The Miami Heretics continued their climb up the standings, sweeping the Minnesota Rokkr 3-0 on Saturday in qualifying action for the Call of Duty League’s Stage 2 Major.
Miami prevailed 250-168 on Rio Hardpoint, 6-4 on Highrise Search & Destroy and 3-1 on Karachi Control to win its second straight match. The Heretics had dropped their first five to open qualifying.
Spain’s Alejandro “Lucky” Lopez led Miami with 62 kills and a kill-death ratio of plus-1.38. All four of Minnesota’s players finished with sub-1.00 K-D differentials, with Reece “Vivid” Drost dropping a team-high 57 kills.
All 12 CDL teams will play seven qualifying matches ahead of the Stage 2 Major, scheduled for March 21-24 in Miami. Every team will advance to the double-elimination tournament, with the qualifying matches determining seeding. The top eight teams in the qualifying standings will get a bye in the first round of the tournament.
Each qualifier win is worth 10 points. The prize pool for the tournament (money and CDL points) has yet to be announced.
The Vegas Legion also picked up a sweep on Saturday, downing the Carolina Royals Ravens.
Vegas won 250-153 on Invasion Hardpoint before cruising to victories on Highrise Search & Destroy (6-1) and Karachi Control (3-1). Gio “Gio” Webster dominated for the Legion, racking up 62 kills en route to a plus-1.68 K-D.
In other action, the Toronto Ultra beat the Los Angeles Thieves 3-1 behind 71 kills from Dylan “Envoy” Hannon and 69 from Denmark’s Tobias “CleanX” Jonsson. The teams split the first two maps before Toronto took Karachi Control 3-0 and Sub Base Hardpoint 250-137.
Qualifying continues Sunday with three matches:
–Atlanta FaZe vs. Los Angeles Guerrillas
–Seattle Surge vs. Boston Breach
–New York Subliners vs. OpTic Texas
Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifying standings (points, match win-loss record, map win-loss differential):
1. New York Subliners, 60 points, 6-0, plus-14
2. OpTic Texas, 60 points, 6-0, plus-10
3. Atlanta FaZe, 50 points, 5-1, plus-13
4. Toronto Ultra, 50 points, 5-2, plus-7
5. Vegas Legion, 50 points, 5-2, plus-7
6. Los Angeles Thieves, 40 points, 4-3, minus-2
7. Miami Heretics, 20 points, 2-5, minus-5
8. Carolina Royal Ravens, 20 points, 2-5, minus-6
9. Boston Breach, 20 points, 2-4, minus-7
10. Minnesota Rokkr, 10 points, 1-6, minus-8
11. Seattle Surge, 10 points, 1-5, minus-9
12. Los Angeles Guerrillas, 0 points, 0-6, minus-14
–Field Level Media