BIG EAST Esports partners with MAAC in Rocket League competition

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​​DePaul Esports and its fellow BIG EAST competitors are set to face off with opponents from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in a Rocket League tournament for bragging rights on Dec. 13.

In addition to the Blue Demons, participating teams for the BIG EAST are Butler, Creighton, Marquette, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Xavier. Participating teams from the MAAC are Fairfield, Marist, Niagara, Quinnipiac and Siena.

Competing for DePaul will be seniors Linas Savickas, Alex Rodriguez  and Erik Wolf, sophomore Spencer Ficht, and freshman Nicholas Mrowca.

Seeding is based on the current standings in the fall EGF Collegiate season, which started Oct. 5.

The Electronic Gaming Federation will be operating the event, and teams will compete in a best-of-five format, three vs. three. There are 11 games in the tournament with the first round starting at 11 a.m. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round. The semifinals begin at 2 p.m. with the final at 3:30 p.m. The matches can be viewed on either Twitch.tv on either the OfficialEGF channel or the EGFrocketleague channel. Links are in the schedule below.

In addition to the EGF’s Twitch Channels, fans can also follow esports results on EGF’s official Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages.

To follow updates on social media, follow #BIGEASTesports. For more on the BIG EAST Conference’s involvement in Esports visit www.BIGEAST.com/esports.

1. Marist

2. Fairfield

3. Xavier

4. Seton Hall

5. Butler

6. Quinnipiac

7. DePaul

8. Marquette

9. Siena

10. St. John's

11. Niagara

12. Creighton

Game 1: No. 8 Marquette vs. No. 9 Siena, 11 a.m. (OfficialEGF)

Game 2: No. 5 Butler vs. No. 12 Creighton, 11 a.m. (EGFrocketleague)

Game 3: No. 7 DePaul vs. No. 10 St. John’s, 11:45 a.m. (OfficialEGF)

Game 4: No. 6 Quinnipiac vs. No. 11 Niagara, 11:45 a.m. (EGFrocketleague)

Game 5: No. 1 Marist vs. No. 8 Marquette/No. 9 Siena, 12:30 p.m. (OfficialEGF)

Game 6: No. 4 Seton Hall vs. No. 5 Butler/No. 12 Creighton, 12:30 p.m. (EGFrocketleague)

Game 7: No. 2 Fairfield vs. No. 7 DePaul/No. 10 St. John’s, 1:15 p.m. (OfficialEGF)

Game 8: No. 3 Xavier vs. No. 6 Quinnipiac/No. 11 Niagara, 1:15 p.m. (EGFrocketleague​)

Game 9: Winners of Game 5 vs. Game 6, 2 p.m. (OfficialEGF)

Game 10: Winners of Game 7 vs. Game 8, 2:45 p.m. (OfficialEGF)

Winners of Game 9 vs. Game 10, 3:30 p.m. (OfficialEGF)