{"id":8959,"date":"2022-11-14T09:29:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=8959"},"modified":"2022-11-14T09:29:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:29:28","slug":"colonel-esports-to-compete-at-a-red-bull-campus-clutch-last-chance-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/14\/colonel-esports-to-compete-at-a-red-bull-campus-clutch-last-chance-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonel Esports to Compete at a Red Bull Campus Clutch Last Chance Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIBODAUX, La. — Colonel Esports\u2019 VALORANT team represented ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, in Birmingham, AL, at the semi-finals for the Red Bull Campus Clutch tournament, a global university student esports tournament where players team up and represent their campus with the chance to play on the world stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The team placed second out of 24 teams from the delta region in the Open Online Qualifier on Oct. 1, 2022. The top two teams qualified to compete at the regional qualifier in Birmingham the following weekend where the VALORANT team would compete against two teams from a neighboring region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Red Bull provided Colonel Esports with flights, hotel rooms and uber vouchers for the weekend. The semi-finals was a LAN tournament, or in-person, and was considered the final showdown before the national championship of the Red Bull Campus Clutch in Dallas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the VALORANT team fell short in both series against the University of Alabama and Louisiana Tech University. The University of Alabama won the regional qualifier sending its teams to compete in Dallas for the national competition. The winner of the national tournament will then compete in the global finals set to take place in Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am so proud of the team. This is one of our scholarship teams, and they are representing the university and Louisiana esports in such a groundbreaking way. <\/span>We are so excited to see our program continue to grow and for these players to get the recognition they deserve. It isn’t easy keeping the work, school, social and competition balance, but our students do it with grace,\u201d said <\/span>Coordinator of Colonel Esports Elizabeth Layton. \u201c<\/span>Red Bull really enjoyed us and saw us as one of the most professional teams they’d seen at the competitions. Our group made a great impression on the company, and they would like to do more with us.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the team did not place in the national finals, it can still stamp a wildcard ticket to Brazil at a Last Chance Qualifier. Red Bull is holding its Last Chance Qualifiers for teams who lost at their regional tournaments. This competition will be held in four regions including Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and Latin America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Each of the four regions will host two preliminary rounds, and the victors of those two qualifiers will go head-to-head in a Grand Final to determine the winner of the region\u2019s wildcard. This means that over 1,000 teams worldwide can launch their last-ditch campaign, but just four of them – one from each region – will join the World Final lineup as wildcards.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following are the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ students and VALORANT team members in attendance of the Birmingham tournament:<\/span><\/p>\n