M80 struggle in second round of CCT
Despite looking hot right off the start, M80 struggled ever since the second map as they fell to the Slovakians of Sampi, who are coming off of a strong 2-0 win against Falcons. It was a tough loss for M80 as they head to 1-1 in group play, but it's not a disaster for the squad who will continue on in the swiss group play.
M80 kicked things off strong on their map pick of Ancient, where Michael "Swisher" Schmid and Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa were the catalysts for the dominant 9-3 first half. While the Americans were a little slower on their CT-side, it wasn't too terrible as they managed to pull through and secure a clean 13-9 victory to kick off the best-of-three.
Anubis was a bit trickier for M80 as Sampi ran riot in the first half on their T-side. The Slovakians were tough to hold back as they secured six rounds in a row to start off the map en route to a dominant 9-3 half. The second half went slightly in favor of M80, but the Americans couldn't string enough rounds together as they would fall 8-13.
Overpass would hopefully be the map where M80 could pull away with a victory and in the first half, it was looking that way. On the traditionally CT-sided map, M80 came out swinging with a strong 7-5 T-side lead at the half to put themselves in prime position to win. Americans could already taste the victory, but it wasn't meant to be. Sampi won the pistol and cruised to six successive rounds to take the lead at 11-7 and went on to win 13-9.
M80Sampi| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
50 - 44 | +6 | 91.0 | 73.8% | 1.28 |
| Ethan 'reck' Serrano |
53 - 45 | +8 | 78.1 | 64.6% | 1.13 |
 Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa |
44 - 50 | -6 | 76.1 | 61.5% | 0.93 |
 Marcus 'maNkz' Kjeldsen |
31 - 44 | -13 | 58.5 | 66.2% | 0.91 |
| Adam 'WolfY' Andersson |
23 - 43 | -20 | 36.8 | 66.2% | 0.67 |
| Sampi |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tomáš 'fino' Bebjak |
55 - 41 | +14 | 83.9 | 70.8% | 1.29 |
| Erik 'The eLiVe' Sith |
49 - 36 | +13 | 76.5 | 72.3% | 1.22 |
| Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko |
45 - 45 | +0 | 76.1 | 72.3% | 1.09 |
| Lukáš 'sAvana1' Lintner |
37 - 40 | -3 | 69.9 | 70.8% | 1.06 |
| Michal 'T4gg3D' Vrzal |
37 - 41 | -4 | 63.0 | 63.1% | 0.91 |
M80, now 1-1 in group play in CCT East Europe Series 3, have to wait to find out their next opponent.
