CREDIT: LOGAN MORAND
The Fuel Valorant team takes home the championship title after having a dominating fall season in the NACE varsity plus division.

Fanshawe Fuel’s Valorant squad won the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) varsity plus division. Fuel faced DePaul University in the finals who also had a strong season throughout this semester. Fuel won the match 2-1 in the best out of three match-ups.

In game one of the best of three match-up, Fuel showed great strength walking away with a 13-8 win. DePaul returned victorious in match two with a 13-9 win that tied everything back up to bring them to the deciding match. The Fuel Valorant team did not back down and returned the final win 13-7 that crowned them the champions for the Fall 2023 season in NACE.

The Fuel roster is one not to take lightly when going up against them. Akimbo, Bill, Sistane, JakieG and Mink are all in Immortal ranks, except for one who is one rank below. Immortal is the highest rank you can achieve in Valorant but the chemistry the Fuel team had is what made them stand out from the rest.


“Our team dynamic is surprisingly solid despite us not playing with each other beforehand,” Micheal “Mink” Stastny said. “We mesh really well and can manage to figure out how our dynamic should work against our opponents.”

The Fuel team had five wins and two losses in regular season action. Since Fuel finished second place in the regular season, they were granted a bye week for playoffs and faced Akron Gold in the semi-finals. Fanshawe Fuel took a dominating 2-0 win in the best-outof- three matchup against Akron.

With all laughs and smiles after the finals win, the Fuel Valorant team is happy to be walking away from a great fall season. A new season will be coming for the winter semester and try-outs will start in January. No set rosters have been decided for this semester yet. This team is hoping to keep this passion for the winter season and also to see some newcomers make an appearance.

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