Castro and Hardin clinch Barton eSports third National Championship; Costello earns National Runner-Up Finish #GoBarton
Castro and Hardin clinch Barton eSports third National Championship; Costello earns National Runner-Up Finish
Kindric Castro and Adam Hardin of the Barton Community College eSports team clinched the programs third NJCAAE National Championship Sunday afternoon earning a 4-0 sweep over Iowa Western Community College in the NJCAAE Call of Duty Cold War 2v2 National Championship.
Other Championship results saw Chance Costello earning an NJCAAE National Runner-Up finish in Madden 22 falling to Suffolk County Community College Saturday evening 41-21 and 35-7.
As a squad the Cougars concluded the spring season with a 68-38 overall record with Kindric and Castro ending their campaign at 12-1 and Costello finishing just shy of a perfect season at 10-1.
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The duo of Kindric and Hardin advanced into their second straight National Championship following Thursday's 4-2 victory over top seeded Calhoun Community College.
Looking to bounce back from the falls National Championship defeat to Navarro College, the pair entered Sunday's title matchup determined and focused never missing a beat grasping the opening map at Game Show 6-2 for the early 1-0 match lead.
Playing the second map in the duos least favorite place inside the ICBM, Castro and Hardin found themselves trailing 1-0 for the first and only time on the afternoon 'til the twosome rapid fired four straight rounds snatching all momentum. Splitting the final four rounds, Barton grabbed a 2-0 match advantage in the best of seven series taking the second map 6-3.
Heading to Gluboko for the third map, the Cougar couple were practically flawless rattling off four of the opening five rounds before sealing up the final two rounds earning a 6-1 victory and pulling within one map of the National Championship.
Sensing the title within reach holding a 3-0 map lead, the Cougars jetted out to a quick 2-0 edge in Nuketown, but the Reavers would battle back knotting the map at 2-2 and eventually tying it up one final time at 3-3 after splitting the fifth and sixth rounds. Castro and Hardin went for the final kill capturing the final three rounds clinching the NJCAAE National Championship with a 6-3 map triumph.