Jordan Woodruff
The Carolina Royal Ravens received six of the seven maps they contested on Friday whereas profitable two matches within the decrease bracket of the Name of Obligation League Stage 1 Main in Madrid.
After sweeping the Vegas Falcons 3-0, the Royal Ravens raced previous OpTic Texas 3-1 to maneuver into the lower-bracket quarterfinals. OpTic had edged the Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 3-2 earlier on Friday.
The day’s different two matches have been each within the lower-bracket opening spherical. The Minnesota Rokkr edged the Vancouver Surge 3-1, and Cloud9 New York eradicated the Boston Breach 3-2.
The 12 Name of Obligation League groups started play within the Stage 1 Main on Thursday, with the seeding decided by 4 weeks of qualifying matches. The highest eight groups from qualifying landed within the higher bracket of the double-elimination event, whereas the underside 4 have been assigned to the decrease bracket.
All matches are best-of-five till the grand last on Sunday, which will likely be best-of-seven.
On Friday, the Royal Ravens topped the Falcons 250-161 on Protocol Hardpoint, 6-5 on Vault Search and Destroy and 3-2 on Vault Management.
Carolina then dropped its first map to Texas, 250-248 on Protocol Hardpoint, earlier than bouncing again to assert Purple Card Search and Destroy 6-3, Protocol Management 3-0 and Hacienda Hardpoint 250-193.
Of their first match of the day, OpTic fell behind when the Guerrillas captured Protocol Hardpoint 250-110, however Texas then received Skyline Search and Destroy 6-5 and Hacienda Management 3-0. Los Angeles prolonged the match by prevailing 250-188 on Skyline Hardpoint, however OpTic sealed the sequence with a 6-2 victory on Vault Search and Destroy.
The Surge began by taking Hacienda Hardpoint 250-187, however the Rokkr captured the subsequent three maps: 6-3 on Purple Card Search and Destroy, 3-2 on Protocol Management and 250-159 on Skyline Hardpoint.
After the Breach claimed Protocol Hardpoint 250-244, Cloud9 captured Skyline Search and Destroy 6-3 and Protocol Management 3-0. Boston logged a 250-184 win on Skyline Hardpoint, however New York sealed the sequence by taking Protocol Search and Destroy 6-3.
5 matches are scheduled for Saturday.
–Higher-bracket semifinal: Miami Heretics vs. Los Angeles Thieves
–Higher-bracket semifinal: Toronto Extremely vs. Atlanta FaZe
–Decrease-bracket Spherical 2: Minnesota Rokkr vs. Cloud9 New York
–Decrease-bracket quarterfinal: Group TBD vs. Carolina Royal Ravens
–Decrease bracket quarterfinal: Groups TBD
The Stage 1 Main is the primary of 4 to be contested within the CDL season. OpTic Texas will host the Stage 2 Main at Dallas in late March; the Miami Heretics will host the Stage 3 Main at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in late April; and the Stage 4 Main will likely be a part of DreamHack Dallas in late Might.
–Area Degree Media
