Cobleskill, NY:  The Fighting Tigers esports enter the ECAC postseason while the SUNY League enters its final weeks in the regular season. This spring the Fighting Tigers are fielding teams in Apex Legends: Battle Royale, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (6 teams), EA FC 24 (three teams), Guilty Gear: Strive and Overwatch 2. They will be competing in the competitive SUNY Esports League and ECAC Esports League.
 
 
APEX
 
The Apex team of Nazaire Odom (Queens, NY), Ajani Simpson (Springfield Gardens, NY) and Rennie Stockton (Manhattan, NY) maintain their hold on second place in the SUNY League after an up and down week that saw them finish 11^th, 14^th, 3^rd and 5^th place in the four rounds of battle royal. 
 
The talented trio have a strong hold on the top three heading into the final week.  The top three teams will receive a bye for the first week of playoffs.  Right now, the Fighting Tigers have 256 total points, trailing first place SUNY Binghamton by 40 points heading into an action packed last week of the regular season with palyoff spots up for grab.
 
Apex Legends is in action every Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. for four rounds.
 
 
Overwatch 2
 
The Cobleskill Overwatch 2 team of Kip Brownstein (Cohoes, NY), Jack Spugnardi (Boston, MA), Malik Tingle (Poughkeepsie, NY), Lindsay Yesse (Johnstown, NY) and Dillon Sprague finished the regular season with a 4-3 record after they defeated Roger Williams University in the final week of the season.   
 
In their match against Roger Williams, the Fighting Tigers dominated their opponent from the start of the first match.  They took the first game 2-0 then the second game 1-0 and closed out the sweep with a 3-1 win.
 
Cobleskill finished fourth in their division, which earned them a spot in the ECAC playoffs for the second time in program history. 
 
This season newcomer Yesse has taken the role of Tank for the team while Sprague and Tingle are running support for the Fighting Tigers.  Brownstein and Spugnardi are the tag team dealing our damage as dps.
 
The Fighting Tigers face Saint Francis University in the first round of the ECAC playoffs at 8:00 PM on Wednesday night.  You can catch it on the SUNY Cobleskill Twitch.
 
 
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has six teams competing in the SUNY League this season. Veteran Matthew Nikolaus (Middleburgh, NY) is leading Cobleskill's SSB team with a 8-10 record.  He had a difficult week during spring break where he faced a series of tough opponents and finished 0-3.
 
Christopher Outman (Rushford, NY) enters week six with a 5-12 overall record after picking up a win over SUNY Morrisville during spring break.
 
Freshman Chad Edwards (Brooklyn, NY) is currently 3-11 after another tough week where he fell to Suffolk County Community College and SUNY Orange.
 
Freshman Riley Mercera (Rye Brook, NY) currently sits at 6-8 overall after he went 1-1 in week four.  He picked up a win over SUNY Brockport.
 
Newcomer Akeem Thompson picked up wins over SUNY orange and his teammate Outman and is 5-12 overall as smash enters the final weeks of the regular season.
 
SSB competes in three rounds every Thursday night at 8:00 p.m.
 
 
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 John Espinoza (Ossining, NY).
 
Streeter (EA FC A) finished the season with a 4-4 overall record after falling to Kean in the final match of the regular season.  Streeter finished tied for the final playoff spot, but lost out due to a tie breaker during the season.
 
Saro (EA FC B) finished with a 5-3 record which secured him a berth in the ECAC postseason.  He enters the first round as the number 24^th seed and will face division one Wake Forest next Monday at 8:00 p.m.
 
John Espinoza (EA FC D) finished up the season with a 3-5 record as he fell to Coe College in his final regular season game to cap off an up and down season for the junior.
 
EA FC compete every Monday night at 8:00 p.m.
 
 
Guilty Gear: Strive
 
It's Cobleskill first season competing in Guilty Gear: Strive.  Newcomer Phillip Bandhan is leading the way for the Fighting Tigers.  Currently, Bandhan is 4-11 overall in the SUNY League after facing many talented players on a week to week basis.
 
Bandhan has won three of his last four matches, including Buffalo State and two wins over SUNY Brockport.
 
 
You can catch every game on the SUNY Cobleskill esports Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/sunycobleskill.