Overwatch Breaks Even in ABC Week Three

This weekend the Bears Overwatch played in week three of the ABC Overwatch tournament. They bounced back after a 0-2 finish last, going 1-1 winning against California Polytechnic State University 3-1 and falling to Penn State University White 1-3.

Shawnee State Bears vs California Polytechnic State University, 3-1 W

The first map of the day took place on Antarctic Peninsula where it was a back-and-forth battle that ended with the Bears losing 1-2. Elimination leaders for the Bears were tank Gaberiel Martinson (gamertag: Happy) with 20 followed by DPS Ben Palmieri (gamertag Bas1lisk) with 18. Support Logan Betz (gamertag: Dotbetz) had the most healing in this match with 17,400 out-healing his counterpart by 5,000.

Map two took place on Numbani that end with a 3-0 sweep by the Bears tying the score up 1-1. Zach Smith (gamertag: ZSmitty2020) lead the eliminations with 32 followed by Martinson with 28. Betz got play of the game with his five-man Illari ultimate wiping the enemy team.

Map three was a close battle where the bears won out 3-2, leading the series 2-1. Martinson once again led the team in eliminations with 33 followed by Palmieri with 29. Betz led the team with 28 assists while Gwendolyn Bowman (gamertag: Obama) had 23.

The final map of this series was on Esperanca, which was also the closest match of the series. Going into overtime the Bears closed out the map 1-0, winning the series 3-1. The DPS duo Smith and Palmieri lead with the most eliminations, with 29 and 24 respectively. Smith also held the highest damage on this map of both teams. Betz had the most assists of both teams as well.

Shawnee State Bears vs. Penn State University White, 1-3 L

The first map of the series went to the map Busan. The first point of the map showed both teams taking the point to 99% and PSU just edging out the Bears. Point 2 was another close one in which the Bears came out on top. The final point unfortunately wasn't close as PSU took the game. This play of the game showed an impressive combo with Martinson and Smith as Smith killed 4 with his ultimate and 1 with his sticky grenade.

Map 2 went to the map Numbani and saw the Bears secure their only win of the series. This was a very close game which went to overtime. The Bears held PSU from capturing the payload to secure the win. Smith would lead the team in damage and eliminations with 17,382 and 27, respectively. Martinson was tied with 27 eliminations of his own. Betz would lead the team in healing with a staggering 20,578.

Map 3 took the 2 teams to the map Suravasa where the Bears took an early first point. They easily marched through to take the second point as well, but PSU then went to rally to take 2 of their own points. The final point came down to the wire with PSU just barely taking the Bears out to mount the comeback. The stats for this game included Palmieri with the most eliminations at 22, Smith with the most damage at 9,560, and Betz with the most healing at 13,945. This also featured a play of the game by Smith where he had a full team kill, 3 with his ultimate and 2 after.

Map 4 would see the bears taken to Colosseo where it would show the teams duking it out back and forth. While the Bears would ultimately come up short it was an overall good showing for the tournament this week. Smith would also notch another good looking play of the game to send off the night

Overwatch returns on Tuesday, September 26, as they take on Akron. Game starts at 7:00.