The eSports Report - December 4, 2025
THE RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE ESPORTS REPORT
Submitted: December 4, 2025 for the period of: Monday, November 17 to Wednesday, December 3.
Team Fight Tactics
Team Members: senior Dylan Lawless (Slingerlands, NY/Guilderland/HVCC) and senior Joseph Long (Troy, NY/Lansingburgh)
Results: Monday, November 17th - First Round of the Playoffs
Monday, December 1st - Grand Finals.
Competition Details: Long finished fourth out of eighth in the grandfinals…Lawless concluded his fall 18th, while Long finished tenth to qualify for the playoffs.
Apex Legends
Team Members: senior Emily Cumo (Schaghticoke, NY/Hoosic Valley), freshman Chase Friedland (Albany NY/Pine Bush), and freshman Jahsyas Harris-Taylor
Results: Monday, November 17th - Semifinals
Competition Details: The Gators played six games in Monday's playoff semifinal round…RSC finished 12th in two of the contests and totaled three eliminations on the night…Overall, the Gators placed 18th in the lobby of 20 and were unable to qualify for the Grand Finals.
Valorant
Team Members: senior Kylie Behan (Carmel Hamlet, NY/Carmel), freshman Elijah Callendar (Jefferson Terrace, NY/Saratoga Springs), freshman Thomas Kline, senior Shaquan Ross (Bronx, NY), senior Aveon Thomas (Manhattan, NY/UAG for Technology) and senior Justin Startup
Results: Tuesday, November 18th - First Round Bye
Tuesday, December 2nd - Quarterfinal vs. SUNY Empire - Win, 2-0
Competition Details: The Gators went 7-0 this fall to earn first-round bye for the Division G playoffs…RSC, the top-seed in the Tournament, swept SUNY Empire 2-0 in the Quarterfinals on Tuesday, December 2….The Gators, winners by scores of 13-10, 13-2, will face Saint Joseph's in the Semifinals on Tuesday, December 9.
Fortnite
Team Members: freshman Cendy Genao (Bronx, NY/Bronx Letters), freshman Faith Knight-Gilberti (Brooklyn, NY/Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice), and freshman Parker Palka (Schenectady, NY/Schenectady)
Fall Season Details: The Gators finished 96th out of 169 teams this autumn…RSC totaled 278 points.
Marvel Rivals
Team Members: freshman Bregen Causey, freshman Isaiah Jones, junior John Larkin (Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY/Cornwall Central/SUNY Schenectady), senior Ronald Espinal, senior Jasmin Rodriguez-Martinez (Schenectady, NY/Albany), freshman Anthony Vega-Pagan, and freshman Brandon Wilson.
Results: Wednesday, November 19th vs. Williamson - Loss, 3-1
Wednesday, December 3 vs. Waynesburg - Win, 3-0
Competition Details: The Gators wrapped up their regular season by falling to Williamson 3-1 on Wednesday, November 18...RSC, which went 5-2 this fall, defeated Waynesburg in the Quarterfinals of the Division H Playoff Tournament on Wednesday, December 3 by a score of 3-0...The Gators will take on Ohio Wesleyan in the Semifinals on Wednesday, December 10.
Madden
Team Members: sophomore Luke LeClair (Rexford, NY), senior Thyon Nelson (Brooklyn, NY), and freshman Maxwell Schoen
Results: Thursday, November 20
Competition Details: Nelson and Schoen each had best-of-three playoff qualifying events on Thursday night…They had to win two games, before losing twice, to make the Tournament…Both Gators dropped the first game of their nights, before winning the second to setup a "win and in, lose and go home" scenario…Schoen and Nelson each fell in the third game to conclude their autumns.
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
