MAAC Esports Championships Presented by New Jersey Army National Guard to be Conducted Online

4/8/2020 10:00:00 AM

Edison, N.J. (April 8, 2020) – The 2020 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced that the 2020 Esports Championships presented by New Jersey Army National Guard has been moved to an online format. The championship was originally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players will now compete from home, practicing social distancing as they participate in the championships. Games will include Rocket League, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (SSBU), and League of Legends. Competition in Rocket League and SSBU are presented as part of the EGFC Season 1 from the Electronic Gaming Federation (EGF).

League of Legends play will take place April 13 and 17, Rocket League and SSBU play will take place April 18. All games will be streamed via twitch at Twitch.tv/officialEGF.

Marist College comes into the championships as the top seed in both League of Legends and Rocket League. Canisius College owns the top seed in SSBU.

“The MAAC believes it is important that we go ahead with our Esports Championships,” said MAAC Commissioner Rich Ensor. “After discussing the capability of running the championships with our membership, the MAAC felt the strong desire for schools to continue to connect with their student bodies, and esports has the capacity to do exactly that.”

The full championship schedule and seedings can be found below.

League of Legends
Date	Game	Time	Matchup
April 13	Game 1	5:00 p.m.	No. 6 Canisius vs. No. 3 Niagara
April 13	Game 2	7:30 p.m.	No. 5 Siena vs. No. 4 Quinnipiac
April 17	Game 3	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 Marist vs. Game 2 Winner
April 17	Game 4	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Saint Peter’s vs. Game 1 Winner
April 17	Championship	8:00 p.m.	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner

Rocket League
Date	Game	Time	Matchup
April 18	Game 1	11:00 a.m.	No. 6 Niagara vs. No. 3 Manhattan
April 18	Game 2	11:30 a.m.	No. 5 Siena vs No. 4 Quinnipiac
April 18	Game 3	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Marist vs. Game 2 Winner
April 18	Game 4	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 Canisius vs. Game 1 Winner
April 18	Championship	1:00 p.m.	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Date	Game	Time	Matchup
April 18	Game 1	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 Quinnipiac vs. No 2 Saint Peter’s
April 18	Game 2	3:15 p.m.	No. 6 Niagara vs No. 3 Siena
April 18	Game 3	4:30 p.m.	No. 5 Marist vs. No. 4 Manhattan
April 18	Game 4	5:45 p.m.	No. 1 Canisius vs. Game 3 Winner
April 18	Game 5	7:00 p.m.	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner
April 18	Championship	8:15 p.m.	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner

To stay up to date on MAAC esports, visit maacsports.com/esports and follow @MAACEsports and @MAACSports on Twitter.

About Electronic Gaming Federation (EGF):
Founded in 2015, EGF is the first to establish unique platforms for youth, high school and Division 1 collegiate esports competitions. With students and education at its core, EGF's youth, high school and collegiate leagues & programs were inspired by the best aspects of traditional sports to create opportunities for students and schools to engage and advance. Divisions of EGF include EGFY (Youth), EGFH (High School), EGFC (Collegiate) programs. For more information or to inquire about collegiate participation, please visit EGF.gg, follow @officialEGF on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Twitch or contact info@egfederation.gg.

About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 39^th year of competition during the 2019-20 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.