MISHAWAKA, Ind. --The Bethel Pilots competed in six matches, finishing 3-3 for the week of March 24 through March 29.

Monday, Mar. 24-- vs. University of Delaware (2-0 L) 

The Pilots faced University of Delaware for the first round of the ECAC Super Smash Bros. Playoffs.

August Pogue (Gus) recorded seven KOs and two wins over the course of four fights. 

Brendan Trent (Sage of Fire) posted two wins and four KOs in his four fights. 

 

Player (Gamertag)	Fights	KOs	Stocks Lost	Wins	Losses
August Pogue (Gus)	4	7	6	2	2
Blake Wehlage (Blake645)	3	7	6	1	2
Brendan Trent (Sage of Fire)	4	4	6	2	2
John Samarich (JWolf)	3	2	6	1	2

Wednesday, Mar. 26-- vs. Siena Heights (2-1 L)

The Pilots faced Siena Heights in a WHAC League of Legends matchup. 

Max Puletz (intingn0tsimping) totaled the most kills for the Pilots (20).

Emmanuel Janzen (DeadpoolTrollVe) was the leader for assists (28). 

 

Player (Gamertag)	Kills	Deaths	Assists	Champion Damage	Vision Score
Max Puletz (intingn0tsimping)	20	18	6	76,976	76
Emmanuel Janzen (DeadpoolTrollVe)	7	15	28	42,968	70
Orlando Janzen (Rawayana)	11	13	22	95,739	84
Tyler Moroni ( Doom8675309)	9	19	24	66,218	65
Ray Alessi ( KadoNii)	7	10	25	33,354	335

Wednesday, Mar. 26-- vs. Defiance College (2-0 W)

Bethel secured their first WHAC win of the week over the Defiance Yellowjackets in Valorant. 

Nate Kropiewnicki (Tkrop) led the team in kills (53), totaling 25 in the first game and 28 in the second.  

 

Player (Gamertag)	Kills	Deaths	Assists	Total Combat Score
Zak Shaffer ( BU Happy)	37	23	5	10,472
Nate Kropiewnicki (Tkrop)	53	19	4	14,042
Jon Duta ( BigJ5)	24	19	16	6562
Robert Samarich ( Shadow Veteran)	21	13	17	5457
Aubrey Welches ( Code2deCypher)	21	13	7	5151

Wednesday, Mar. 26-- vs. Marywood University (4-3 W)

The Pilots defeated Marywood in the first round of the ECAC Rocket League Playoffs. 

Gustavo Alvarez (Goose) led the team in both goals scored (five) and saves made (11). 

 

Player (Gamertag)	Goals	Assists	Saves	Shots
Gustavo Alvarez (Goose)	5	1	11	19
Cameron Napier (napier)	3	1	2	13
Nicholas Graber (ba . ng)	2	2	7	9

Thursday, Mar. 27--vs. Heidelberg University (4-0 W)

The Pilots competed in their first GLEC Rocket League matchup of the week.against the Heidelberg Student Princes. 

Gustavo Alvarez (Goose) continued to dominate with 12 goals and four saves. 

 

Player (Gamertag)	Goals	Assists	Saves	Shots
Gustavo Alvarez (Goose)	12	3	4	31
Cameron Napier (napier)	2	5	0	4
Nicholas Graber (ba . ng)	3	4	2	9

Friday, Mar. 28--vs. Rochester Christian University (2-0 L)

The Warriors defeated Bethel 2-0 in their WHAC Valorant matchup. 

Nate Kropiewnicki (Tkrop) continued to be consistent with 23 kills. 

 

Player (Gamertag)	Kills	Deaths	Assists	Total Combat Score
Zak Shaffer ( BU Happy)	16	29	3	4785
Nate Kropiewnicki (Tkrop)	23	25	3	6735
Jon Duta ( BigJ5)	12	29	13	4335
Robert Samarich ( Shadow Veteran)	13	26	3	4185
Aubrey Welches ( Code2deCypher)	8	27	2	2790

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