, three Regional Opens followed by the Collegiate Championship. During each regional qualifier, rosters are invited into custom lobbies to play four matches. Teams earn points based on placement and eliminations. The top-three finishers from each West qualifier earn a direct bid to the Collegiate Championship on March 4. 

Bushnell – 9th
Christian Velazquez and Ethan Slayden finished with 65 points (54 placement, 11 eliminations) at the Collegiate Championship on Saturday. York University won the event, tallying 151 points on the tournament with 53 points earned via eliminations. St. Bonaventure University and the University of Maryland tied for second place with 118 points apiece.

The Beacons took 11th, 3rd, 12th in the first three matches before winning the fourth. Slayden tallied five eliminations in the Victory Royale. The pair dropped to ninth after early exits in the final two matches.
 
Check the Bushnell Esports schedule here to stay up to date on any schedule changes. 

Follow twitch.tv/bushnellesports to get notified when each match begins.
Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Chase Dean

Chase Dean

Valorant
Senior
Pt Loser
Lucas Fenton

Lucas Fenton

Rocket League
Sophomore
Lucas
Kyle Foss

Kyle Foss

Rocket League
Sophomore
Foss
Aaron May

Aaron May

Overwatch
Junior
Juraa
Cole Vamos

Cole Vamos

Rocket League, Valorant
Junior
Crow
Christian Velazquez

Christian Velazquez

Fortnite, Valorant
Junior
Pekzyyy
Christian Taylor

Christian Taylor

Overwatch, Valorant
Freshman
Leventhal
Ethan Slayden

Ethan Slayden

Fortnite
Sophomore
SomaticSpace80

Players Mentioned

Chase Dean

Chase Dean

Senior
Pt Loser
Valorant
Lucas Fenton

Lucas Fenton

Sophomore
Lucas
Rocket League
Kyle Foss

Kyle Foss

Sophomore
Foss
Rocket League
Aaron May

Aaron May

Junior
Juraa
Overwatch
Cole Vamos

Cole Vamos

Junior
Crow
Rocket League, Valorant
Christian Velazquez

Christian Velazquez

Junior
Pekzyyy
Fortnite, Valorant
Christian Taylor

Christian Taylor

Freshman
Leventhal
Overwatch, Valorant
Ethan Slayden

Ethan Slayden

Sophomore
SomaticSpace80
Fortnite