It was a day of blowouts at the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major on Friday, as all three matches to open Week 2 saw 3-0 sweeps.
Two of the matches saw clubs pick up their first wins of the event — the Miami Heretics and Carolina Royal Ravens — while in the day’s final match Cloud9 New York improved to 2-1.
The Stage 2 Major qualifying round consists of 12 teams, with each playing seven qualifying matches through March 16 to determine seeding for the Stage 2 Major playoffs, slated for March 20-23 in Dallas.
On Friday, the Royal Ravens opened play with a 3-0 win over Minnesota, handing the Rokkr their first loss in three matches. Carolina won 250-198 on Skyline Hardpoint then 6-5 on Red Card Search and Destroy before putting the match away with a 3-1 win on Protocol Control.
Miami then faced fellow winless club the Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 and won by nearly identical scores as the Carolina-Minnesota match: 250-193 on Vault Hardpoint, 6-5 on Protocol Search and Destroy and 3-1 on Protocol Control.
Finally, the Vegas Falcons became the first team to fall to 0-3 when they lost to Cloud9 New York, 250-105 on Protocol Hardpoint, 6-4 on Skyline Search and Destroy, and 3-1 on Protocol Control.
Week 2 continues Saturday with four matches with three more scheduled for Sunday.
Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major schedule
Saturday
–Atlanta FaZe vs. Miami Heretics
–Carolina Royal Ravens vs. OpTic Texas
–Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 vs. Vancouver Surge
–Toronto Ultra vs. Boston Breach
Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifying standings (with match record and map differential):
1. Los Angeles Thieves, 2-0, plus-5
T2. Boston Breach, 2-0, plus-3
T2. Vancouver Surge, 2-0, plus-3
4. Cloud9 New York, 2-1, plus-5
5. Minnesota Rokkr, 2-1, plus-2
T6. Atlanta FaZe, 1-1, plus-1
T6. Miami Heretics, 1-1, plus-1
8. Toronto Ultra, 1-1, minus-1
9. Carolina Royal Ravens, 1-2, minus-2
10. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 0-2, minus-4
11. OpTic Texas, 0-2, minus-6
12. Vegas Falcons, 0-3, minus-7
–Field Level Media
