The Vegas Legion, New York Subliners and Boston Breach opened qualifying for the Call of Duty League’s Major III with victories on Friday.
Vegas was a 3-1 winner over the Los Angeles Thieves, the runners-up at Major II earlier this month. New York defeated the Minnesota Rokkr 3-2, and Boston took down the Toronto Ultra 3-1.
Major III, which will include all 12 Call of Duty League teams, will be hosted by OpTic Texas March 9-12 in Arlington, Texas. Qualifying for tournament weekend runs through March 5.
The Thieves opened their match with a 250-130 win on Mercado Las Almas Hardpoint before Vegas scored a 6-4 win on Al Bagra Fortress Search & Destroy, a 3-2 victory on Breenbergh Hotel Control and a 250-201 triumph on Embassy Hardpoint. James “Clayster” Eubanks had a game-high 87 kills and a plus-1.12 K-D ratio for Vegas.
The Rokkr took an early lead by beating New York 250-206 on Al Bagra Fortress Hardpoint. The Subliners struck back by winning 6-1 on Mercado Las Almas Search & Destroy and 3-1 on Al Bagra Fortress Control. Minnesota knotted it two maps apiece by taking Breenbergh Hotel Hardpoint 250-227, but the Subliners pulled out a 6-5 squeaker on Al Bagra Fortress Search & Destroy for the win.
Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez of France carried New York with 100 kills and a plus-1.18 ratio.
Like the day’s other losing sides, the Ultra won their first map, 250-227 on Al Bagra Fortress Hardpoint. The Breach answered with a 6-3 win on Breenbergh Hotel Search & Destroy, then pulled out narrow victories of 3-2 on Al Bagra Fortress Control and 250-242 on Breenbergh Hotel Hardpoint to wrap up the match. Dylan “Nero” Koch had a team-high 90 kills for Boston, while teammate Joseph “Owakening” Conley added 87 kills on a plus-1.36 ratio.
Action continues Saturday with four matches:
–Boston Breach vs. London Royal Ravens
–Atlanta FaZe vs. Florida Mutineers
–OpTic Texas vs. Los Angeles Guerrillas
–Seattle Surge vs. Minnesota Rokkr
Call of Duty League Major III qualifying, with match win-loss record and game winning percentage
T1. Vegas Legion, 1-0, 75 percent
T1. Boston Breach, 1-0, 75 percent
3. New York Subliners, 1-0, 60 percent
4. Seattle Surge, 0-0
5. OpTic Texas, 0-0
6. Los Angeles Guerrillas, 0-0
7. London Royal Ravens, 0-0
8. Florida Mutineers, 0-0
9. Atlanta FaZe, 0-0
10. Minnesota Rokkr, 0-1, 40 percent
T11. Toronto Ultra, 0-1, 25 percent
T11. Los Angeles Thieves, 0-1, 25 percent
–Field Level Media
