The Purdue Northwest Esports team easily defeated Drury University 2-0 in the first round of the Midwest Esports Conference Playoffs.
 
PNW's League of Legends team was able to pull away and destroy the enemy base in each of two rounds played without much opposition from the Panthers.
 
With the win, the second-seed Pride will advance to next week's MEC tournament finals in Wichita, Kansas from March 26-27 to take on a rival team in Ottawa University (Kan.). The tournament will be played over a LAN setting, which means local area network, with all competitors being in the same facility rather than playing in a server-based, online connection.

The semifinals and finals will take place in the Century II Performing Arts Center as part of Unified's Esports Festival: Wichita.

Match times will be announced later this week.
 
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