The Vegas Legion, New York Subliners and Boston Breach opened qualifying for the Call of Duty League's Major III with victories on Friday.
Vegas was a 3-1 winner over the Los Angeles Thieves, the runners-up at Major II earlier this month. New York defeated the Minnesota Rokkr 3-2, and Boston took down the Toronto Ultra 3-1.
Major III, which will include all 12 Call of Duty League teams, will be hosted by OpTic Texas March 9-12 in Arlington, Texas. Qualifying for tournament weekend runs through March 5.
The Thieves opened their match with a 250-130 win on Mercado Las Almas Hardpoint before Vegas scored a 6-4 win on Al Bagra Fortress Search & Destroy, a 3-2 victory on Breenbergh Hotel Control and a 250-201 triumph on Embassy Hardpoint. James "Clayster" Eubanks had a game-high 87 kills and a plus-1.12 K-D ratio for Vegas.
The Rokkr took an early lead by beating New York 250-206 on Al Bagra Fortress Hardpoint. The Subliners struck back by winning 6-1 on Mercado Las Almas Search & Destroy and 3-1 on Al Bagra Fortress Control. Minnesota knotted it two maps apiece by taking Breenbergh Hotel Hardpoint 250-227, but the Subliners pulled out a 6-5 squeaker on Al Bagra Fortress Search & Destroy for the win.
Paco "HyDra" Rusiewiez of France carried New York with 100 kills and a plus-1.18 ratio.
Like the day's other losing sides, the Ultra won their first map, 250-227 on Al Bagra Fortress Hardpoint. The Breach answered with a 6-3 win on Breenbergh Hotel Search & Destroy, then pulled out narrow victories of 3-2 on Al Bagra Fortress Control and 250-242 on Breenbergh Hotel Hardpoint to wrap up the match. Dylan "Nero" Koch had a team-high 90 kills for Boston, while teammate Joseph "Owakening" Conley added 87 kills on a plus-1.36 ratio.
Action continues Saturday with four matches:
--Boston Breach vs. London Royal Ravens
--Atlanta FaZe vs. Florida Mutineers
--OpTic Texas vs. Los Angeles Guerrillas
--Seattle Surge vs. Minnesota Rokkr
Call of Duty League Major III qualifying, with match win-loss record and game winning percentage
T1. Vegas Legion, 1-0, 75 percent
T1. Boston Breach, 1-0, 75 percent
3. New York Subliners, 1-0, 60 percent
4. Seattle Surge, 0-0
5. OpTic Texas, 0-0
6. Los Angeles Guerrillas, 0-0
7. London Royal Ravens, 0-0
8. Florida Mutineers, 0-0
9. Atlanta FaZe, 0-0
10. Minnesota Rokkr, 0-1, 40 percent
T11. Toronto Ultra, 0-1, 25 percent
T11. Los Angeles Thieves, 0-1, 25 percent
--Field Level Media