The Miami Heretics took their first loss in Name of Responsibility League Stage 3 qualifying on Friday, dropping them right into a five-way tie for first place.
The Toronto Extremely (3-1) emerged with a 3-1 victory over the Heretics (3-1). The Boston Breach (3-1) posted a 3-0 sweep of Cloud9 New York (1-3), and the Los Angeles Thieves (3-1) recorded a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 (0-4).
The outcomes go away the Heretics, Extremely, Breach and Thieves sharing first place with the Vancouver Surge (3-1), who had been idle on Friday because the third and ultimate week of qualifying started.
The Stage 3 Main qualifying spherical has the league’s 12 groups taking part in 5 qualifying matches apiece by way of Sunday to find out seeding for the Stage 3 Main playoffs, slated for April 24-27 in Boca Raton, Fla.
On Friday, Toronto opened with a 250-240 win on Vault Hardpoint, however Miami equalized by claiming Dealership Search and Destroy 6-5. The Extremely wrapped up the collection by taking Vault Management 3-1 and Protocol Hardpoint 250-190.
Boston received previous New York 250-136 on Skyline Hardpoint, 6-4 on Hacienda Search and Destroy and 3-0 on Hacienda Management.
The Thieves took down the Guerrillas 250-193 on Skyline Hardpoint, 6-2 on Crimson Card Search and Destroy and 3-0 on Protocol Hardpoint.
The remaining qualifying schedule:
Saturday
–Vancouver Surge vs. Cloud9 New York
–Miami Heretics vs. Minnesota Rokkr
–Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 vs. Toronto Extremely
–Vegas Falcons vs. Atlanta FaZe
Sunday
–Boston Breach vs. Vegas Falcons
–Atlanta FaZe vs. OpTic Texas
–Carolina Royal Ravens vs. Los Angeles Thieves
Name of Responsibility League Stage 3 Main qualifying standings (with match report and map differential):
1. Los Angeles Thieves, 3-1, plus-8
2. Boston Breach, 3-1, plus-7
3. Vancouver Surge, 3-1, plus-4
4. Miami Heretics, 3-1, plus-3
5. Toronto Extremely, 3-1, plus-1
T6. Carolina Royal Ravens, 2-2, even
T6. OpTic Texas, 2-2, even
8. Atlanta FaZe, 1-2, minus-1
9. Vegas Falcons, 1-2, minus-2
10. Cloud9 New York, 1-3, minus-8
11. Minnesota Rokkr, 1-3, minus-2
12. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 0-4, minus-10
–Discipline Stage Media