We are done with day 5 action of BLAST R6 NA League Stage 1. Day 5 witnessed two teams take up the last two spots of the upper bracket semifinals while two other have been relegated to the seeds. Find out all of the events that took place on day 5!
Day 5 Action
There were two upper bracket quarterfinals matches on the day. Soniqs face M80 and Oxygen Esports went up against beastcoast.
Soniqs vs M80
Third on the leaderboard, Soniqs faced M80 who placed sixth on the table. The two teams last faced each other a week ago where M80 won the match.
Rosters
Soniqs
- Pablo ‘Gryxr‘ Rebeil
- Richie ‘Rexen‘ Coronado
- Emilio ‘Geometrics‘ Leynez
- Shaun ‘Gunnar‘ Pottorff
- Ben ‘CTZN‘ McMillan
M80
- Lucas ‘DiasLucasBr‘ Dias
- Arthur ‘GMZ‘ Oliveira
- Leonardo ‘Kyno‘ Figueiredo
- David ‘iconic‘ Ifidon
- William ‘Spoit‘ Löfstedt
Map Picks & Bans
- M80 bans Kafe
- SQ bans Bank
- M80 bans Clubhouse
- SQ bans Theme Park
- M80 picks Border
- SQ picks Skyscraper
- M80 bans Oregon
- SQ bans Chalet
- Villa remains
The Series
The first map was Border where M80 started on defense. M80 won five of the seven defensive rounds and gained an early advantage on Soniqs. As the second half started, Soniqs tried to reduce the gap but failed to do so. M80 won the first map 8-6.
M80 started on defense again on Skyscraper. But it was Soniqs that looked solid on attack. M80 did catch up soon leveling the round score at 2-2. As the roles were reversed, Soniqs looked even before on defense as they managed a hefty lead on their opponent. Soniqs won 7-3. on Skyscraper.
Third time might be the charm as M80 started to defend on Villa. M80 consecutive rounds on defense only conceding one round to Soniqs. Winning two rounds on attack wasn’t enough for Soniqs as M80 were just one round away from winning the series. And so, they did as they won 7-3 on Villa. M80 will be facing SpaceStation today at the upper bracket semifinals of BLAST R6 NA Stage 1.
GGs sQ we win 2-1 🤺
clear improvement on our part and as one we move. SSG tomorrow@M80gg merch btw pic.twitter.com/xCDFWa5BUm
— M80 Kyno (@KynoR6) March 29, 2023
Oxygen Esports vs beastcoast
Rosters
Oxygen Esports
- Davide ‘FoxA‘ Bucci
- Ethan ‘Nuers‘ James
- Mitch ‘Dream‘ Malson
- Jacob ‘Sweater‘ Bravico
- Evan ‘Yoggah‘ Nelson
beastcoast
- Collin ‘Doq’ Cox
- Paul ‘Hyper’ Kontopanagiotis
- Lachlan ‘MrB’
- Franklyn ‘VertcL‘ Cordero
- ‘Hat’
Map Picks & Bans
- BC bans Clubhouse
- OXG bans Skyscraper
- BC bans Border
- OXG bans Theme Park
- BC picks Villa
- OXG picks Chalet
- BC bans Oregon
- OXG bans Bank
- Kafe remains
The Series
The second series of the night of BLAST R6 NA Stage 1 was between beastcoast and Oxygen Esports. The first map of the series was Villa. With beastcoast on attack, they looked ruthless. They won every single attacking round as they shrugged Oxygen off with ease. They were just one round away and that didn’t take long. Beastcoast won the first map 7-1.
On Chalet, Beastcoast started on attack and the first half was fully controlled by them. Oxygen Esports managed to only pick up only two rounds on defense. They couldn’t manage to do a lot on attack and beastcoast picked up the series winning 7-3.
clean 2-0 (7-1, 7-3) vs OXG today. extremely proud of the team, our results are a product of our hard work. job's not finished though, copenhagen is the goal 🇩🇰🌊
also here's how to correctly utilize a timeout (we lost the next 2 rounds) pic.twitter.com/knG3dOoOwe
— frauduccine (@fettuccineR6) March 29, 2023
M80 will be facing SpaceStation Gaming tonight at the first upper bracket semifinals. On the other match, beastcoast will be facing DarkZero.
