UAF esports to face Jamestown for Rocket League conference title
Marmian Grimes
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April 17, 2023
The University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks色视频下载 varsity esports Rocket League team will face University of Jamestown today in a battle for a conference championship title.
The match, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. today, April 17, will be streamed live on the . The program will also host a watch party in the 色视频下载 Esports Center on the Troth Yeddha色视频下载 Campus in Fairbanks.
UAF joined the National Association of Collegiate Esports last fall and competed in the NACE Varsity Plus West-Central Conference during its inaugural fall season. This is the first time a UAF esports team has reached the finals, said UAF esports coordinator Drake Richards.
He planned on the 2022-2023 year being a building year for the UAF esports program. Reaching the conference championships was not expected, he said.
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UAF was ranked fourth heading into the single-elimination spring playoffs. In the first round of competition on April 3, UAF beat George Fox University 4-0. The Nanooks were an underdog in the second round as they faced first-seeded Boise State on April 10. The UAF team toppled the Broncos 4-2 to take a seat in the grand finals against second-seeded Jamestown.
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ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Drake Richards, dwrichards2@alaska.edu, 907-474-6040.
NOTE TO EDITORS: The match will be streamed on the and to the watch party at the 色视频下载 Esports Center.
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