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The 2026 ECAC season came to an end after successful postseason performances from both of the Tribe’s EAFC representatives, Brandon Carranza-Lopez and Marc Grabulosa-Serra.

Pictured: Garrett Bellin (Coach), Marc Grabulosa-Serra (Junior), Brandon Carranza-Lopez (Grad)

2026 Spring ECAC Post-Season Recap

After a successful run to his third straight ECAC quarterfinals, Marc Grabulosa-Serra ultimately fell to the defending national champion, Conestoga College. During his playoff run he beat the #18 and #2 ranked players in the country. During the spring ECAC season, five of his seven wins came against top 20 opponents. Beating the #2, #10, and #13, ranked teams during the regular season as well. He finished the spring season with a 7-3 record and a final regular season ranking of #15 nationally.

Team captain, Brandon Carranza-Lopez, finished the spring season with a 5-4 record and a final ranking of #19 in the ECAC. Despite bowing out in a close round of 32 matchup, this qualification signifies his fourth straight appearance in the playoffs as well as his fourth straight winning season.

Additionally, Carranza-Lopez won the prestigious Griffin Spirit Award for the individual who best embodies the William & Mary Esports values and community.

Both Carranza-Lopez and Grabulosa-Serra will be returning for the Fall 2026 ECAC season.

Final ECAC playoff bracket for the 2026 ECAC Spring Championship.

Final regular season ECAC standings for the ECAC Spring Championship.

William & Mary EAFC Season Review

Fall Success

The 2025-2026 school year was a historic one for the Tribe both on and off the (virtual) field. During the fall of 2025 the tribe won its first ever medal with Grabulosa-Serra finishing in third place in the 2025 Fall ECAC National Playoffs. He finished the season with a 9-3 record, and his third place marked the best playoff performance in the program’s history.

While Grabulosa-Serra shattered all of the program’s postseason records, Carranza-Lopez finished the ECAC fall 2025 season with the best regular season performance in program history. Carranza-Lopez managed to finish the regular season ranked #6 in the nation. He then went on to reach the quarterfinals for the ECAC playoffs.

Building Engagement Through Broadcasts

Additionally, this year marked the start of the new broadcast commentary program for Tribe EAFC matches. Three ECAC playoff matches were broadcasted with William & Mary commentators. The program plans to continue arranging these broadcasts with commentary for matches in the fall. Check out the broadcasts below:

The commentary program was implemented by Austin Rice (Production), Gibran Adnan (Student Commentator), Brandon Carranza-Lopez (Commentator and Caster), and Head Coach Garrett Bellin (Commentator & Production).

Coach’s Note

Additionally, the 2025-2026 season was former player Garrett Bellin’s first year with the program as a Head Coach. He helped the team to a 29-12 record and was honored with an honorable mention for the William & Mary Esports Alumni Spirit award. This award goes to alumni who continue to make impact in the esports community.

For anyone interested in joining the program as a commentator or as a potential recruit please feel free to reach out to gabellin@wm.edu.

Misc.

Check out more stories on the 2025-2026 season below:

Take a look at some of the accolades and results for the program here:

Check out the William & Mary Esports Homepage Below:

Mentioned:

Garrett Bellin

Brandon Carranza-Lopez

Marc Grabulosa-Serra

The Tribe finished with an overall regular season record of 9-5 with both representatives qualifying for the EAFC 2026 ECAC playoffs. This marks the fourth straight semester that the William & Mary has had multiple representatives in the postseason. The playoff matches will be broadcasted with live commentary. Check below for more details!

Additionally, as a team, the Tribe was the only team in the ECAC to have all of its representatives qualify for the playoffs (of teams with more than one representative).

Brandon Carranza-Lopez (5-3)

Brandon Carranza Lopez finished the regular season with a 4-3 record and as the 19th ranked player in the ECAC. With this, he qualified to the play-in round of the playoffs. In this win-or-go-home situation, he rose to the occasion and won decisively in two sets (6-5, 7-5). This will be Carranza-Lopez’s 4 straight appearance in the ECAC playoffs. He will be looking to beat his previous record or reaching the ECAC quarterfinals which he achieved in the Fall season of 2025 and 2024.

Best Wins:

Carranza-Lopez beat the #29 ranked Elmira college 2-0. Additionally, he beat the St. Clair college representative ranked #39 nationally 2-1.

Marc Grabulosa-Serra (5-2)

Marc Grabulosa-Serra finished the regular season with a 5-2 record and the 15 spot in the ECAC rankings. This earned him automatic qualification to the ECAC playoffs. One of his two losses came to the #1 ranked St. Clair College. This will be his third straight trip to the ECAC playoffs. He most recently reached the semifinals and won in the third-place game in Fall of 2025. He previously reached the quarterfinals during the 2025 spring season.

Best Wins:

Grabulosa-Serra had one of the toughest schedules in the country and as a result, pulled off three wins against top 15 ranked players in the ECAC. Firstly, he managed a huge 2-1 victory against Fanshawe college’s representative who finished ranked #2 in the nation. He won this match with a final score of 2-5, 4-2, 6-3.

Additionally, he beat the other representative from Fanshawe College and the player from Roberts Wesleyan University who ranked #10 and #13 in the nation respectively. He won these matches 2-0, and 2-1.

Other Notes:

Grabulosa-Serra will be playing at 8 PM on 4/1/2026 against University of Mount Saint Vincent. Tune in to check out the upgrading broadcast with live commentary!

Carranza-Lopez will be playing in his first-round matchup on 4/3/2026 against Augustana College at 3 PM.

Both games will be broadcast live on the William & Mary Esport Twitch Channel:

WMesportsLive – Twitch

Head Coach Garrett Bellin improves his overall record to 27-10 at the conclusion of this regular season.

Check out the next article below:

Grabulosa-Serra Knocks out 2nd Seed in Huge ECAC Playoff Upset.

The final ECAC playoff bracket can be found below (click the picture to see the live bracket):

Mentioned:

The Fall 2025 season resulted in the two best individual seasons by Tribe EAFC players in the program’s history. William & Mary was the only university in the country to have more than one player make it to the ECAC quarterfinals. In the process, Brandon Carranza-Lopez and Marc Grabulosa-Serra broke university records for best regular season final ranking and best playoff run this season.

Marc Grabulosa-Serra

Grabulosa-Serra under the gamertag Minipick698 won 3rd place in the ECAC after sweeping the third-place game against Indiana University in Indianapolis. On his way to 3rd place he held a 9-3 overall record (one forfeit loss) and finished the regular season as the nation’s 17th ranked player. This season he only lost 4 sets in total.

Brandon Carranza-Lopez

Under the name BrendsWM, Carranza-Lopez finished as the number 6th highest ranked player nationally in the ECAC. This was the best regular season final ranking in program history. He finished the regular season with 6-1 record and went on to reach the quarterfinals of the playoffs, ending the season with an 8-2 record. This was tied for second best playoff run in program history. Carranza-Lopez only lost 5 sets this year and served as the team captain. As a captain he organized the teams pilot program for adding commentary over our official league games.

Other News:

The Fall 2025 season also marks former player Garrett Bellin’s first year as head coach of the team. He will return along with Carranza-Lopez (Graduate Student) and Grabulosa-Serra (Junior) for the Spring 2026 season starting on February 2nd. If you are a William & Mary student or prospective student and are interested in joining the Division 1 EAFC team, reach out to gabellin@wm.edu to discuss the recruitment process as the team is actively looking for new players.

Final Standings:

2231: Regular Season – Standings – Challonge

This season also marked the first W&M ECAC game streamed with live commentary. The production occurred during Grabulosa-Serra’s historic third place victory. The links to the production are shown below.

Match Replay

Check out the link below for the post-game interview!

https://youtu.be/XokREv_WyjE?t=489

Mentioned:

Garrett Bellin

Brandon Carranza-Lopez

Marc Grabulosa-Serra

Esports at William and Mary
EA FC 25

Major: Accounting & Hispanic Studies

Class: Junior

Hometown: Centreville, VA

Career:

2025 Spring: Has started the season with a 4-0 record and is currently ranked #2 nationally.

2024 Fall: Had a 5-1 record in the ECAC regular season and achieved his highest ranking at #4 nationally after week four. Qualified for the playoffs where he won in the round of 16, then lost in a tiebreaker set to the eventual national champion during the quarterfinals.

2023-2024: Played with W&M in the EGF, helped team to second place in the EGF regular season.

2022-2023: Played with W&M in the EGF, led the team to championship finals. Won the winner’s bracket in double elimination playoffs. Earned the Rookie of the Year Award for his excellent first season with the Tribe.