refinnej and CLG Red couldn't get it done against Besiktas

North American teams stumble in Valencia

Though both CLG Red and Dignitas fe looked strong coming out of the gates, they fell to European opposition in their second matches.

The first day of play of DreamHack Showdown has concluded in Valencia, Spain, with the three North American sides present having a mixed bag of results.

Dignitas fe kicked off the event with authority, absolutely battering the Malaysian ladies of Orange.Sphynx 16-2. It was Amanda "rain" Smith leading the way for her team, followed by stand-in Melisa "Theia" Mundorff.

Dignitas fe
16 - 2
Orange.Sphynx
All maps
Dignitas fe K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Amanda 'rain' Smith 22 - 7 +15 128.9 100.0% 2.11
United States Melisa 'Theia' Mundorff 16 - 8 +8 96.2 100.0% 1.62
United States Carolyn 'artStar' Noquez 18 - 11 +7 107.2 88.9% 1.60
United States Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' Garrido 16 - 8 +8 79.4 83.3% 1.36
United States Kiara 'm1lky' Makua 15 - 10 +5 72.6 83.3% 1.27
Orange.Sphynx K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Ramona 'gfi' Azween Binti Zaharuddin 14 - 16 -2 88.1 61.1% 1.05
Aisya 'Argent' Sabrina 8 - 18 -10 63.8 50.0% 0.57
Iffah '3ve' Nazurah 10 - 17 -7 51.1 50.0% 0.54
Shanice 'Alaska' Choo 5 - 18 -13 31.7 55.6% 0.42
Jasmine 'Jazminism' Sim 7 - 18 -11 52.8 50.0% 0.40

Next up was the all-North American match of CLG Red up against FOREVER 21, the latter of which with benched CLG member Benita "bENITA" Novshadian in tow. Despite bENITA's side securing the opening pistol, the rest of the half was all CLG Red as trial member Catherine "CAth" Leroux helped them to a 12-3 lead.

After winning the second pistol CLG Red looked poised to close out the map, but Klaudia "klaudia" Beczkiewicz and FOREVER 21 were able to string some rounds together to reach 15-9 before capitulating.

CLG Red
16 - 9
FOREVER 21
All maps
CLG Red K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Catherine 'cath' Leroux 26 - 16 +10 115.2 84.0% 1.60
United States Jennifer 'refinnej' Le 23 - 18 +5 101.4 80.0% 1.47
Canada Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie 17 - 15 +2 71.2 80.0% 1.23
United States Diane 'di^' Tran 17 - 13 +4 63.9 76.0% 1.15
United States Emma 'Emy' Choe 16 - 17 -1 68.7 72.0% 0.97
FOREVER 21 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Klaudia 'klaudia' Beczkiewicz 21 - 21 +0 82.2 80.0% 1.12
United States Benita 'bENITA' Novshadian 16 - 19 -3 77.9 72.0% 0.94
United States Brianna 'masq' Becker 12 - 19 -7 76.8 72.0% 0.91
Canada Julie 'Bouchard' Bouchard 17 - 19 -2 62.4 72.0% 0.87
Canada Stephanie 'missharvey' Harvey 13 - 21 -8 58.1 60.0% 0.80

The Group A winners match between Dignitas fe and Demise fe was as close as possible, with the Europeans slightly leading 8-7 at the half. Dignitas would take the second pistol, but immediately lose the following round, sending Demise on a six-round streak to push their lead to 14-8. Dignitas followed this up with seven rounds in a row of their own, but were unable to claim the final round, thus seeing the match go to overtime.

Three overtimes later, despite a phenomenal showing from Theia and rain, Dignitas fe were cast down to the lower bracket by Vanessa "Nessa" Ahlström and Demise fe.

Dignitas fe
23 - 25
Demise fe
All maps
Dignitas fe K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Melisa 'Theia' Mundorff 37 - 38 -1 86.5 81.2% 1.16
Canada Amanda 'rain' Smith 38 - 33 +5 83.0 72.9% 1.15
United States Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' Garrido 32 - 29 +3 65.9 68.8% 1.02
United States Carolyn 'artStar' Noquez 31 - 33 -2 65.7 75.0% 0.99
United States Kiara 'm1lky' Makua 30 - 38 -8 74.0 70.8% 0.94
Demise fe K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Sweden Vanessa 'Nessa' Ahlström 41 - 30 +11 89.3 77.1% 1.36
Sophia 'Kim' Benfakir 38 - 38 +0 83.0 75.0% 1.19
Ivelina 'HellRose' Danova 36 - 36 +0 90.9 68.8% 1.09
Kristina 'zon1Q' Stevanović 29 - 32 -3 66.8 68.8% 0.92
Julia 'bullet girl' Kurzyńska 27 - 32 -5 62.2 66.7% 0.91

The final match of the day saw CLG Red pitted against Besiktas. Showing signs of their form from when they were the best female team in the world, it was the European squads' match the whole time, with Petra "Petra" Stoker leading the way.

Besiktas
16 - 8
CLG Red
All maps
Besiktas K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Petra 'Petra' Stoker 27 - 12 +15 112.2 83.3% 1.81
Sweden Julia 'juliano' Kiran 22 - 12 +10 86.7 83.3% 1.41
Meyssa 'Missa' Bellouati 18 - 15 +3 76.1 75.0% 1.15
Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie 14 - 15 -1 70.3 66.7% 1.08
Anastasia 'kr4sy' Khlobystina 14 - 14 +0 65.3 83.3% 1.06
CLG Red K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jennifer 'refinnej' Le 23 - 19 +4 113.7 70.8% 1.34
United States Diane 'di^' Tran 16 - 17 -1 70.5 62.5% 0.93
United States Emma 'Emy' Choe 10 - 19 -9 56.1 62.5% 0.67
Canada Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie 11 - 21 -10 44.5 45.8% 0.59
Canada Catherine 'cath' Leroux 7 - 19 -12 47.2 54.2% 0.53

Today's results sets up the following matches for tomorrow:

Orange.Sphynx vs. Copenhagen Flames fe 5 AM EDT
7PM fe vs. FOREVER 21 8 AM EDT
United States Dignitas fe vs. World O.S/CPH Flames winner 11 AM EDT
United States CLG Red vs. World 7PM/FOREVER 21 winner 2 PM EDT

All remaining matches in the event will be best-of-three. Already in the playoffs and awaiting the winners of tomorrow's decider matches are Demise fe and Besiktas.

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