EUGENE, Ore. – Bushnell Fortnite earned a spot in the Collegiate Championship in the first qualifier of the spring, while Rocket League split their second week of matches.
ROCKET LEAGUE
The Rocket League regular season consists of six rounds of conference play. All matches are best-of-five games. At the end of the Regular Season, the first-place roster in each conference will get an automatic bid into the Playoffs. The second and third place rosters from each conference will compete in a Last Chance Qualifier against second and third place rosters from other conferences.
UT Dallas 3, Bushnell 0 (4-1, 3-2, 3-2)
Bushnell faced one of the toughest opponents in the West-Central conference, undefeated UT Dallas (3-0) on Tuesday, falling to the Comets in three. The Beacons (2-1) are in a tie for second in the seven-team conference with three games to go in the regular season.
Box Score
Up next, the Beacons take on Lethbridge College (1-1) on Monday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m.
Bushnell 4, Fanshawe College 0 (2-1, 5-2, 5-3, 3-2)
The Beacons are also competing in a league run by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). They will play six best-of-seven matches in the 43-team Contenders Division. To be eligible for the postseason, they must earn at least eight points during the regular season and finish among the top-16. Each win is worth two points.
Bushnell is now 2-0 after sweeping Fanshawe College (1-1) on Wednesday. Up next is a match against Gallaudet University (0-2) on Feb. 14 at 5:00 p.m.
FORTNITE
Christian Velazquez and
Ethan Slayden will compete in three qualifiers. During each qualifier, there will be two separate lobbies playing four custom matches. The top four teams from each lobby based on earned points (placement, eliminations) will receive direct bids to the Collegiate Championship. Over the span of three qualifiers, 24 teams will earn direct bids, while another 24 teams will advance based on collective points throughout the qualifiers.
Qualifier #1: 4th/38
Velazquez and Slayden posted 68 points (53 placement, 15 eliminations) in the first qualifier to finish fourth and earn themselves a direct bid to the Collegiate Championship. The duo scored most of their points in the first (28) and third (26) matches, taking second place in both.
The second qualifier will take place on Saturday, Feb. 17 at noon.
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