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Mason swept both series to secure their victories
BY CHRISTIAN SEGOVIA, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Editor’s note: Players will be referred to by their gamer tags.
Mason’s Valorant team defeated Butler University 2-0 in a best-of-three series on Oct. 2. The following day, Mason defeated the University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights 2-0 in a best-of-three series on Oct. 3.
In Mason’s first matchup, the team achieved a lopsided victory winning 13-6 on the Valorant map, Haven, and securing a 13-5 victory on Sunset.
The attacking side’s goal was to get the spike down onto any map sites, while the defending side’s goal was to prevent the spike from being planted on any of the sites. Agents are characters that the players pick to play in the game. The agents’ abilities are used to get into the site to plant the spike, stop the spike from being planted or take down the opponents.
While Butler planted spikes during their attacks on both maps, Mason retook the site with their agents’ abilities.
In round eight, Mason’s Soji got an ace after retaking on B site Haven. He used Neon’s ultimate overdrive ability, zapping lighting out of her finger. In round 10, Soji and Mason’s Blaze retook Heaven site C, clutching a 2v4. In the next round, Soji clutched a 2v1, isolating each fight against Butler.
On Sunset, Blaze got an ace to give Mason a boost. In round six, Blaze got two Butler players in the Sunset market and two in B main. To get his ace, he used Sova’s hunter’s fury ultimate on Butler’s Omen, planting a spike on A site.
Mason beat Butler University 2-0 in the best-of-three series.
Mason hosted a watch party for fans at the Student Involvement Office during their match against UCF, providing free pizza and drinks for Mason fans to enjoy.
In their final match, Mason won 13-1 on Sunset. Mason’s Ktran, who played as Breach, led the way with 16 kills, 4 deaths and 12 assists as Initiator. Alongside Ktran, Mason’s Coco played as Cypher with 15 kills, 3 deaths, and 3 assists as Sentinel.
Mason won 13–3 on Bind. Soji led the way as Raze with 17 kills, 6 deaths and 5 assists as a duelist. Blaze played as Viper and got 16 kills, 7 deaths and 5 assists as a controller. In both games, Mason out-killed UCF 137 to 55.
Mason won their second straight game with a 2-0 victory in the series.