This is Secret Club's first event win under WolfY's leadership

Secret Club win ESEA Spring Cash Cup 5 over Third Impact

The semifinal between Secret Club and Party Astronauts could hardly have been closer.

After runner-up finishes in ESEA Autumn Cash Cup 2 and ESEA Winter Cash Cup 3, Secret Club conquered their demons and emerged victorious in ESEA Spring Cash Cup 5 after a 2-0 victory over Third Impact in the grand final. Party Astronauts bested Veloz 2-0 in the third-place match to claim the final cash prize of the event.

The first semifinal felt like a slugfest that could have just as easily been a grand final matchup, with each map going a minimum of the full thirty rounds of regulation. Secret Club eventually reverse swept Party Astronauts, in spite of Jonathan "djay" Dallal's 75 kills in the series. Victor "v1c" T. was one of three Secret Club players to eclipse the 70-kill mark, leading his side with 74 frags in the series.  

Secret Club
2 - 1
Party Astronauts
All maps
Secret Club K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jordon 'jitter' Ruggiero 71 - 71 +0 92.2 76.8% 1.20
United States Victor 'v1c' T. 74 - 65 +9 84.5 70.5% 1.12
United States Ethan 'reck' Serrano 66 - 65 +1 80.9 71.6% 1.08
United States Adam 'WolfY' Andersson 70 - 60 +10 70.4 76.8% 1.07
United States Kyle 'Wolffe' Greenfield 57 - 67 -10 62.3 63.2% 0.91
Party Astronauts K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue 66 - 60 +6 79.7 80.0% 1.16
Canada Jonathan 'djay' Dallal 75 - 72 +3 78.0 68.4% 1.09
United States Wesley 'viz' Harris 64 - 68 -4 77.9 73.7% 1.05
United States Gage 'Infinite' Green 64 - 75 -11 73.3 64.2% 0.97
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 58 - 66 -8 64.5 67.4% 0.94

In the other semifinal Veloz were able to grind out a thirty-round win on Train, but managed just one second-half round in the latter two maps combined as Third Impact convincingly regained control of the series. Keanu "DaneJoris" Reyes led all players with 65 kills for Third Impact, while Veloz were led by Aidan "Aidan" Higgason who finished with 53 frags.

Third Impact
2 - 1
Veloz
All maps
Third Impact K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Walker 'walker' Harris 57 - 44 +13 79.4 81.1% 1.26
United States Brennan 'grape' Greer 56 - 47 +9 80.1 79.7% 1.23
United States Keanu 'Danejoris' Reyes 65 - 50 +15 84.1 79.7% 1.23
United States Brett 'brett' Rhein 53 - 48 +5 82.9 71.6% 1.15
United States Noah 'insane' Eheart 33 - 48 -15 48.8 59.5% 0.79
Veloz K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Aidan 'Aidan' Higgason 53 - 49 +4 75.5 78.4% 1.12
Filip 'Feedalee' Mitevski 50 - 54 -4 70.3 71.6% 1.01
United States Cody 'Domorin' Lutzel 44 - 54 -10 64.9 75.7% 1.01
United States Kevin 'consti' Yi 48 - 52 -4 74.4 71.6% 0.95
United States Richie 'sherps' Sherpa 41 - 57 -16 65.4 64.9% 0.81

The second-half woes continued for Veloz with prize money on the line. They managed four rounds on Overpass, but were shut out 7-0 in their second half of Inferno as Party Astronauts comfortably secured a sweep. djay popped off for the Partynauts once again, this time racking up 55 kills in just two maps of play. Richie "sherps" Sherpa led the way for Veloz with 32 frags in their final series en route to a fourth-place finish.

Party Astronauts
2 - 0
Veloz
All maps
Party Astronauts K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Jonathan 'djay' Dallal 55 - 26 +29 115.5 84.8% 1.74
United States Gage 'Infinite' Green 39 - 31 +8 101.7 78.3% 1.50
United States Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue 33 - 21 +12 70.4 80.4% 1.27
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 34 - 24 +10 74.2 82.6% 1.25
United States Wesley 'viz' Harris 33 - 26 +7 77.6 80.4% 1.23
Veloz K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Richie 'sherps' Sherpa 32 - 40 -8 77.3 65.2% 0.91
Filip 'Feedalee' Mitevski 26 - 38 -12 64.9 63.0% 0.81
United States Aidan 'Aidan' Higgason 29 - 41 -12 67.9 58.7% 0.78
United States Kevin 'consti' Yi 23 - 38 -15 67.9 45.7% 0.73
United States Cody 'Domorin' Lutzel 18 - 38 -20 47.9 60.9% 0.61

Secret Club had to fight hard to wrestle away Third Impact's map pick of Inferno, but were eventually able to secure nine of the final eleven rounds to take a 1-0 series lead. They carried that momentum into Vertigo, where they opened the map with a flawless 15-0 T-sided effort. To Third Impact's credit they clawed almost halfway back into the match and rattled off seven rounds in a row to start their own T-side before Secret Club were able to secure the map, match, and lion's share of the $15,000 cash prize. Kyle "Wolffe" Greenfield led Secret Club with 45 frags in the title bout, while Walker "walker" Harris led Third Impact with 38 kills in a losing effort.

Secret Club
2 - 0
Third Impact
All maps
Secret Club K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jordon 'jitter' Ruggiero 43 - 33 +10 97.3 73.1% 1.40
United States Kyle 'Wolffe' Greenfield 45 - 33 +12 93.2 80.8% 1.34
United States Victor 'v1c' T. 37 - 34 +3 87.7 80.8% 1.21
United States Ethan 'reck' Serrano 34 - 29 +5 60.9 63.5% 1.09
United States Adam 'WolfY' Andersson 37 - 32 +5 70.2 71.2% 1.07
Third Impact K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Walker 'walker' Harris 38 - 36 +2 68.4 65.4% 1.00
United States Brennan 'grape' Greer 37 - 40 -3 79.6 61.5% 0.99
United States Brett 'brett' Rhein 28 - 40 -12 67.4 55.8% 0.90
United States Keanu 'Danejoris' Reyes 31 - 40 -9 78.2 63.5% 0.86
United States Noah 'insane' Eheart 26 - 41 -15 53.9 55.8% 0.71

The final results of ESEA Spring Cash Cup 5 are:

1. United States Secret Club (WolfY, jitter, v1c, Wolffe, reck) - $9,000
2. United States Third Impact (walker, grape, brett, DaneJoris, insane - Coach: becker) - $4,000
3. United States Party Astronauts (PwnAlone, ben1337, djay, Infinite, viz - Coach: Muenster) - $2,000
4. United States Veloz (Feedalee, Domorin, Aidan, sherps, consti - Coach: LAJT)

The sixth iteration of the ESEA Spring Cash Cup series will take place on May 29-30th.

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#1(With 1 replies)
May 18, 2021 05:42PM
B0b3rT
Gg party astronauts to win next cash cup you heard it here first
#2(With 0 replies)
May 18, 2021 08:08PM
el_jack0
ESEA
i would not be surprised
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