Lyceum caps off dominant run, captures inaugural CCE crown

Dominant Lyceum of the Philippines University ended another run as a champion after ruling the Collegiate Center for Esports (CCE) Mobile Legends Season 1 on Thursday at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall.

The Pirates, who also won the Varsity Cup last year, swept San Sebastian College-Recoletos in the finals, 2-0, to reign supreme in the inaugural tournament.

Jungler Mark Kenneth "Mark" Delos Reyes showed the way for Lyceum, copping the first-ever MVP plum as they established themselves as a powerhouse team in the upstart league.

Lyceum dropped just two games in the entirety of the tournament, going 9-0 in the single-round elimination stage before going 2-1 against both Arellano University and the Stags in the first round and upper bracket finals, respectively.

But Lyceum made sure to have a clean slate come the championship round with Remarch "LUST?" Eusebio's Claude and Mark's Karina unleashing 6-1-8 and 8-1-7 KDAs , respectively, in Game 1, which they won after 20 minutes.

Lyceum then sent San Sebastian packing in Game 2 as they cruised to the throne after 17 minutes of action.

"Sobrang saya po na nakuha ko 'yung Season 1 MVP. Sobrang worth it 'yung pagod namin sa practice pero itong MVP na ito, para ito sa buong team kasi lahat kami nagtrabaho para makuha itong championship," said Delos Reyes.

"Thank you sa opportunity na binigay ng CCE para mai-showcase namin 'yung skills namin," added skipper Paul Adrienne "FAE" Huang. "Sobrang salamat po sa lahat ng supporters ng Esports at sa Lyceum na sumuporta sa amin since Day 1."

—Bea Micaller/MGP, GMA News