We are happy to announce our women’s CS roster, ENCE Athena, and participation in the upcoming ESL Impact season.
Throughout ENCE’s history, Counter-Strike has been a foundational title for us. We are excited to conquer another area of the game by entering into the ESL Impact league and presenting our new roster, ENCE Athena; Please give a warm welcome to Lotta “Waldee” Liesmala, Milona “miLo” Tiainen, Tude “oxycet” Gursoy, Halat “Missy” Naby, Oleksandra “manka” Kruspe, and coach Sead “Djury” Jahovic.
The goddess of wisdom, warfare, and handicraft, Athena represents the ENCE brand by tapping back into our origin story. Unlike their counterparts in Greek mythology, where Enceladus was the opponent of Athena during the war between the Giants and the gods, they now join forces as a powerful duo.
“At ENCE, we have had our eyes on women’s Counter-Strike and, especially, on the Impact league for a while now. Over the past year, we had opportunities to sign multiple different rosters under our banner, and now, we have landed on the five players with whom we want to enter the scene. It feels like this has been a long time coming as we complete our presence in the Counter-Strike landscape; We have our competing teams and content creators to create a full Counter-Strike experience for all of our followers, no matter your focus.
I want to give a warm welcome to Lotta, Milona, Halat, Oleksandra, Tude, and Sead to the ENCE family. I hope you will find us a home away from home", says Niklas “Willkey” Ojalainen, ENCE General Manager.
Lotta “Waldee” Liesmala, Entry/Anchor, 20
One of the two Finns in the roster, Waldee is Athena’s anchor and entry player. She has previously played together with Missy, miLo, and oxycet. Now, joining ENCE, Walde is motivated to work even harder and to become a better individual and team player.
Milona “miLo” Tiainen, Lurker/anchor, 22
miLo, also representing Finland, is the lurker player for Athena. Having played together with Waldee from the very start of her pro-CS career, they now continue their journey together in ENCE.
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Halat “Missy” Naby, AWP/IGL, 30
Coming from the Netherlands, Missy will bring a combination of brain and brawn to the server by handling both the AWP and IGL duties. Recently, she represented Team Netherlands in IESF WEC Female 2023, taking home the championship.
Tude “oxycet” Gursoy, Entry, 23
Hailing from Turkey, oxycet started playing competitive CS in 2019 while studying in law school. She quit her studies to follow her dream of becoming a full-time CS player. Now, her dream is becoming realized as she enters ENCE Athena, switching her role from a lurker to an entry.
Oleksandra “manka” Kruspe, Rifler, 21
Starting off her career locally, playing in teams and LANs in Ukraine, manka switched to play in a women’s team after the announcement of the ESL Impact league. Previously playing in G2 Oya, manka now joins ENCE Athena as the final piece to the puzzle.
Sead “Djury” Jahovic, Coach, 29
Lastly, making sure we can read the game as well as we hit our shots, we have coach Djury. Having previously played as a pro himself, his focus now is to ensure we can keep up and keep improving our individual and team level.
“We have big goals as a team that we hope to achieve soon, including qualifying to the ESL Impact LAN and winning the season. We are also aiming to reach HLTV #180 and compete against men’s teams.”
- Sead “Djury” Jahovic, ENCE Athena Coach
You can watch ENCE Athena in action in the upcoming ESL Impact Season 4, starting on September 13th.
