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The New York Subliners, Miami Heretics and Atlanta FaZe all won their respective matches on Saturday to remain undefeated in qualifying action for the Call of Duty League’s Stage 1 Major.
New York swept the Las Vegas Legion 3-0, while the Heretics cruised to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Rokkr and Atlanta defeated the Seattle Surge by the same score.
In other action Saturday, the Toronto Ultra also picked up a sweep, downing the Carolina Royal Ravens.
All 12 CDL teams will play seven qualifying matches ahead of the Stage 1 Major, scheduled for Jan. 25-28 in Boston.
The Subliners grabbed a pair of wins on Skidrow to open their match, prevailing 250-209 in Hardpoint and 6-4 in Search and Destroy. New York wrapped things up with a 3-1 victory on Karachi Control.
After falling 250-242 on Terminal Hardpoint, Miami rebounded with wins on Terminal Search and Destroy (6-4), Invasion Control (3-2) and Sub Base Hardpoint (250-217) to quiet the Rokkr.
Atlanta and Seattle split the first two maps — Karachi Hardpoint and Highrise Search and Destroy — before the FaZe took Karachi Control 3-1 and ended the match with a 250-228 showing on Invasion Hardpoint.
By setting the tone with a 231-156 drubbing on Sub Base Hardpoint, the Ultra were able to cruise to victories on Skidrow Search and Destroy (6-2) and Karachi Control (3-1) to blank Carolina.
Qualifying action continues on Sunday with three matches:
–Carolina Royal Ravens vs. OpTic Texas
–Los Angeles Guerillas vs. Los Angeles Thieves
–Boston Breach vs. Toronto Ultra
Call of Duty League Stage 1 Major qualifying standings with points, match win-loss record and map win-loss record
1. Miami Heretics, 30 points, 3-0, plus-7
2. Atlanta FaZe, 30 points, 3-0, plus-6
3. New York Subliners, 30 points, 3-0, plus-5
4. OpTic Texas, 20 points, 2-1, plus-3
5. Toronto Ultra, 20 points, 2-0, plus-5
6. Seattle Surge, 20 points, 2-2, zero
7. Carolina Royal Ravens, 10 points, 1-2, minus-5
8. Los Angeles Thieves, 10 points, 1-2, minus-2
9. Las Vegas Legion, 10 points, 1-3, minus-5
10. Los Angeles Guerrillas, 0 points, 0-2, minus-3
11. Minnesota Rokkr, 0 points, 0-3, minus-5
12. Boston Breach, 0 points, 0-3, minus-6
–Field Level Media