Coleman Stays Perfect In Smash Bros. Through NJCAAE Week 5
March 19, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College Esports team competed in Week 5 of the NJCAAE spring season Tuesday with four Commodores picking up wins.
LCCC had two players that came into week 5 undefeated. Unfortunately, they were matched up against each other and one of the unblemished records had to fall. Matthew Coleman (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria HS) defeated teammate Gabriel Beckstrom (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) in six rounds to keep his undefeated record intact at 5-0. It was a closely contested match as Coleman edged out Beckstrom in knockouts 15-13.
Also picking up a win was Robert Rogers (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) against Jefferson State Community College. Rogers bounced back from a week 4 loss last week to improve to 4-1.
Colby Cabrera (Amherst, Ohio/Marion L. Steele HS) and Jason Thomas (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) picked up forfeit wins in Week 5. Cabrera improves to 3-2 while Thomas evens his record at 2-2.
Esports will be back in action Thursday with Mario Kart and Valorant. Mario Kart starts at 6 p.m. while Valorant will begin at 7:30 p.m.
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 seven 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.
Madden 24, a football simulation game based on the 2023-24 NFL rosters.
Tekken and Street Fighter, both hand-to-hand combat fighting games.
