Green Patriots halt their LCL campaign at second place, bow down to UPLB Excelsiors, 1-3
The DLSU-D Green Patriots failed to reign the Summoner’s Rift after surrendering to the University of the Philippines-Los Baños Excelsior, 1-3, during the 2017 League of Legends Collegiate League (LCL) Southern Luzon Conference best of five championships held on December 9.
“Sobrang malaki ‘yong edge ng UPLB compared sa DLSU-D. Malinis ‘yong pag-e-execute nila ng plays samantalang sa amin, nakakagawa kami ng plays pero may mistakes na na–co-commit afterwards kaya nakakabawi pa rin ‘yong UPLB sa plays na ginagawa namin,” Green Patriots Team Captain Marc “Asta” Perez stated regarding their performance in the best of five finale.
The Laguna-based squad managed to own the first two games of the series but the Dasmariñas army halted their opponent’s momentum after changing their strategy in the game.
“Nilaro namin ‘yong laro na parang ‘solo queue,’ ‘yong parang naglalaro lang kami mag-isa hindi as a team. Nagulat kami kasi naging effective siya sa third game. Gawain talaga namin siya na kapag last game na or matatalo na kami, biglang nagiging proactive ‘yong plays namin saka nagiging masaya ‘yong laro. Ine-enjoy na lang namin kumbaga,” Perez explained.
Ending the green-and-white players’ hopes for the main title, Excelsior took the fourth game and sealed the LCL Southern Luzon Conference finals victory.
