JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – Week 3 of Collegiate League of Legends was played against the University of Cincinnati on Friday night, with both teams coming into the week with a record of 2-0.
Game 1 was a very slow-paced game in the early game, with Illinois College playing towards the top side of the map and Cincinnati playing towards their bot side of the map. This showed by substantial farm leads in those lanes for the respective teams. The first fight came towards dragon at 18 minutes after ultimate's were all used on both sides, with Cincinnati coming out on top by taking the dragon with good ward coverage and taking four kills on top of that.
Illinois College was able to stay in the game by stealing baron after being zoned off at around 27 minutes into the game, which held off the push from Cincinnati until the buff expired. The AD carry of Cincinnati was too oppressive, being up nearly an entire item most of the game which made it too difficult to team fight for the side of IC.
Game 1 ended at 37 minutes with a final kill score of 19-5 in favor of Cincinnati. Stat leaders for IC were Dalton "Prankuru" Swaino with a KDA of 3/3/0 and 34% of the team's damage, followed by Adam "IC Chill" Lee with a KDA of 0/3/2 and 29% of the team's damage.
Game 2's early game was very similar to game 1 as IC's top lane and Cincinnati's bot lane both received jungle attention and this showed with substantial farm leads for both teams. There was not much action for the majority of the game, but Cincinnati was able to keep control with a strong bot lane and great macro decisions by taking dragons on spawn.
Cincinnati was able to take baron at 22 minutes and push to end shortly after. Game 2 ended at 25:30 with a final kill score of 11-4 in favor of Cincinnati. Stat leaders for IC were Dalton "Prankuru" Swaino with a KDA of 2/1/0 and 38% of the team's damage followed by Adam "IC Chill" Lee with a KDA of 2/3/0 and 25% of the team's damage.
This result pushes IC to 2-1 in Riot's College League of Legends tournament. The next match is scheduled for February 16th at 3 p.m. with the opponent to still be determined.
