The College Call of Duty League had their first tournament of 2020 Sunday that saw some great competition between the thirty teams that signed up and teased what we’ll be seeing in the regular season starting January 20th
Round One Match: Liberty University Navy vs. Full Sail University
The first match we saw was between Liberty Navy with the roster of Fish, Viney, Ash, GRUNK, and MaizenBlue, and Full Sail Armada with the roster of Veillux, Pryzaam, PhoenixNacip, and Fluffy Is God. The match started game one hardpoint on Hackney Yard and was a hard fought game from both sides, but Full Sail took an early lead by controlling the first two hills to take a 75-6 lead and never letting Liberty Navy take the lead from them and it gave Full Sail the 1-0 series advantage heading into game two, which was search and destroy on Arklov Peak. Liberty Navy took the first three rounds to go up 3-0 but then Full Sail fought back taking the next three rounds to tie the game 3-3. Both teams then won another two rounds to force a game deciding round eleven, where Fluffy Is God had a great flank to take out two Liberty Navy players before being traded to give Full Sail the 4v3 advantage but Liberty Navy was able to win the round and the game to tie the series 1-1. Game three we would see the teams go to Gun Runner for domination, and the first half saw both teams fighting for the B flag for the majority of the game and Full Sail finished the half up 109-96. In the second half, Full Sail came out strong and ended up winning 210-197 and taking a 2-1 series lead. With Full Sail on match point, the teams met for hardpoint on Gun Runner and like game one, Full Sail took a commanding lead in the beginning and were able to score 81 points before Liberty Navy even got a point, and got to 127 before Liberty Navy got double digits. Full Sail kept their foot on the pedal and won the game 250-70 behind Pryzaam going 37-20 and Full Sail won the series 3-1. While that game was going on, other games that finished included Alabama beating York 3-0, Ole Miss Red beating Penn State White 3-2, Georgia Southern beating Shawnee State 3-0, Louisiana Lafayette beating Miami (Ohio) 3-0, Mississippi State beating St. Clair 3-0, Rutgers Scarlet beating Penn State Blue 3-1, RIT beating Concord Gray 3-0, Illini Orange beating Grossmont 3-0, Concord Maroon beating Arkansas 3-0, and Grand Valley State beating Northern Iowa 3-1.
Round Two Match: Oklahoma State vs. Alabama
The next match on stream was Oklahoma State (Cupid, Decruel, Cash, Ginga, and Orion) versus Alabama (Hancho, JRaydiate, Nix, Rosu, and Conn. Game one was on Rammaza and Alabama came out swinging and never let up. They won the game 250-89 to take a 1-0 series lead heading into game two on Gun Runner. Oklahoma State won the first round but Alabama then won four straight rounds before allowing Oklahoma State to win another round. Oklahoma State brought it back to being close but lost the game 6-4 and Alabama took a 2-0 series lead. Oklahoma State needed to win the next game to force a game four, but first had to focus on game three on Hackney Yard. The first minute of the game was close, but then Hancho took off and went on a ten kill streak and it helped Alabama take a nice lead. Alabama finished the first round up 141-69, and kept the ball rolling into the second round and won 257-160. Other games that happened while that game was going on included Georgia Southern beating Ole Miss Red 3-0, Louisiana Lafayette beating Grand Canyon University 3-2, Mississippi State beating Purdue 3-2, Full Sail beating RIT 3-0, Illini Orange beating Oregon 3-0, and Concord Maroon beating Grand Valley State 3-0.
Quarterfinals Match: Illini Orange vs. Concord Maroon
The next match on stream was between Illini Orange (Schufy, SHIELDS, Grinch, Crit, and Versa) and Concord Maroon (Megatrong, ReDChase, Paraylxsis, Trauma, and Crooked) and game one was Hardpoint on Hackney Yard. Both teams fought hard, but Concord Maroon ended up winning 250-185 and taking a 1-0 series lead. The next game was search and destroy on Rammaza, and round one started with SHIELDS almost getting a 1v4 but was taken out trying to defuse the bomb. Concord took off after that and won the game 6-2 and brought the series lead to 2-0. They then went to game three on St. Petrograd and the first half was very close, seeing Concord Maroon win 99-97 heading into the second half. The second half was not as close, Concord Maroon showed why they were able to win the past two tournaments and won the game 231-174 and the series 3-0. While that game happened, Georgia Southern beat Alabama 3-0, Louisiana Lafayette beat Mississippi State 3-1, and Rutgers Scarlet beat Full Sail 3-2.
Semifinal Match One: Louisiana Lafayette vs. Georgia Southern University
The next streamed match was between Louisiana Lafayette (Money, ban85dit, Zots, Astro, and Peyton) and Georgia Southern University (Teston, TeeShirt, Apoc, Jokez, and VIZUAL). Game one was hardpoint on Gun Runner and Georgia Southern looked dominant through the whole game with TeeShirt going 37-26 allowing Georgia Southern to win 250-110. Map two was search and destroy on Hackney Yard and it was much closer than game one, but Georgia Southern won the game 6-4 and took a 2-0 series lead. Game three would be a domination on Gun Runner and it was close throughout the first half with both teams looking dominant at different times and ended with Louisiana Lafayette up 104-101 at halftime. The second half again was very close, but Louisiana Lafayette pulled through and won 212-197 to force a game four on Rammaza. The game was close the whole time, and towards the end Georgia Southern was up 235-220 but Louisiana Lafayette fought back and won 250-235 to force a game five on Arklov Peak after being down 2-0. Louisiana Lafayette rode the high of winning the last game and won 6-1 to complete the reverse sweep and get into the finals and would face off between the winner of the other semi final game.
Semifinal Match Two: Rutgers Scarlet vs. Concord Maroon
Rutgers Scarlet (Protocol, Lou, RekLess, wendyzgod, and Yodi) and Concord Maroon now knew that the winner of their game would face off against Louisiana Lafayette in the finals, but first, they had to get through the semi final. Game one was on Hackney Yard and Concord Maroon looked good throughout the entire game and ended up winning 250-120 with Paraylxsis going 36-15. The next map was search and destroy on Rammaza and Rutgers Scarlet went up 5-0 early and only needed one more round to win, but Concord Maroon won six straight rounds to win the game and go up 2-0 in the series. Game three was domination on Gun Runner and Rutgers Scarlet came out strong in the first half and were up 109-100 heading into the second half. Concord Maroon took an early lead in the second half and looked like they had the game in their control, but Rutgers Scarlet clawed their way back and won the game 214-203 and forced a game four on Ahzir Cave. The game was a well fought by both teams but Concord Maroon ended up taking the match 250-200 and won the series 3-1 and would face Louisiana Lafayette in the finals.
Finals Match: Louisiana Lafayette vs. Concord Maroon
Game one of the finals between Louisiana Lafayette and Concord Maroon was hardpoint on Rammaza and Concord Maroon took an early lead but Louisiana Lafayette came back and made it close but Concord Maroon ultimately won 250-201. Game two was then search and destroy on Hackney Yard and was a close game throughout its entirety and almost went to a round eleven, but Concord Maroon pulled out the win and went up in the series 2-0. Game three was then Domination on Gun Runner and Concord Maroon looked good through the first half and finished the first half up 116-88. The second half wasn’t as close and Concord Maroon ran away with it winning the game 236-178, the series 3-0, as well as the tournament as a whole.
Concord has now won the last three tournaments the College Call of Duty League has had and looks like they might be the team to beat, but can they continue it in the regular season? Find out this season starting January 21st and stay up to date with everything on our twitter https://twitter.com/CollegeCoD and be sure to tune into our streamed matches on https://www.twitch.tv/collegecod.
