Launch of Super Smash Brother’s Ultimate Varsity Team
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Led by two students at the time, the Smash community quickly grew to consistently fill three classrooms on a weekly basis by 2017. It grew parallel to the early days of League of Legends esports at the university. The community which would name itself “Seton Smash” played internally, made appearances at local tournaments, and quickly became a mainstay on campus. If there was a room with a projector or a table that could hold a TV, you could be sure the smash community would find it to load up different iterations of Super Smash Bros throughout the years.
Today, that same passion and drive have been passed down to the first-ever, Seton Hall Super Smash Brother’s Ultimate varsity team. In contrast to the early days, the team enjoys practices from the Seton Hall Esports Lab, with six wall-mounted TVs, dedicated lab chairs, and Nintendo Switch consoles available for practices in the upcoming 16-week season.
“Trey was the perfect person for the role of captain and first member for our inaugural
squad. He is both an incredibly focused player and already a leader within our SSBU
community here at Seton Hall and I am looking forward to the heights this team will
climb under his leadership” said Victor Gomez, the Seton Hall’s esports manager.
Joining Walter in the starting lineup is fellow senior Nikolas “Gymbo2000” Theodoracopoulos,
Junior Aidan “Owser” Grant, first-year students Gianni “Gman1021” Feraco and Joseph
“Blob_Man35” Mandara. Also, as a part of the active roster are substitutes Noah “n0ahh”
Ferro and Jordan “Elementor” Levine both Sophomores.
SSBU will have their debut match on October 5, 2021 and can be streamed live on Twitch.TV/EGFssbu.
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