MENOMONIE (September 21, 2021) - The UW-Stout Esports teams have started their second season as a varsity Blue Devil sport and the Rocket League team is off to a perfect 3-0 start.
Rocket League opened the season with a 3-1 win over Drury University, Sept. 7, then blanked Witchita State University, 3-0, Sept. 14.
In action Monday night, the Blue Devils faced their toughest action of the young season so far, taking a 3-1 victory over a formidable Iowa State University team.
The Overwatch team is still looking for their first win of the season after two matches, falling to Lourdes University, 3-0, in the season opener, Sept. 7, then taking the University of Kansas Jayhawks to five games before getting nipped, 3-2.
Rocket League is scheduled to take on the University of Wisconsin, Monday, Sept. 27 and Overwatch is set to face Missouri S&T the same night.
Members of the Rocket League team are:
Patrick Connors,
Mike Delaney,
Alex Johnson,
Logan Koneczny,
Alexander Kotowski,
Joey Messina,
Kameron Micham and
Kaiden Rush. The team is coached by Kyle Gabel.
Members of the Overwatch team are:
Jacob Alexander,
Noah Braun,
Spencer Clark,
Sergei Miller,
Zach Remily,
Nick Riley,
Reed Theship-Rosales and
Ben Tierman. Overwatch is coached by Tobey Riedmann
The Blue Devils also have a League of Legends team which is yet to kick off their 2021-22 schedule.
Members of the League of Legends team are:
Cody Achatz,
Ryan Eldridge,
Josh Krenek,
Chueseng Lo,
Colby Patten,
Ahmed-Rashid Shire,
Devin Steen,
Max Wichern and
Jake Zainer. League of Legends is coached by Gavin Raph.
In the inaugural season as a varsity program last year, the three teams posted a combined overall record of 57-32.
