Esports continues fall competition

WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Otterbein Esports wrapped up Week 2 of its Fall 2026 campaign, putting together a 3-2 overall program record across Overwatch 2, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Rainbow Six Siege, Rocket League, and Valorant.

Overwatch 2 bounced back from an opening map loss to defeat Howard Payne University-Texas 3-2 in NACE action on Monday. Sophomore tank Santi Camacho (gametr) led the charge on the game's newest hero, D.Mon, while team captain Syd Gunn anchored the Cardinals to victory by leading the match in healing output across all five maps.

In Rocket League on Tuesday, the Cardinals dropped a 3-0 decision to St. Clair College Academy in NACE Swiss Placements.

On Wednesday, Valorant fell 2-0 in NACE Swiss Placements against the University of North Carolina - Greensboro. Despite a tight 14-12 overtime loss on Map 1 (Lotus), freshman captain Izzy Snobeck (Buttercup) dropped a team-high 27 kills on Waylay. Snobeck followed up in Map 2 (Split, 13-6 loss) with another top-team performance of 24 kills on Raze.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Radford University in NACE play on Thursday. After dropping Game 1, the Cardinals rallied back with a dominant 4-0 win in Game 2, capped by senior captain Daine Marburger (Cephalopod) closing out a 3-2 stock victory over FyberScale. Otterbein sealed the series in Game 3 behind strong performances from sophomore Philip Williamson (CrispyYL) and sophomore Ross Gerckens (Ssorian), who took the final stocks to secure the win.

The Rainbow Six Siege squad capped off the week with a 2-0 sweep over the University of Iowa in Midwest R6 Conference play on Thursday. In Map 1 on Chalet (7-3 win), sophomore Ben Ronk (nebski) led all players with 10 kills and 9 objective plants/defuses across the two segments, supported by junior captain Troy Jackson (Polamalu) with 8 kills. On Map 2 (Villa, 7-3 win), sophomore Landon Chalfant (nastee) powered the victory with a game-high 15 kills (8,035 score), while Ronk added 11 kills.

Otterbein Esports will look to carry this momentum into Week 3 of fall competition.

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Players Mentioned

Santi Camacho: Sophomore

Landon Chalfant: Sophomore

Ross Gerckens: Sophomore

Syd Gunn: Senior

Troy Jackson: Junior

Daine Marburger: Senior

Izzy Snobeck: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Santi Camacho
: Sophomore

Landon Chalfant
: Sophomore

Ross Gerckens
: Sophomore

Syd Gunn
: Senior

Troy Jackson
: Junior

Daine Marburger
: Senior

Izzy Snobeck
: Freshman