The Miami Heretics took their first loss in Call of Duty League Stage 3 qualifying on Friday, dropping them into a five-way tie for first place.
The Toronto Ultra (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 results leave the Heretics, Ultra, Breach and Thieves sharing first place with the Vancouver Surge (3-1), who were idle on Friday as the third and final week of qualifying began.
The Stage 3 Major qualifying round has the league’s 12 teams playing five qualifying matches apiece through Sunday to determine seeding for the Stage 3 Major playoffs, slated for April 24-27 in Boca Raton, Fla.
On Friday, Toronto opened with a 250-240 win on Vault Hardpoint, but Miami equalized by claiming Dealership Search and Destroy 6-5. The Ultra wrapped up the series by taking Vault Control 3-1 and Protocol Hardpoint 250-190.
Boston got past New York 250-136 on Skyline Hardpoint, 6-4 on Hacienda Search and Destroy and 3-0 on Hacienda Control.
The Thieves took down the Guerrillas 250-193 on Skyline Hardpoint, 6-2 on Red 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 Ultra
–Vegas Falcons vs. Atlanta FaZe
Sunday
–Boston Breach vs. Vegas Falcons
–Atlanta FaZe vs. OpTic Texas
–Carolina Royal Ravens vs. Los Angeles Thieves
Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying standings (with match record 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 Ultra, 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
–Field Level Media
