The New York Subliners completed a 3-0 sweep of the Seattle Surge on Saturday to remain undefeated in qualifying action for the Call of Duty League’s Stage 2 Major.
New York won 250-189 on Sub Base on Hardpoint, 6-3 on Terminal Search & Destroy and 3-0 on Highrise Control to improve to 2-0. It beat the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-2 on Friday, the first day of qualifiers.
Frenchman Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez racked up a match-high 51 kills and posted a plus-1.42 kill-death ratio to lead the Subliners.
All 12 CDL teams will play seven qualifying matches ahead of the Stage 2 Major, scheduled for March 21-24 in Miami.
In other action Saturday, the Boston Breach topped Carolina 3-1, and the Atlanta FaZe downed the Miami Heretics by the same score.
After Boston and the Royals Ravens split the first two maps, the Breach captured Highrise Control (3-2) and Karachi Hardpoint (250-221) to prevail in their first qualifying match. Mexican Eric “Snoopy” Perez finished with 87 kills for Boston, while Isaiah “Gwinn” Gwinn also posted 87 for the all-American Carolina squad.
Miami took Sub Base Hardpoint 250-151, but it was all FaZe from there. Atlanta won Highrise Search & Destroy 6-5, Karachi Control 3-0 and Rio Hardpoint 250-184, getting 79 kills apiece from Americans Tyler “aBeZy” Pharris and Zack “Drazah” Jordan. Pharris had a match-best plus-1.27 K-D.
Eric “EriKBooM” Ferrer supplied 77 kills for the Heretics, whose players all hail from Spain.
Qualifying action continues Sunday with three matches:
–Los Angeles Guerrillas vs. Las Vegas Legion
–Toronto Ultra vs. Minnesota Rokkr
–Los Angeles Thieves vs. OpTic Texas
Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifying standings (points, match win-loss record, map win-loss record):
1. New York Subliners, 20 points, 2-0, plus-4
2. Toronto Ultra, 10 points, 1-0, plus-3
T3. Atlanta FaZe, 10 points, 1-0, plus-2
T3. Boston Breach, 10 points, 1-0, plus-2
T5. Las Vegas Legion
T5. Los Angeles Guerrillas
T5. Los Angeles Thieves
T5. Minnesota Rokkr
T5. OpTic Texas
T10. Carolina Royals Ravens, 0 points, 0-2, minus-3
T10. Seattle Surge, 0 points, 0-1, minus-3
12. Miami Heretics, 0 points, 0-2, minus-5
–Field Level Media
