Recon 5 to Advanced upper bracket final; Gorilla Gang, ETHEREAL eliminated

Only six teams remain as the playoffs bracket nears its completion.

Another round of Advanced playoff matches have played out, leaving just six teams remaining in the bracket.

In the remaining upper bracket semifinal, Recon 5 were able to prevail over Faint 2-1 to earn a battle against Thunder Logic in the upper bracket finals. A 5-10 deficit on Mirage was not enough to dissaude Wayne "castro" Einarsson's troops, as they were able to rally back to secure a 16-13 victory. A crushing 6-16 loss on Nuke forced the series to a third map, but Recon 5 remained resilient to close out Inferno 16-4.

Meanwhile in the lower bracket, Oceanus and Rebirth were able to secure wins over Gorilla Gang and ETHEREAL, respectively, to advance to the semifinals. Although they lost Nuke 11-16, Oceanus fought back to claim a reverse-sweep victory over Jared "MAC-1" Schneider's side, taking Mirage 16-8 before coming back from a 8-13 scoreline on Inferno to win the series.

Rebirth hung tough against ETHEREAL in a comeback of their own, initially netting a 16-11 map win on Mirage before losing their own map, Nuke, 13-16. ETHEREAL seemed set to take the series as they opened Train in dominant fashion, completely outclassing Rebirth as they ran up eleven rounds in a row. 

Rahmin "ShoukR" Shoukoohi and company were able to put up three rounds at the end of the half to give themselves a chance heading into the side swap, an opportunity they took advantage of to push the map to overtime. There, they proved the more dominant side, winning a spree of three rounds before closing the series with a 19-16 scoreline.

The next round of matchups to play out will be:

Upper Bracket Final
United States Thunder Logic   vs.  United States Recon 5
Lower Bracket Semifinals
United States iNTACT vs. Canada Oceanus
United States Faint vs. United States Rebirth

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