HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker ESports team dropped a pair of matches in Open Division Hearthstone and the NACE Overwatch Fall Cup on Monday night (Oct. 12).
Coker faced off against Lebanon Valley College in Open Divison Hearthstone in the first match of the night. Coker brought Libram Paladin, Face Hunter and Agro Demon Hunter. Lebanon Valley brought Control Priest, Agro Demon Hunter and Bomb Warrior. The first match started with Coker's Libram paladin and Lebanon's Agro Demon Hunter. Coker was able to match the pace with Lebanon and as the game went on Coker's minions were able to stick on the board leading to a game one win. The second game was a Demon Hunter mirror and this time, Lebanon Valley was able to out-pace the Cobras to win game two. Game three was Lebanon's Control Priest against Coker's Face Hunter. Coker was able to get Lebanon Valley to three HP but LVC was able to stabilize the board and heal up to win game three. Game four was Coker's Face Hunter against Lebanon's Bomb Warrior. Coker was never able to get the momentum on their side, and LVC was able to pressure Coker enough to get an early game four to win the match 3-1.
Coker faced off against Southeastern University in the NACE Championship. The first map was Lijiang Tower and after an initial back, Southeastern started off strong by winning the map 2-0. The second map was Junkertown and Southeastern was able to start off by pushing the payload to the final checkpoint. It was then up to Coker to match but they were stopped just short of the first checkpoint. The third map was King's Row and Southeastern was again able to push through the entirety of the map and forced Coker to do the same. As time was running out for Coker, Madison Schmidt was able to make a heroic play on Pharah to push the cart to the second checkpoint and keep Coker's hopes alive. Coker was then less than a meter away from capping the final checkpoint, but was stopped short giving the match win to Southeastern 3-0.
The Cobras return to action tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 13) to face the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Varsity Division Hearthstone. The match is set for 7:00 p.m., with video available at www.cokercobras.com.