LCCC Valorant Falls in NJCAAE Tier 3 Semi-Final; Plays for Third Place Saturday
April 25, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College Valorant team of the Esports program suffered a Final Four loss to the College of DuPage in the National Junior College Athletic Association Esports Tier 3 Tournament. With the loss, the Commodores move into a 3rd place match up on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. against Dutchess Community College.
The Valorant team – made up of Ethan Stump (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria HS), Brody Taylor (North Ridgeville, Ohio/North Ridgeville HS), Kylie Zeman (North Ridgeville, Ohio/North Ridgeville HS), Justin Kozelka (Munson, Ohio/Ohio Virtual Academy), and Tyler Misconish (Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville HS) – took an early 2-0 lead in the first game but DuPage quickly regrouped and won the next seven games to gain a comfortable 7-3 lead, eventually winning 13-6.
The second round didn't get much better for the Commodores as DuPage won the first four games and took the match, 13-4.
Kozelka led the Commodores in kills with 28 and had a team-high seven bomb plants. Misconish and Taylor also cracked the 20-kill mark with 26 and 23, respectively. Misconish also added two bomb diffuses. Taylor led in kill assists with 11.
The Valorant team hadn't lost a single game entering the match with DuPage. Saturday's match will be live streamed on LCCC Twitch channel: CommodoreEsports
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 of that collegiate institution. 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.
Tekken and Street Fighter, both hand-to-hand combat fighting games.
For more information on LCCC Athletics, visit athletics.lorainccc.edu