Esports Spring 2025 Week 9 Summary
April 14 – April 18
Monday April 14, 6:00 pm
FIFA25
National Quarterfinals
Lakeland (Till Oppermann) vs Trinidad State College
Lakeland won 3-0 to Trinidad State College in a best-of-five series.
Game 1: Lakeland 5-4 TSC
Game 2: Lakeland 5-4 TSC
Game 3: Lakeland 10-1 TSC
The Lakers advanced to the National Semifinals after surviving two overtime golden goal tiebreakers.
FIFA25
National Semifinals
Lakeland (Till Oppermann) vs Kingsborough Community College
Lakeland lost 2-3 to Kingsborough in a best-of-five series.
Game 1: Lakeland 4-2 Kingsborough
Game 2: Lakeland 3-8 Kingsborough
Game 3: Lakeland 5-2 Kingsborough
Game 4: Lakeland 2-10 Kingsborough
Game 5: Lakeland 0-5 Kingsborough
The Lakers lost in five games to Kingsborough in the National Semifinals. Lakeland will face Northwest College in the Third-place match April 21st at 6:00pm.
Fortnite
National Playoffs Round 1
Lakeland (Caden Gragg, John Velliky, Rich Santiago) vs Richard Bland College
Lakeland lost 0-3 to Richard Bland College in a best-of-five series.
Game 1: Lakeland 1-22 RBC
Game 2: Lakeland 27-28 RBC
Game 3: Lakeland 0-4 RBC
The Lakers ended their season after falling to Richard Bland in the opening round of the National Fortnite tournament.
Thursday April 17, 6:00pm
Mario Kart 8
National Playoffs Round 1
Lakeland (Caden Gragg) vs Marshalltown Community College
Lakeland lost 1-4 to Marshalltown in a best-of-seven series.
Game 1: Win
Game 2: Loss
Game 3: Loss
Game 4: Loss
Game 5: Loss
The Lakers opened the playoffs with a win in race 1 but lost the next 4. Lakeland fell to the lower bracket in a double elimination tournament.
Mario Kart 8
National Playoffs Round 2
Lakeland (Caden Gragg) vs Kirtland Community College
Lakeland won 4-1 to Kirtland in a best-of-seven series.
Game 1: Win
Game 2: Win
Game 3: Win
Game 4: Loss
Game 5: Win
The Lakers start strong winning the first 3 races and the series advancing to the next round.
Mario Kart 8
National Playoffs Round 3
Lakeland (Caden Gragg) vs Heartland Community College
Lakeland lost 2-4 to Heartland in a best-of-seven series.
Game 1: Win
Game 2: Loss
Game 3: Win
Game 4: Loss
Game 5: Loss
Game 6: Loss
The Lakers traded win and early in the series but lost the series and ended their playoff run.