RESULTS: London Spitfire Defeat Boston Uprising in 4-0 Sweep

The Boston Uprising came into today's match with a record of 8-7 and in 7th place in the Overwatch League. Coming off of a 4-0 victory over the Shanghai Dragons earlier in the week, Boston was looking to end Week 3 of Stage 2 with a 2-0 record. The London Spitfire came into the match with a record of 10-4 and in 4th place in the league. With the Boston Uprising being London's first opponent of Week 3, the Spitfire were looking to collect a win to begin the week's action. Here is a short breakdown of how the match went.

Hanamura was the first map of the match and saw both teams putting on impressive offensive performances. Each team would secure both points on their attack rounds to force a 2-2 tie at the end of regulation. The Boston Uprising attacked first in overtime, but were not able to break through the defense of London and failed to capture Point A. With a clear opening to secure the map win and take an early lead in the match, London would put together a strong second attack round to capture Point A and collect the 3-2 win on Hanamura. This would result in the London Spitfire taking a 1-0 lead in the match. Jun-Ho "Fury" Kim (43 eliminations, 13,507 damage blocked and only four deaths as D.Va) and Jun-Young "Profit" Park (27 eliminations, a kill streak of nine and only six deaths as Tracer) were the driving forces of London's victory. 

Nepal followed and went the full distance, as both Boston and London would capture one of the first two hills to force a map deciding third hill. Looking to take a commanding lead going into halftime, the London Spirfire were able to coordinate a well executed offensive push and defensive hold to capture the final hill and take the 2-1 win on Nepal. The victory gave the Spitfire a 2-0 lead to end the first half. The duo of Profit (24 eliminations, kill streak of 10 and only two deaths as Tracer) and Fury (30 eliminations, 10,333 damage blocked and only six deaths as D.Va) was once again the deciding factor in propeling London to a victory. 

Hollywood was the third map of the match. Continuing their impressive play from the first two maps, London was able to put together a strong attack round to capture the payload and deliver it to the end of the map. This successful map completion gave the Spitfire a 3-0 lead going into their defensive round. The Boston Uprising would not let the London Spitfire secure a easy victory, as their excellent dive composition would allow them to break through London's defense and complete the map to force a 3-3 tie. Not allowing Boston to capture the payload in their second attack round, London only needed one strong push to take the win. The Spitfire would accomplish this and collect the 4-3 victory. This win guaranteed the match victory for London with the score at 3-0. For the third map in a row, the Boston Uprising had no answer for Profit on Tracer (36 eliminations, a kill streak of eight and only seven deaths), while Jae-Hui  "Gesture" Hong (38 eliminations, 19,216 damage blocked and 11 deaths as Winston) had a monster performance as the main tank for the London Spitfire. 

Watchpoint: Gibraltar had both teams playing for map count to end the match. Riding the momentum that they established throughout the first three maps, London broke through Boston's defense at every checkpoint to deliver the payload and take a 3-0 lead. The Uprising were able to secure the first two checkpoints to cut the lead to 3-2, but London's defense would hold strong, and the Spitfire would take the 3-2 win to secure the 4-0 sweep.

Gesture was named player of the match for his dominating Winston play throughout all four maps. The talented tank player would finish with 140 eliminations, 64,099 damage blocked, 57 final blows and 33 deaths.

With the win, the London Spitfire improved to a record of 11-4 and avenged their earlier Stage 2 loss to Boston. The loss dropped the Boston Uprising to a record of 8-8 and halted the momentum that they had acquired after bouncing back from their lackluster start to Stage 2.

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