Maryville University wins 2017 College Championship
Maryville University has officially won the League of Legends 2017 College Championship in thrilling fashion.
When it comes to League of Legends, anything can happen when it comes to the competitive nature of the game. In the ever popular Esports scene, the 2017 College Championship finals were set between Maryville University and the University of Toronto.
In a thrilling 3-1 match, Maryville University won winning the school’s first national title in the process.
It was an exciting end to a great weekend of action, in which the best collegiate League of Legends teams competed to determine this year’s champion at the LCS Arena in Los Angeles. Take a look at all the incredible highlights below:
After dominating the early portion of the first three games and jumping to a 2-1 series lead, Maryville had no reason to slow down in game four. Toronto started off this weekend’s tournament strong but Maryville eventually learned their strategies and was able to be one step ahead in the grand scheme of things. Below is the official transcript sent to Blog of Legends courtesy of the Media Relations Department of Riot Games:
Maryville sophomore jungler Cody “Walrus” Altman was active all over the map early and often. Four successful ganks in the first eight minutes set in motion an early Maryville lead, but Walrus saved his best moment for last. Three of his teammates had fallen as Toronto mounted a final defense, but Walrus shut down any thoughts of a comeback with a pentakill in the closing moments to earn the win and championship.
Game one kicked off with Maryville pushing the pace, taking two towers in the first 10 minutes. Maryville held the gold lead for the first 30 minutes of the game and twice gave up Baron Nashor in exchange for a Toronto inhibitor. However, Toronto was able to get the better end of the team fights and finished with a 17 to 7 kills edge and the win.
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Maryville took the early lead again in game two, but this time was able to close it out. Sophomore top laner Tony “Saskio” Chau scored a quadra kill 14 minutes in as Maryville took an 8k gold lead.
Maryville took over 37 minutes before they could finish off the Nexus, but Toronto never threatened and ended the game without taking a turret.
Maryville continued their aggressive play in game three. Back-to-back double kills by sophomore mid laner Andrew “ckg” Smith and Walrus across the map built another strong lead pre-12 minutes. Maryville was then able to draw Toronto away from their base to Baron Nashor and give enough time for Saskio’s Kled to dance around Toronto freshman top laner Alvin “Gaow Gaiy” Ngo’s Shen and destroy the Nexus.
Maryville ended the series with a 36-12 edge in turrets destroyed. Maryville sophomore ADC Marko “Prototype” Sosnicki finished with a combined 14/10/20 KDA.