The Beaver Esports Fortnite team has been busy playing two matches a week in both the NJCAAE Fortnite Build and No Build open series. The team consisting of Christopher ‘whitababy03’ Whitaker and Samuel ‘windexcrow’ Kelly have a current record of 2-2 in both series. The team plays every Monday (no-build) and Tuesday (build) at 5:30 pm in the Esports Areana on campus. 

The season started on September 12 with their first match of the season in the build series against Johnston Community College and lost 2-0. They also lost in the build series 2-0 against Louisberg College on September 19. One of their wins comes from a bye week while the second win comes against Spoon River College a come from behind 2-1 victory.  

In the no build series, the team defeated Spoon River College 2-0 and SUNY Jefferson Team C 2-1 and lost to both Team A and B from SUNY Jefferson 2-0. The team is sitting in 17th place in the no-build standings out of 40 teams. For the build series the team is sitting in the middle of the standings at 12th. 

“I am proud of the Fortnite team as they have started the season well and have played extremely competitively. They have put themselves in a good position to make a run over the next month to qualify for the playoffs,” said Charles Keefer Head Esports Coach. “Both Chris and Sam put in a lot of work on the game outside of practice and matches. Chris is close to the highest rank a Fortnite player can achieve.”   

The team will compete in matches through the end of November and hope to qualify for post season play. They will also start competing in the Wildcat League and local league made up of other Kansas and Nebraska community colleges and universities. The matches begin October 23, and the teams advancing to the league semifinals will play December 2nd at Kansas State University for the fall championship.