Beckstrom and Coleman Remain Undefeated Through Week 4 of NJCAAE Super Smash Bros. Spring Season

March 12, 2024 - - Lorain County Community College Esports competed in Week 4 of the NJCAAE Spring Season Tuesday evening with 10 student-athletes facing off against gamers from all over the country in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch.

Four Commodores--Robert Rogers (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS), Matthew Coleman (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria HS), Gabriel Beckstrom (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS), and David LeBron Jr. (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS)—vied to keep their perfect records intact Tuesday. 

Beckstrom won easily, 4-1, against Northwestern Michigan College and Coleman, playing against teammate LeBron Jr., picked up his fourth win to remain undefeated in the spring at 4-0. Rogers lost for the first time this season to fall to 3-1.

Todd Staller (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) won for the second week in a row to improve to 2-2. Chandler Brown (Elyria, Ohio/LCCC Early College) rebounded from a loss in week 3 to get back to .500 as well. William Klein (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) improved to 3-1 with a 4-0 sweep against Southwest Wisconsin Technical College.

Esports returns on Thursday with Mario Kart 8 and Valorant beginning at 6 p.m. live on Twitch under the channel CommodoreEsports. Rogers will go for his third win of the spring and the Valorant team will look to even up their record with a win.

About CommodoreEsports:

LCCC's Esports team competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association Esports (NJCAAE) which is split into three tiers: Tier 1 - Premier Series, Tier 2 - Contender Series, and Tier 3 - Open Series.  There is a fall season (September-December) and a spring season (February-April).  LCCC has players that compete in Tier 2 and Tier 3.  Tier 2 - Contender Series (CS) competition is the mid-level of NJCAAE competition for members with teams made up of eligible students while Tier 3 - Open Series (OS) competition is the open level of NJCAAE competition for members. In Tier 3, participants do not have to meet any Student Eligibility requirements.

Both tiers of competition run for seven weeks before the postseason begins.

Currently, LCCC competes in these gaming titles/competitions:

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a fighting game, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a racing game, that feature characters from the Nintendo gaming universe on the Nintendo Switch. With Super Smash Bros. players can compete in individual competitions in a best-of-five match or in crew battle, an elimination style game in a 3v3 format.

Valorant, a PC first person shooting game where teams of five players compete in a best two-of-three match where the objective is for one team to place and detonate a spike while the other team tries to diffuse it.  LCCC also competes in Overwatch 2, another first person shooting game.

Tekken and Street Fighter, both hand-to-hand combat fighting games.