Misericordia University Rocket League opened its 2020 campaign with a 3-2 win over Great Bay (NH) Community College in the NACE tournament, September 29.

Ethan Benedict gave the Cougars an early lead that stood until Great Bay pulled even with 3:17 remaining.  Benedict answered with just under 3:00 remaining, but Great Bay used a fortunate bounce to tie the score and eventually won in overtime.

Newcomer Nicholas Marrone, the first Esports recruit in school history, wasted no time opening the scoring in game two and finished with two goals, one assist and two saves in a dominating 4-0 victory to even up the series, 1-1.

The Cougars came out strong in the third game with a goal from Connor Westerfield less than a minute into the contest. Great Bay's reply came with 3:28 to go in the game, but MU responded with a goal by Marrone off a set-up from Dylan Molyneaux.

After some back and forth, Great Bay pulled even with :54 to play and Marrone's potential game-winner bounced off the crossbar as time expired.  Great Bay scored :45 seconds into overtime to take a 2-1 series lead.

Facing a must-win situation, MU took an early lead, but Great Bay tied it with just over two minutes remaining.

Westerfield gave the Cougars a 2-1 lead with 1:31 to go and MU added an insurance goal with three seconds left to secure a 3-1 lead to even the series.

Misericordia took the lead with 3:04 remaining and added three quick goals to clinch the series with a 4-0 win.

The Cougars dropped a 3-0 decision to Widener in their first match of the Philly Esports tournament, October 1.

The opening game was a back-and-forth contest which saw Widener hit the post and crossbar multiple times before taking a 1-0 lead just one minute into the game.

Matt Gillingham answered with an impressive shot form a tight angle, but Widener went back in front with 2:42 remaining.

Gillingham added a second goal with a little over minute left in regulation, but Widener netted a third with 27 seconds to go and added an insurance goal as time expired to win 4-2.

Widener cruised to a 7-1 in game two with MU's lone tally coming from Westerfield with an assist from Gillingham.

Gillingham scored off the opening kickoff in game three, but Widener tied score at the midway point.

The Pride added four unanswered goals to secure the sweep with a 5-1 win.