The eSports Report - October 25, 2025
THE RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE ESPORTS REPORT
Submitted: October 25, 2025 for the period of: Monday, October 20 to Thursday, October 23
Team Fight Tactics
Team Members: senior Dylan Lawless (Slingerlands, NY/Guilderland/HVCC) and senior Joseph Long (Troy, NY/Lansingburgh)
Monday, October 20th
Competition Details: Going into the 4th week of action, Lawless was ranked 6th on the leaderboard. He continued his positive trend by scoring 17 points by placing 3rd twice and 4th. He ran successful Star Guardian and Street Demon builds to earn these placements. Long going into the week was ranked 10th on the leaderboard. He earned himself 10 points for thew week by running Mech-Akali and Street Demon builds. He placed 4th twice and had a 7th place finish.
Apex Legends
Team Members: senior Emily Cumo (Schaghticoke, NY/Hoosic Valley), freshman Chase Friedland, and freshman Jahsyas Harris-Taylor
Monday, October 20th
Competition Details: Chase Friedland led the Gators to a 8th place finish overall across 6 matches, by accumulating 1800 damage in game 5 alone. They placed 11th, 3rd, 9th, 15th, 7th, and 14th with 8 eliminations earning them 23 points for the night.
Valorant
Team Members: senior Kylie Behan (Carmel Hamlet, NY/Carmel), freshman Elijah Callendar, freshman Thomas Kline, senior Shaquan Ross (Bronx, NY), and senior Aveon Thomas (Manhattan, NY/UAG for Technology)
Tuesday, October 21st vs Stockton University
Competition Details: In the fourth week of action, the Gators faced Stockton University. In a very close map one, Bind, Sage lost their first map on the season with a close 10-13 scoreline. However, the bounce back map two was all Gators. As they came out on Stockton's map choice, Ascent, and dominated them, winning the game in 13-5 fashion. The tiebreaker map, Haven, started off in Sage's favor, with their map of choice. The choice did them well as Sage won game 3 on Haven with a final score of 13-5. The Gators are undefeated going into week 5 of action.
Fortnite
Team Members: freshman Cendy Genao, freshman Faith Knight-Gilberti, and freshman Parker Palka
Tuesday, October 21st
Competition Details: In week 4, the Gators placed 24th, 28th, and 23rd with 1 elimination on the night. They scored 12 points this week, with Palka leading the team through many fights and was able to clutch up on a 1v1. They scored 12 points this week.
Marvel Rivals
Team Members: freshman Bregen Causey, freshman Isaiah Jones, junior John Larkin, senior Jasmin Rodriguez-Martinez, and freshman Anthony Vega-Pagan, and freshman Brandon Wilson.
Wednesday, October 22 vs Trine University
Competition Details: The Gators came out victorious by a score of 3-0 in their week 3 of action. Map 1 was a victory on Celestial Husk, with the Gators getting 128 kills on this map alone. In Maps 2 and 3, Yggsgard and Hydra Charteris Base, the Gators made quick work of Trine by winning both maps in a whopping 13 minutes.
Madden
Team Members: sophomore Luke LeClair (Rexford, NY), senior Thyon Nelson (Brooklyn, NY), and freshman Maxwell Schoen
Wednesday, October 22 Schoen vs. Glenville State - 2-0 Win / Game scores of 50-21 / 50-21
Thursday, October 23 LeClair vs. SFU – 0-2 Loss / Game scores of 48-51 / 35-42
Thursday, October 23 Nelson vs. SFU – 0-2 Loss / Game scores of 28-44 / 21-51
Thursday, October 23 Schoen vs. Rogers State – 0-2 Loss / Game scores of 14-55 / 14-60
Gator Bites: Now in their fifth season as a program, Russell Sage College competes in the ECAC. Students interested in joining the team can contact Head Coach Luke Martin at: martil11@sage.edu
