CHICAGO - In its first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season match, Roosevelt Valorant made history Thursday night, winning all 26 rounds across the two games to defeat Purdue Northwest 2-0.

The Lakers needed just 17 minutes and 44 seconds to defeat the Lions on Ascent, finishing with a team K/D of 65/31. Chris "hysteria" Mackrodt led the way with a KDA of 17/6/6, including a first blood-to-first death ratio of 4/1. Ryan "expn" Krajewski was right behind him, tallying a 15/7/3 KDA, while Henry "HENRYZERA" Nguyen went 14/9/3. 

The Lakers were even more impressive in the second game, defeating Purdue Northwest in 17 minutes and 9 seconds on Split. Krajewski was again a standout, finishing 23/7/6, collecting an impressive 5 first bloods with no first deaths. "Ryan looked really good today," said in-game leader Ethan "echo" Cho after the match. "We've been pleased with his effort and impact with the team thus far, and he's proving to have been an awesome offseason pickup." Cho finished Split with a 12/6/4 KDA, while Kyle "eigne" Caruso was third on the leaderboard at 11/6/4.

UP NEXT: Lakers Valorant will be off from GLIAC play next week before returning to action against Davenport in a rematch of last year's conference championship on October 15th at 6 PM.