Wildcard charge past Marsborne in BLAST.tv Austin Major NA MRQ Group B Opener
Wildcard have won their opening match of the BLAST.tv Austin Major NA MRQ in dominant fashion, smashing Marsborne 2-0 to put the team on a comfortable path to making the second Major in the organization's history.
Nuke: 
Wildcard 13-10 Marsborne 
In the first and only competitive map of the series, Marsborne started their T-side in the driver's seat with five rounds in a row before Wildcard got into gear and answered back by winning six out of the seven rounds to tie things 6-6 at halftime. With the two teams locked in a dead heat Wildcard began the process of breaking the stalemate by winning the first two rounds of their T-side before Love "phzy" Smidebrant led his team with 10 kills and a 1.56 rating to see Wildcard win Nuke 13-10.
Inferno: Wildcard 13-2 Marsborne
After a close game on Nuke, Inferno ended up being something of a "non-event" with Wildcard completely in control during the entire map. After winning their T-side 10-2 Wildcard would post a perfect CT-side to win the map 13-2 and thus come one step closer to returning to the Major.
WildcardMarsborne| Wildcard |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Love 'phzy' Smidebrant |
38 - 19 | +19 | 93.1 | 84.2% | 1.59 |
 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz |
32 - 20 | +12 | 87.3 | 78.9% | 1.38 |
| Josh 'JBa' Barutt |
24 - 19 | +5 | 68.7 | 78.9% | 1.20 |
 Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek |
25 - 23 | +2 | 70.1 | 81.6% | 1.20 |
| Tim 'susp' Ångström |
25 - 25 | +0 | 81.3 | 76.3% | 1.15 |
| Marsborne |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam 'WolfY' Andersson |
24 - 28 | -4 | 69.4 | 71.1% | 0.84 |
| Connor 'chop' Sullivan |
21 - 28 | -7 | 68.4 | 57.9% | 0.81 |
| Marshall 'Minus' Sedowicz |
23 - 32 | -9 | 73.6 | 60.5% | 0.77 |
| Adam 'Grizz' Golden |
20 - 28 | -8 | 60.8 | 60.5% | 0.69 |
| Ian 'motm' Hardy |
17 - 28 | -11 | 54.4 | 68.4% | 0.67 |
Wildcard are now one win away from a return to the Major, with the team set to face the winner of NRG v. Nouns tomorrow.
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