The Misericordia University League of Legends blue team improved to 2-0 in the NECC with a 2-0 win over the University of New Orleans, Wednesday.
 
The Cougars entered the game with a plan of Zack Grosvenor on the late game Champion of Cho Gath to be an unstoppable juggernaut late game and Liam Pitchford on graves to have the high dps late.
 
MU fell behind early, giving up a death in the top lane and a few in the mid lane.  Near the 25- minute mark, the Cougars started out scaling their opponents and stormed the opponent's nexus.
 
With game one going in there favor they decided to stick with that strategy and ran Peter Sayre on Ashe to offer a ton of utility late game as well as Zach Hemond on Swain.
 
In a critical dragon fight Daniel Sayre surprised the opposing team and got off a five-man stun allowing the Cougars to take a huge victory.
 
That win over dragon pushed them far past their opponents.  The Cougars kept adding pressure until they took the opposing nexus and finish 2-0. 
 
 
 
The Misericordia Cougars League of Legends yellow team dropped to 0-2 in NECC action with a 2-0 loss to Ashland University, Wednesday.
 
The goal for MU was to get to late game and out scale the opponents with the power of Zeri run by Shayne Spencer.
 
At the first dragon fight of the game, the opposing bot lane picked up a double elimination giving them some a small lead. Jackson Garippa and Luke Kreller answered with a quick elimination in the top lane.
 
With the next upcoming objectives, the Cougars were slowly pushed off the objectives forcing them to hand them over to Ashland. Once Ashland took baron, they were able to charge at the Cougars' nexus.
 
In match two, the Cougars decided on more a team fight composition. The Cougars took an early lead with some great engage by Jacob Prest in the bot lane allowing for a double elimination as well as on the top side with Kreller getting a double elimination on the top laner and the opposing jungler. 
 
Ashland regrouped and picked up a triple elimination in the dragon pit. From there, the opposing jungler forced the Cougars into losing fights snowballing the opposing mid laner. The Cougars eventually could not old off the pressure that Ashland and lost 2-0.