The Vancouver Surge were among the notable winners on Saturday, extended to five maps to down Cloud9 New York in Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying.
The Miami Heretics, who also won on Saturday, share first place with Vancouver at 4-1 in the standings.
The Stage 3 Major qualifying round has the league’s 12 teams playing five qualifying matches apiece through Sunday to determine seeding for the Stage 3 Major playoffs, slated for April 24-27 in Boca Raton, Fla.
The Vancouver Surge outlasted Cloud9 New York 3-2, and they had to rally to do it. Cloud9 won 250-231 on Hacienda Hardpoint, then the Surge drew even with a 6-5 win on Red Card Search & Destroy. Cloud9 responded with a 3-1 victory on Hacienda Control before Vancouver took the series 250-143 on Skyline Hardpoint and 6-1 on Protocol Search & Destroy.
The Miami Heretics opened with wins of 250-188 on Hacienda Hardpoint and 6-3 on Rewind Search & Destroy before Minnesota Rokkr dealt a 3-0 setback on Vault Control. The Heretics ended it, 250-151 on Protocol Hardpoint.
The Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 dealt Toronto Ultra a 250-64 loss on Hacienda Hardpoint to open their match, but it was not to be their day. Toronto responded by winning on Rewind Search & Destroy (6-5), Protocol Control (3-2) and Vault Hardpoint (250-158).
The Atlanta FaZe followed a similar path to victory. The Vegas Falcons won on Skyline Hardpoint 250-133 before Atlanta responded with wins on Dealership Search & Destroy (6-0), Protocol Control (3-0) and Red Card Hardpoint (250-241).
The remaining qualifying schedule:
Sunday
–Boston Breach vs. Vegas Falcons
–Atlanta FaZe vs. OpTic Texas
–Carolina Royal Ravens vs. Los Angeles Thieves
Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying standings (with match record and map differential):
T1. Miami Heretics, 4-1, plus-5
T1. Vancouver Surge, 4-1, plus-5
3. Toronto Ultra, 4-1, plus-3
4. Los Angeles Thieves, 3-1, plus-8
5. Boston Breach, 3-1, plus-7
6. Atlanta FaZe, 2-2, plus-1
T7. Carolina Royal Ravens, 2-2, even
T7. OpTic Texas, 2-2, even
9. Vegas Falcons, 1-3, minus-4
10. Minnesota Rokkr, 1-4, minus-4
11. Cloud9 New York, 1-4, minus-9
12. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 0-5, minus-12
–Field Level Media