Here's how Harrisburg University fared in its first esports tournament, HUE festival

Teams from all over the country came to HUE Festival to compete at two of esports' biggest games, and Harrisburg University found themselves in the top tier of talent.

The festival, which ran Friday and Saturday, was a gaming and music event featuring collegiate tournaments for Overwatch and League of Legends hosted by Harrisburg University.

HarrisburgU beat out more 18 other schools to make it to the finals, but ultimately came in second in both tournaments.

Maryville University Esports won the Overwatch tournament 2-1 matches over HarrisburgU, according to the team twitter.

Columbia College Esports won both matches of the LoL final against HarrisburgU.

Harrisburg University's Varsity Esports program Twitter thanked participants for the successful events.

Other schools that participated included:

  • Ashland Unversity
  • Belleveue University
  • Culber-Stockton College
  • Georgeia State University
  • Grand View University
  • Indiana Tech University
  • Lebanon Valley College
  • Miami Ohio University
  • Morningside College
  • St. Ambrose University
  • SUNY Canton
  • Union County College
  • University of Akron
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • University of Louisiana - Lafayette
  • Ohio State University
  • Penn State University
  • University of Illinois

Musical acts at the festival included Lit, Atlas Genius, Alient Ant Farm, Soul City, Skela and The Great Enough.

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