Enemy and OpTic have won their group winners match at the MLG Americas Minor and advance to the playoffs, defeating Leader-1 and Winterfox respectively.
The second day of the MLG Americas Minor kicked off with two best-of-one winners matches that would determine the first two teams to advance to the playoffs of the event.
With in-game streaming to only take place on playoffs day tomorrow, the first winners match paired North American Pro League team Enemy up against ESEA Premier team Leader-1, who surprised yesterday with a 16-14 takedown of SPLYCE.
Uber helped his team shut down Leader-1 on de_overpass
Leader-1 were poorly equipped to handle a red-hot Enemy team on de_overpass however, as a 12-3 dominant hold on CT by Michael "Uber" Stapells and crew spiralled into a 16-4 win for the latter squad.
MLG Americas Minor ChampionshipBest of 1 EnemyMatchpage 16 4 16th January 2016 Leader-1 16Overpass 4
Enemy
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 1.0
Michael 'Uber' StapellsUber
20 - 8
+12
-
1.62
Michael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberMAiNLiNE
23 - 14
+9
-
1.44
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta
16 - 13
+3
-
1.27
Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverRelyks
14 - 12
+2
-
1.14
Richard 'Lucky' VasconcelosLucky
13 - 13
0
-
0.89
Leader-1
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 1.0
Tyler 'Char' WallaceChar
14 - 17
-3
-
1.03
Josh 'joshbM' BlierjoshbM
16 - 17
-1
-
0.99
Daniel 'virtus' Carrillovirtus
13 - 16
-3
-
0.76
Corey 'flashstep' Parksflashstep
9 - 18
-9
-
0.52
Jason 'focs' Maueryfocs
8 - 19
-11
-
0.43
The group A winners match saw OpTic, who received a bye in the three-team group, enter the fray up against Winterfox and promised to see sparks fly.
The first half was tightly contested by both teams and ultimately saw Winterfox finish 8-7 up by halftime. After briefly losing the lead in the second half, OpTic ultimately stepped up their own defense and began to put in a strong performance, which included Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan getting an AWP ace to make it 15-11.
With Winterfox unable to leverage any kind of opening, it was OpTic who ultimately won the map 16-11 and thereby advance to tomorrow's playoffs.
MLG Americas Minor ChampionshipBest of 1 OpTicMatchpage 16 11 16th January 2016 Winterfox 16Overpass 11
OpTic
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 1.0
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM
25 - 14
+11
-
1.49
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw
22 - 15
+7
-
1.24
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF
24 - 20
+4
-
1.15
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH
17 - 16
+1
-
0.99
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps
14 - 16
-2
-
0.83
Winterfox
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 1.0
Alexander 'LeX' DeilyLeX
21 - 20
+1
-
1.05
Derek 'desi' Branchendesi
18 - 21
-3
-
0.85
Kyle 'flowsicK' MendezflowsicK
16 - 19
-3
-
0.82
Todd 'anger' Williamsanger
14 - 19
-5
-
0.76
David 'Xp3' GarridoXp3
12 - 23
-11
-
0.66
Next up at the MLG Americas Minor are the best-of-three decider matches, with SPLYCE facing off against Leader-1 and Winterfox battling Obey.Alliance to determine the final two playoff spots.
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