Monday, February 27th, 2023 – Rocket League vs. Manchester University (GLEC Week 5)
Game 1: Marietta College's Rocket League team would start week five of their Great Lakes Esports Conference regular season against Manchester University. The Pioneers' roster would consist of captain
Austin Offenberger (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta),
Tyler Lanham (Waverly, W.Va./), and
Alec Ellis (Charleston, W.Va./George Washington). Manchester would go on to score the first goal of the game in the first six seconds of play, however,
Alec Ellis (Charleston, W.Va./George Washington) would tie the game up at 3:13.
Austin Offenberger (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta) would but the Pioneers in the lead at 2:54 with a goal assisted by
Alec Ellis (Charleston, W.Va./George Washington). Manchester would unfortunately tie the game up again with only ten seconds to go, initiating overtime.
Alec Ellis (Charleston, W.Va./George Washington) would come in clutch however with an OT goal for to win game one for the Pios. (3-2, Marietta Win)
Game 2: Manchester University would again take an early lead at 4:41 and extend it again at 3:31.
Tyler Lanham (Waverly, W.Va./) would be able to score a goal for the Pioneers at 2:50 with help from
Alec Ellis (Charleston, W.Va./George Washington), but Manchester would dominate game two, scoring another three goals in regulation. (1-5, Manchester Win)
Game 3:
Tyler Lanham (Waverly, W.Va./) would score the first goal of game three at 4:46 with help from
Alec Ellis (Charleston, W.Va./George Washington). Manchester would tie the game back up at 2:53.
Alec Ellis (Charleston, W.Va./George Washington) would go on to score three goals in the remainder of play, with
Austin Offenberger (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta) assisting in one of those goals. Manchester would score once more at 0:09 but that would not be enough to win the game. (4-2, Marietta Win)
Game 4: Manchester would come out swinging in game four as they scored two unanswered goals at 2:39 and 2:32.
Austin Offenberger (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta) would score a goal at 2:18 to cut Manchester's lead in half, while
Alec Ellis (Charleston, W.Va./George Washington) would tie the game at 1:53. Unfortunately, Manchester University would score once more at 1:27, sealing the game in their favor. (2-3, Manchester Win)
Game 5: Unfortunately for the Pioneers, Manchester University would remain relentless as they put up four unanswered goals against the Pios in game five. These goals would be scored at 4:48, 4:31, 1:44, and 0:30. (0-4, Manchester Win)
Final Score: 2-3, Loss
Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 – League of Legends vs. Morehead State University (CLOL Week 6)
Game 1: Marietta College's League of Legends team would face off against Morehead State University on Wednesday. Their starting composition for game one would consist of captain
Bethany Holstein (Little Hocking, Ohio/Warren Local) as Cho'Gath in the top lane,
Bryce Heitman (Fleming, Ohio/Warren Local) as Jarvin IV in the jungle,
Alec Wang (Cincinnati, Ohio/) as Sylas in mid,
Stef Saunders (Belpre, Ohio/Waterford) as Seraphine in the bot lane, and
Alex Fries (Shepherdstown, W.Va./Musselman) as Thresh for support. Morehead State would choose a composition of Caitlin, Amumu, Karma, Swain, and Jayce. Captain
Bethany Holstein (Little Hocking, Ohio/Warren Local) would secure first blood at 9:05 against MSU's Swain. Game one would however, end in Morehead State's favor as they destroyed the Pioneers' Nexus at 26:44 with a score of 22-9. (Morehead State Win)
Game 2: The Pioneers would try their luck with a much different composition in game two as they came out with captain
Bethany Holstein (Little Hocking, Ohio/Warren Local) on Karma in the top lane,
Bryce Heitman (Fleming, Ohio/Warren Local) as Hecarim in the jungle,
Alec Wang (Cincinnati, Ohio/) as Gragas in the mid lane,
Stef Saunders (Belpre, Ohio/Waterford) as Sivir in the bot lane, and
Alex Fries (Shepherdstown, W.Va./Musselman) as Zyra for support. Morehead State would choose to play a composition consisting of: Illaoi, Amumu, Qiyana, Jinx, and Tahm Kench. Marietta would fare similarly to game one in this match as they would see their Nexus fall at 24:37 with a scoreline of 23-2 (Morehead State Win)
Final Score: 0-2, Loss
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 – Super Smash Bros. vs. Anna Maria College (NACE Week 4)
Game 1: The Pioneers would begin their match against Anna Maria College with
Peyton Engel (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central) on Corrin. She would face off against AMC's Pyra-Mythra. Peyton was able to take three stocks off her opponent but did lose two in the process. She would next face off against AMC's choice of Yoshi, where she would take all three of their stocks without losing the last remaining one she had. Peyton would next face Kazuya where she would lose her only remaining stock. Next up to face off against AMC was
Ryan Boggs (Marietta, Ohio/) as Roy who was able to take two of Kazuya's stocks but ultimately lost all three of his.
Zac Lane (Stratford, N.J./Buena Regional) would come out next as Little Mac and successfully take away Kazuya's final remaining stock. Anna Maria's final fighter would be Sora going up against a full-stock Little Mac. Zac was able to wipe out all three of Sora's stocks while only losing two himself. (4-0, Marietta Win)
Game 2:
Peyton Engel (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central) would come out first for the Pioneers in game two and would face off against the same opponent (Pyra-Mythra) as game one. Things would not fare so well for Peyton in the game as she would fall to Pyra-Mythra while only taking two of their stocks before her elimination. Next up was
Ryan Boggs (Marietta, Ohio/) as Roy, who would be successful in taking Pyra-Mythra's final stock but lost one himself. Ryan would next face off against Sora who was able to eliminate the remaining stocks that Ryan had.
Zac Lane (Stratford, N.J./Buena Regional) would be Marietta's next fighter and would pick Little Mac to face off against Sora. Zac was able to eliminate all of Sora's stock but was only able to hang on to one of his remaining stocks in the process. Zac would then go on an absolutely miraculous run as he eliminated both Yoshi and Kazuya without losing his final stock. This is the first win for the Super Smash Bros. team in the program's history.
Final Score: 2-0, Win
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 – Overwatch vs. Manchester University (GLEC Week 5)
Game 1: (Ilios – Control) The Pioneers would face off against Manchester University on Thursday starting off with a game one win. Marietta would win round one, Manchester would win round two, and MC would close out round three with a victory. (2-1, Marietta Win)
Game 2: (Blizzard World – Hybrid) Marietta College's Overwatch team would start Blizzard World on the defensive side of play with
Austin Amash (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta) on tank as Sigma, captain
Corey McFann (South Webster, Ohio/) and
Jeffrey Dolby (Glenford, Ohio/Sheridan) on DPS as Widowmaker and Cassidy respectively, and
Baili Matheny (Little Hocking, Ohio/Warren Local) and
Eric Schnegg (Clarington, Ohio/St. John Central) on support as Baptiste and Moira. Manchester was able to secure the payload and push it through all three checkpoints with a remaining time-bank of 2:38. While the offensive side of play did not go in the Pioneers' favor as they were only able to secure the payload and push it a total of 87.18m. (1-3, Manchester Win)
Game 3: (Rialto – Escort) The Pioneers would be on the defensive side of play again to start game three. Their composition consisting of captain
Corey McFann (South Webster, Ohio/) as Orisa,
Austin Amash (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta) and
Jeffrey Dolby (Glenford, Ohio/Sheridan) on DPS as Soldier:76 and Cassidy, and
Baili Matheny (Little Hocking, Ohio/Warren Local) and
Eric Schnegg (Clarington, Ohio/St. John Central) on Support as Ana and Moira. Manchester again would be able to push the payload through all three checkpoints in the map with a total of 2:25 remaining on the clock. Marietta would be able to initially push the payload close to the first checkpoint, but would be thwarted by Manchester in their efforts. (0-3, Manchester Win)
Game 4: (Colosseo – Push) Marietta College would again try another compositional make up for game four against Manchester University. This time around we would have
Baili Matheny (Little Hocking, Ohio/Warren Local) on Zarya,
Corey McFann (South Webster, Ohio/) and
Jeffrey Dolby (Glenford, Ohio/Sheridan) on DPS as Junkrat and Cassidy, and
Eric Schnegg (Clarington, Ohio/St. John Central) and
Austin Amash (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta) on support as Moira and Ana. Manchester would roll out a composition of: Junker Queen, Hanzo, Torbjorn, Lucio, and Baptiste. The match would go in favor of Manchester University as they would push the cart a total of 120m in comparison to Marietta's 77.63m (0-1, Manchester Win)
Final Score: 1-3, Loss
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 – Super Smash Bros. vs. Utica University (NACE Week 4)
Game 1: The Pioneers would choose to send out
Peyton Engel (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central) in game one against Utica University on Thursday. Her selection of Corrin would face off against Zelda, where she would ultimately lose 2-3. Next up, captain
Mason Rice (Marietta, Ohio/Parkersburg South (W.Va.)) would be fighting as Bowser against Zelda where he would eliminate her last remaining stock without losing any himself. Mason would then face off against Samus who would prove to be a formidable foe who eliminated all his stock without losing one.
Kenzee McDonald (Zanesville, Ohio/Philo) would be next with their choice of MinMin. Unfortunately, they too would fall to Samus without taking any of their stocks. In the anchor position,
Zac Lane (Stratford, N.J./Buena Regional) would be fighting with Little Mac against the Samus. Although successful in eliminating a stock off Samus, he too would ultimately succumb. (0-8, Utica Win)
Game 2: Marietta would chose to send out a different opening fighter for game two, with
Zac Lane (Stratford, N.J./Buena Regional) being sent out as Little Mac to fight Utica's choice of Pit. Zac would be able to remove two stocks from Pit, but would lose all three of his in the process.
Kenzee McDonald (Zanesville, Ohio/Philo) would be up next as MinMin, where they would eliminate the final stock off of Pit while only losing one themselves. Kenzee would next face off against Mr. Game & Watch. Utica was able to eliminate the remaining stock that Kenzee had unfortunately, leaving the job up to
Peyton Engel (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central) and her choice of Dark Pit. She unfortunately would lose all her stocks in the process of eliminating only one of Game & Watch's. In the anchor position of Marietta was captain
Mason Rice (Marietta, Ohio/Parkersburg South (W.Va.)) and his choice of Donkey Kong. Mason was able to eliminate the Game & Watch and move onto Utica's next fighter, Samus. Unfortunately, Mason was unable to defeat the Samus resulting in a game two loss. (0-5, Utica Win)
Final Score: 0-2, Loss
Friday, March 3rd, 2023 – Valorant vs. Louisiana State University – Shreveport (NACE Week 4)
Game 1: In what was notably the longest single round of Valorant played in program history, the Marietta College Pioneers would face off against LSU-Shreveport on Friday. Game one would be played on Icebox with Marietta attacking first. Their team's composition consisted of captain
Walker Dale (Zanesville, Ohio/Maysville) on Omen,
Ian Wohnhas (Sardis, Ohio/River) on Sage,
Jas Smith (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/) on Raze,
Octavio Padron (Presidio, Texas/) on KAY/0, and
Artemii Stepanets (Land O'Lakes, Fla./Academy at the Lakes) on Fade. The Pioneers showed strong signs of being able to close the map out on round 15, but LSU was determined to fight back when they won a total of 11 rounds in a row, initiating overtime play for game one. Rounds would go back and fourth between MC and LSU in overtime as they would ultimately play 36 rounds in game one. (19-17, Marietta Win)
Game 2: For the next map, Ascent, Marietta would start out on the defensive side of play. Their composition consisting of:
Ian Wohnhas (Sardis, Ohio/River) on Cypher,
Artemii Stepanets (Land O'Lakes, Fla./Academy at the Lakes) on Reyna,
Jas Smith (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/) on Fade,
Octavio Padron (Presidio, Texas/) on Skye, and captain
Walker Dale (Zanesville, Ohio/Maysville) on Viper. Map two would ultimately go in favor of LSU-Shreveport after a total of 20 rounds of play. (7-13, LSU Win)
Game 3: The Pioneers would enter game three on the attacking side of play on Haven. Their composition would consist of
Ian Wohnhas (Sardis, Ohio/River) on Killjoy,
Artemii Stepanets (Land O'Lakes, Fla./Academy at the Lakes) on Fade,
Jas Smith (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/) on Raze,
Octavio Padron (Presidio, Texas/) on KAY/0, and captain
Walker Dale (Zanesville, Ohio/Maysville) on Omen. Game three would go much more in favor of the Pioneers as compared to games one and two. Marietta would be able to secure eight points on their offensive side of play and were able to win the remaining five rounds needed to win on defense. (13-5, Marietta Win)
Final Score: 2-1, Win