Shakezullah and his men avoided being relegated thanks to two convincing series wins

Bad News Bears and oNe return to ECL for Season 42

The two mainstay ECL squads have maintained their spots in the top domestic league.

Day two of ESEA Challenger League Season 41 Relegation has wrapped up, with Bad News Bears and oNe retaining their spots in ECL following victories over timbermen and Axolotls respectively. Meanwhile, in the lower bracket, Northern Forces sent Davenport University packing back to ESEA Advanced with a dominant 2-0, while Detonate handily moved past Unjustified to keep their relegation run alive.

Following a strong showing against Detonate on the first day, which saw AWPer Christopher "Swahn" Swahn impress with a 1.73 rating, Bad News Bears were matched against timbermen for their upper bracket qualification match. Luckily for the Bears, Swahn kept up the momentum from the day prior, posting a 1.31 series rating, joined by Khizar "MoMo" Rehman with a 1.49 rating. With most of the rest of the squad performing fairly well in their qualification match, it was certainly an uphill struggle for timbermen, but despite these difficulties, the ESEA Advanced still managed to secure a double-digit scoreline on both maps. In the end, Bad News Bears bested timbermen 2-0, sending them down to the lower bracket for another shot at promotion.

Bad News Bears
2 - 0
timbermen
All maps
Bad News Bears K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Khizar 'Momo' Rehman 48 - 33 +15 90.1 85.2% 1.49
United States Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn 39 - 31 +8 89.7 79.6% 1.31
Saad 'Pluto' Siraj 42 - 33 +9 84.1 77.8% 1.26
United States Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner 37 - 32 +5 69.3 68.5% 1.08
United States Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman 37 - 36 +1 70.9 68.5% 1.01
timbermen K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Derek 'dare' Brown 46 - 44 +2 86.8 59.3% 1.12
United States Shane 'shane' Dressler 34 - 37 -3 65.0 61.1% 0.88
United States Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi 32 - 39 -7 66.1 59.3% 0.86
Dwight 'Calix' Nguyen 32 - 44 -12 69.7 64.8% 0.76
United States Fern 'intra' Hak 21 - 42 -21 51.9 59.3% 0.65

oNe struggled a bit more in their first match of relegation, as Northern Forces drew out the series to three maps before the Brazilian side closed things out, in large part thanks to a heroic performance from Matheus "pesadelo" Panisset, who led his squad with a 1.54 series rating. After taking down Northern Forces, oNe squared off against Axolotls, where pesadelo continued to lead the charge for his team. Axolotls struggled to stay competitive this series, as oNe solidified their spot in ECL Season 42 2-0.

Axolotls
0 - 2
TeamOne
All maps
Axolotls K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Blake 'Elk' Swinson 28 - 37 -9 65.0 71.7% 0.93
United States Andrew 'Tender' Cote 33 - 34 -1 78.1 58.7% 0.91
United States Connor 'jermanji' Buckles 31 - 34 -3 65.5 67.4% 0.89
United States Kevin 'consti' Yi 21 - 38 -17 62.0 63.0% 0.73
United States Marco 'Pol0' Hernandez 23 - 36 -13 62.1 60.9% 0.72
TeamOne K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Matheus 'pesadelo' Panisset 40 - 29 +11 99.4 78.3% 1.39
Brazil Victor 'iDk' Torraca 39 - 25 +14 86.0 71.7% 1.34
Guatemala Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa 37 - 26 +11 82.6 78.3% 1.30
Brazil Alencar 'trk' Rossato 32 - 26 +6 72.5 78.3% 1.20
Brazil Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos 30 - 30 +0 66.6 67.4% 1.00

While things were sunshine and roses for Bad News Bears and oNe, Davenport University and Unjustified had a much worse experience in relegation. Davenport University were knocked down to the lower bracket after getting trounced by Axolotls in their opening match, with Blake "Elk" Swinson firmly shutting the collegiate squad down. Things got even worse for Davenport in the lower bracket, as Northern Forces had an even easier time taking them out, with Davenport University only scavenging seven rounds across the two maps played, an unfortunate end to their run through Advanced.

Davenport University
0 - 2
Northern Forces
All maps
Davenport University K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Tommy 'corn' Eckhart 28 - 34 -6 78.1 61.5% 0.87
United States William 'spek' Smith 23 - 35 -12 69.2 56.4% 0.76
United States Collin 'CoJoMo' Moren 24 - 30 -6 60.8 61.5% 0.75
United States Spencer 'Pugg' Moore 18 - 33 -15 65.6 56.4% 0.61
United States Brandon 'BeBO' Miller 13 - 36 -23 52.3 46.2% 0.46
Northern Forces K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore 36 - 22 +14 111.4 89.7% 1.63
Canada Adam 'freshie' Paterson 38 - 22 +16 98.4 84.6% 1.56
United States Bradley 'Slugy' Kohler 40 - 19 +21 93.6 82.1% 1.54
Sebastian 'Florence' Ogarev 31 - 20 +11 85.3 74.4% 1.37
United States Benjamin 'niise' Mauldin 22 - 24 -2 59.4 76.9% 1.06

Like Davenport University, Unjustified also had a rough go of things in their two matches played in relegation. The team were unable to keep things close against timbermen, who quickly sent Unjustfied to the lower bracket. Against Detonate, Unjustified did their best to mount a comeback effort on the opening map but Detonate eventually shut these plans down. Detonate's momentum was carried over to the second map of Overpass, where Detonate demolished Unjustified to send them back to Advanced.

DETONATE
2 - 0
Unjustified
All maps
DETONATE K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Johnny 'JDubs' Wu 47 - 28 +19 103.7 80.9% 1.59
United States John 'arcade' Rogel 44 - 27 +17 88.5 87.2% 1.43
United States Landon 'landmaz' Lawrence 36 - 23 +13 77.1 74.5% 1.25
United States Sam 'Noxio' Goodwin 35 - 28 +7 81.4 80.9% 1.21
United States Devin 'Xzen' Barber 30 - 31 -1 78.6 74.5% 1.09
Unjustified K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States McKinley 'Cyrix' Hollison 38 - 37 +1 87.6 70.2% 1.10
United States Justin 'jsfeltner' Feltner 35 - 38 -3 81.0 70.2% 1.02
United States Andrew 'Sloopy' Church 22 - 39 -17 62.4 55.3% 0.68
United States Talen 'Talen' M. 22 - 42 -20 56.1 59.6% 0.62
United States Dennis 'Hitman' Brichko 20 - 37 -17 46.9 51.1% 0.58

The final matches of ECL Season 41 Relegation will be played out today, with the final two spots left in ECL Season 42 being decided. Today's matches are:

United States timbermen vs United States Northern Forces

United States Detonate vs United States Axolotls

Those two matches will kick off this evening, at 08:00PM.

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#1(With 0 replies)
July 13, 2022 09:32AM
RyanFriend
Scary season for BnB, but they were never going fully out.
#2(With 0 replies)
July 13, 2022 10:09AM
lkznz
#FreeSpongey
#3(With 0 replies)
July 13, 2022 04:41PM
B0b3rT
Thank goodness but it would have also been exciting to see du go through
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