Cobleskill, NY:  The Cobleskill Esports teams enter the postseason play in the SUNY League and ECAC League.  Call of Duty will compete in the SUNY League semi finals and ECAC quarter finals this week as EA FC 24 Team A starts their run in the ECAC round of 32. 

This fall the Tigers are fielding teams in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (two teams), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (4 teams), EA FC 24 (four teams) and Overwatch 2. They will be competing in the competitive SUNY Esports League and ECAC Esports League.
 
 
Call of Duty
 
The Call of Duty team of Treelee Edmund (Bronx, NY), Nazaire Odom (Queens, NY), Ajani Simpson (Springfield Gardens, NY), Aaron Smith and Rennie Stockton (Manhattan, NY) are riding a four-game win streak as they entered the SUNY League Playoffs.  Their record of 5-2 overall earned them the number two seed overall and a first round bye, which marks a program best.
 
In the quarter finals, they faced Alfred State, and it was the team of Edmund, Odom, Simpson and Smith that earned the win due to a forfeit by Alfred.  The win sent the Fighting Tigers to the semi-finals.
 
In the ECAC league, it was Edmunds, Odom, Stockton and Smith that defeated Southeastern Illinois College 3-1 in a must win game to make playoffs.  In a highly competitive match, the Tigers took game one of hardpoint 250-190.The Falcons came back and won search and destroy 6-1, but Cobleskill rebounded using teamwork and great 1v1 skills to win search 3-1 and hardpoint 250-224.
 
Call of Duty will face University of Buffalo in the Semi-Finals of the SUNY League Playoffs on Thursday, November 30th at 8:00 p.m.
 
Call of Duty will face Southeastern College in a rematch in the quarterfinals of the ECAC Playoffs on Friday, December 1st at 8:00 p.m.
 
 
Overwatch 2
 
The Cobleskill Overwatch 2 team of Sean Mangual (Manhattan, NY), Kip Brownstein (Cohoes, NY), Lucas Williams (Brooklyn, NY), Matthew Ayala (Bronx, NY), Jack Spugnardi (Boston, MA), Malik Tingle (Poughkeepsie, NY) and Michael Amoateng (Bronx, NY) dropped their final game of the season to Saint Rose 3-0.  The Fighting Tigers put up a fight against a talented Saint Rose team in three close matches.
 
 
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has four teams competing in the SUNY League. All four players made the SUNY League playoffs this season, marking a new program high.  The SUNY League had a double-elimination playoff bracket this season. Matthew Nikolaus (Middleburgh, NY) was Cobleskill's top player all season and went 2-0 on week one of the tournament picking up wins against Morrisville and NCCC to advance to the third round of the winners bracket.  On week two of the playoffs, Matthew dropped his first match to #3 seed SUNY Purchase 2-1 before picking up the win against SUNY Orange to keep his playoffs hope alive.  His season came to an end in the fifth round of the bottom bracket against SUNY Plattsburgh, 2-1.
 
Christopher Outman (Rushford, NY) went 2-1 on week one of the playoffs, picking up big time wins over SUNY Morrisville and SUNY Purchase.  His season came to an end against WCC in the third round of the bottom bracket.
 
Chad Edwards (Brooklyn, NY) had a tough matchup in round one of the winners bracket as he fell to Fredonia State, 2-0.  With the loss, he was moved down to the bottom bracket where he dropped a close match to Oneonta State, 2-0.
 
Freshman Riley Mercera (Rye Brook, NY) made a little run into the playoffs as a underdog. He dropped his first-round match against SUNY Orange before going on a two game win streak in the bottom bracket, picking up big wins against Morrisville and NCCC.  He ultimately met his match against SCCC in the third round of the bottom bracket.
 
 
EA FC 24
 
This season Cobleskill's EA FC 24 teams are represented by returners Saro Karageozian (Colonie, NY) and Derek Streeter (Utica, NY) and by newcomers Conor Flanigan (Troy, NY) and John Espinoza (Ossining, NY).
 
Streeter (EA FC A) leads the Tigers with 5-2 overall record as he picked up a win in the final week of the regular season over Iona College 2-1. He earned the number 5 seed in the ECAC Playoffs, a new program best.
 
Saro (EA FC B) dropped his final match of the season to Buena Vista University.
 
Newcomer Conor Flanigan (EA FC C) defeated Augustana College in his final match of the season.  He finished with a 4-3 record overall but didn't qualify for playoffs due to a tie-breaker.
 
John Espinoza (EA FC D) fell in his final match of the season to Buena Vista University.
 
Streeter will face Newberry College in the round of 32 on Monday, November 27^th at 8:00 p.m. and if he wins, then he will play his next round matchup right after it in the round of 16.
 
You can catch every game on the SUNY Cobleskill esports Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/sunycobleskill.