COD Falls in National Championship

Bristol, Tenn. – King University Esports team competes in the National Championship match against Durham College in Call of Duty. This was the fourth start National Championship King had been in the past two years. King would fall to Durham 3-0 and become the National runners-up.
 
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The King University team took on Durham College in their second meeting of the season. King fell to them last time, 3-0, looking to battle their way to a National Championship this time. Durham would repeat what they started back earlier this season, taking down King 3-0.
 
Durham won the first map, Hardpoint, in a dominant showing, taking King down 250-163. The Tornado tried to battle back but struggled with every player having a lower than 1.00 K/D ratio, besides Chase Proffitt, who had a 1.50. Proffitt's best stat of the map was having 26 non-traded eliminations, which was the highest of both teams.
 
In the second map, Search and Destroy, the Tornado fell 6-2. Durham had all four of their players above 1.00 K/D while King didn't have a single player with above 1.00.
 
The final map was on Overload, where King fell 8-4. Proffitt again led the team through this map with a 1.33 K/D ratio, and Kirk Rahill was right behind him with a K/D of 1.15. With this loss, King would fall in the National Championship but would be crowned National runner-up.
 
The team championship runners-up team consisted of:
 
Chase Proffitt (Chadey)
Kirk Rahill (jellies)
Vetle Saether (tenaszty)
Moricio Castro (Kappa)
 
Up Next: The Tornado finished their final match of the Spring 2026 season and will be back in the Fall.