RESULTS: UNILAD Upsets OpTic Gaming In CWL Anaheim Losers Bracket
By Nicholas Barth ·
In Round 6 of the losers bracket of CWL Anaheim, UNILAD came into its match against OpTic Gaming as an underdog. However, the European roster was able to end OpTic Gaming's CWL Anaheim run.
Facing off in round 6 of the losers bracket for CWL Anaheim, OpTic Gaming and UNILAD engaged in a win or go home battle to see who would move on further in the Anaheim tournament and who would see their run come to an end.
With a revamped OpTic Gaming roster of Seth "Scump" Abner, Ian "Crimsix" Porter, Sam "Octane" Larew and Anthony "Methodz" Zinni looking to collect their first CWL event championship together going up against the UNILAD roster of Bradley "Wuskin" Marshall, Sean "Seany" O'Connor, Alex "Alexx" Carpenter and Zach "Zed" Denyer, the CWL Anaheim matchup between UNILAD and the star studded team did not favor the European team.
CURTAINS for @OpTicGaming.
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OpTic have been eliminated from #CWLPS4 Anaheim with the 3-2 loss @UNILADEsports! They finish with a top-6 placing. pic.twitter.com/jofFgY2ooa
However, UNILAD was not ready to let OpTic Gaming have an easy victory to move onto the rest of CWL Anaheim. OpTic secured the first lead of the series with a 250-203 Hardpoint win on London Docks to begin, but the underdogs would rattle off a 6-3 Search and Destroy win on USS Texas and a 4-0 win Capture The Flag win on Flak Tower to take a 2-1 lead.
OpTic was able to bounce back with a 250-237 Hardpoint victory to tie the series at 2-2. Finally, UNILAD was able to secure the 3-2 series win over OpTic Gaming with a very close 6-5 Search and Destroy win on Sainte Marie Du Mount to eliminate OpTic Gaming from CWL Anaheim.
With the loss, the roster of Scump, Crimsix, Methodz and Octane finishes its CWL Anaheim run with a top six finish. The win propels UNILAD forward to face off with the winner of the losers bracket match between FaZe Clan and Luminosity.
UNILAD will now be looking to continue its impressive run at CWL Anaheim and secure a spot in the grand finals of the event against the winner of the winners bracket finals between Rise Nation and Red Reserve.
(cover photo courtesy of CWL)