The Minnesota Rokkr overcame an early deficit with ease on Saturday, defeating the Miami Heretics 3-1 in qualifying action for the Call of Duty League’s Stage 2 Major.
Miami got off to a strong start with a 250-248 win on Skyline Hardpoint, but it was all Minnesota from there. The Rokkr responded with vengeance, taking Hacienda Search & Destroy 6-5, Protocol Control 3-0 and Vault Hardpoint 250-167 to complete the comeback.
Each of the 12 CDL teams will play seven qualifying matches through March 16, setting up seeding for the Stage 2 Major, slated for March 20-23 in Dallas.
The Boston Breach also had to come from behind for a win on Saturday.
Like Minnesota, Boston faced a 1-0 deficit before getting on track. The Breach prevailed 6-5 on Hacienda Search & Destroy and 3-1 on Vault Control only to have Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 tie the game at 2-2. Boston then wrapped up its victory by blasting Los Angeles 6-2 on Vault Search & Destroy.
In other action Saturday, the Atlanta FaZe completed a 3-0 sweep of OpTic Texas and Cloud9 New York blanked the Toronto Ultra 3-0.
Qualifying for the Stage 2 Major continues Sunday with four matches:
–Vegas Falcons vs. Los Angeles Thieves
–Carolina Royal Ravens vs. Toronto Ultra
–Vancouver Surge vs. Cloud9 New York
–OpTic Texas vs. Minnesota Rokkr
Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifying standings (with match record and map differential):
1. Boston Breach, 2-0, plus-3
T2. Cloud9 New York, 1-0, plus-3
T2. Los Angeles Thieves, 1-0, plus-3
T4. Minnesota Rokkr, 1-0, plus-2
T4. Vancouver Surge, 1-0, plus-2
6. Atlanta FaZe, 1-1, plus-1
7. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 0-1, minus-1
T8. Miami Heretics, 0-1, minus-2
T8. Vegas Falcons, 0-1, minus-2
T10. Carolina Royal Ravens, 0-1, minus-3
T10. OpTic Texas, 0-1, minus-3
T10. Toronto Ultra, 0-1, minus-3
–Field Level Media
