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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.