RESULTS: Boston Uprising Secure Strong Victory Over Florida Mayhem

The Boston Uprising came into today's match with a record of 6-7 and in 7th place in the Overwatch League, while the Florida Mayhem came into the match with a record of 1-12 and in 11th place in the league. Boston was coming off of a 0-4 loss to the New York Excelsior earlier in the week. Florida was coming off of a 1-3 loss earlier in the week to the London Spitfire. With both teams looking to end Week 2 of Stage 2 with a victory, fans were given an exciting first match to view for the night's slate of Overwatch action. Here is a short breakdown of how the match went.

Volskaya Industries was up first, and saw the the Boston Uprising secure both of the control points. This would give the Uprising a 2-0 lead on the map. Utilizing a very strong defensive strategy, the Boston Uprising were able to hold off the strong attack pushes from the Florida Mayhem. This would allow the Uprising to prevent the Mayhem from capturing the first control point and helped them secure the 2-0 map victory. The victory on Volskaya Industries gave the Boston Uprising a 1-0 lead in the match. The leaders of the map win for Boston were Jonathan "DreamKazper" Sanchez (18 eliminations, 51% scoped accuracy and only four deaths as Widowmaker) and WooYul "Kalios"  (27 eliminations, 5,348 damage blocked and only two deaths as Winston). 

Lijiang Tower was the next map up in the match. In a closer contest than the previous map, the Florida Mayem were able to put together a strong enough offensive strategy to capture one hill, but ultimately failed at capturing a second hill to secure their second point. This made room for Boston to continue their strong offensive play that they had shown on Volskaya Industries. Capturing two of the three hills, the Boston Uprising were able to secure the 2-1 map victory and take a 2-0 match lead going into halftime. 

Hollywood was the third map of the match and saw Boston execute a very impressive attack round to complete the map. By delivering the payload, the Uprising were able to take a 3-0 lead on the map and present Florida with a tall challenge. Having to complete the map to force a tie, the Mayhem were able to deliver the payload to the first checkpoint, but the coordinated play of the Uprising prevented the Mayhem from collecting another point. This would result in the 3-1 map victory for the Boston Uprising and a guaranteed match victory with the scoreline at 3-0. Nam-Ju "STRIKER" Gwon (35 eliminations, a kill streak of 25 and only four deaths as Tracer) and SeHyun "Neko" Park (22 eliminations, 10,666 healing done and only eight deaths as Zenyatta) were too much for the Florida Mayhem to handle on Hollywood. 

Route 66 was the fourth map of the match and had both teams playing for map count at this point. Wanting to end the match on the same high level that they had shown throughout the first three maps, the Boston Uprising came out strong in their first attack round and delivered the payload all of the way to the end of the map. This gave the Uprising a 3-0 lead on the map and put the Mayhem in another deficit. Florida would not be able to put together any kind of strong offensive push, as they would fail to deliver the payload to the very first checkpoint. This gave Boston the 3-0 map victory and the 4-0 match victory. Boston's Stanislav "Mistakes" Danilov had a game to remember on Route 66, as he collected 30 eliminations, 33 enemy hacks, and only was killed twice. 

With the win, the Boston Uprising improved to a record of 7-7. The loss dropped the Florida Mayhem to a record of 1-13. Boston will be looking to get back to a winning record in Week 3 of Stage 2, while Florida will be looking to gain any kind of positive momentum they can find in their matches next week. 

Interested in more Overwatch League news? Check out our recap of the Philadelphia Fusion and Houston Outlaws match from yesterday.

(cover photo courtesy of Overwatch League Facebook)