Columbia, MD - The Howard Community College Overwatch team started their NECC regular season schedule in flying fashion, taking down the New England College Pilgrims 3-0 to go 1-0 in conference play.
Howard got out to a great start in the first game, holding their opponents to just one of the possible three points in the defending round before easily taking the necessary two points on their turn to attack as they took game one 2-1.
Jocef Dorsey (Laurel, MD/Homeschool) made his name known as he had 48 eliminations while
Paul Delfico (Ellicott City, MD/Mount St. Joseph) had 43 assists.
In game number two, Howard started out on the offensive side and took all three points with four minutes to spare in a dominating effort. As the teams switched sides, the Dragons stimied New England College to just one point in taking game two 3-1. This time it was
Darien Hundley (Columbia, MD/Oakland Mills) earning the plaudits with 54 eliminations followed closely by
Chris Ikpefua (Columbia, MD/Atholton) with 44 and
Paul Gaylon (Halethorpe, MD/Lansdowne) chipping in 42.
In the final game, a capture the point contest saw Howard control round one before shutting out NEC in round two to take the third game 2-0 and the match 3-0.
Marcelo Rodriguez (Windsor Mill, MD/Lansdowne) came through with 27 eliminations as the tank leading the team from the front lines.
The Dragons will take their momentum into their next match on Thursday, September 30 when they take on Central Methodist University at 7 PM.
