On Tuesday night, Upper Iowa began the Collegiate League of Legends Tournament as part of the Eastern College Athletics Conference against Arcadia University. Prior to the matchup UIU has remained undefeated in the New England Collegiate Conference LoL league. The Peacocks suffered a loss dropping both rounds of the night.

The Set Up...

Competing for Upper Iowa was Darius Arickx as the jungle, Chase Halbech in the top lane, Robert Ngo in the mid lane, Nick Finder as the ADC, and Eliana Lebron as support.

Match Highlights...

Facing their stiffest competition of the year thus far, the Peacocks found themselves behind early when first blood of game one went to Arcadia. The Knights never looked back from their initial lead. Behind the strength of their Jungler who was playing on Heccarim, Arcadia was able to snowball their lead and take game one.

In game two, the Peacocks came back with a strategic pick and ban phase forming great team composition making for a much closer game. However, after a few ambushes the Knights were able to defeat Upper Iowa again and claim the win.

"It was a rough match tonight, but after we just talked about keeping our heads up and looking forward to NECC play on Thursday night" said Head Coach Jim Lowery. "I told the team dwelling on a loss never solved anything and we are looking forward to going over the film and preparing for the rest of our season".

Peacocks of the Match...

• Ngo's led the Peacocks with nine kills, creep score (323), and gold earned (18,097).

Up Next...

The Peacocks next League of Legends match will take place Thursday, October 1 as the Peacocks will face Howard Community College as part of the NECC. Peacock Esports will be back on twitch on Wednesday, September 30 at 7 p.m. as UIU will begin their Overwatch season against Wayne State College.