JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The Illinois College esports team improved to 4-1 in the Riot League of Legends Tournament after a 2-0 victory over Missouri Valley College on Saturday.
Game 1 started off slow for IC as Missouri Valley was able to pick up a few kills in laning phase to take an early gold lead, but that didn't last for very long. Once laning phase ended, IC was able to pick up two favorable team fights, one of which ended in a clean 5-for-0 ace and baron. After baron was taken, IC was able to push to take structures in their base and end the game.
Game 1 ended in 26:44 with a final kill score of 15-7 in favor of IC. Stat leaders of game 1 go to Dalton "Prankuru" Swaino with a KDA of 8/0/7 and 37% of the team's damage, followed by Adam "IC Chill" Lee with a KDA of 2/4/8 and 30% of the team's damage.
Game 2 was much closer and went back and forth for most of the game. Missouri Valley focused heavily on shutting down the top half of the map, which enabled IC's bot lane to win 2v2 matchups and let the jungler free farm on the champion Karthus, which made teamfighting very easy once laning phase ended.
Game 2 ended at 35:58 with a final kill score of 21-15 in favor of IC. Stat leaders for game 2 go to Tony "King Me" Bautista-Foti with a KDA of 9/2/6 and 28% of the team's damage, followed by Dylan "IC Storm" Cawthon with a KDA of 3/5/10 and 24% of the team's damage.
This result improves IC's record to 4-1 in Riot's College League of Legends tournament. With one more win, IC will clinch a playoff berth in the North Conference. The next match is scheduled for March 2 at 3 p.m. with the opponent to still be decided.
