NRG take down BLUEJAYS to lock in first Major in 6 years

NRG have claimed the 32nd and final spot in the BLAST.tv Austin Major with a fantastic 2-0 over BLUEJAYS, seeing NRG return to their first Major in six years while also paving the way for Jeorge "Jeorge" Endicott and Alexander "br0" Bro to make their Majors debuts after many years of trying.

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Train: BLUEJAYS 4-13 NRG

Train was an utterly dominant map and a great way for NRG to start the series as the team absolutely clobbered BLUEJAYS on their own map pick. Start on their CT-side, NRG were initially 1-3 down despite before winning their pistol before completely taking control and winning the half 9-3. This would then translate into a dominant T-side showing as well with NRG quickly closing out the map 13-4.

Dust2: BLUEJAYS 12-16 NRG

NRG started Dust2 in a similarly dominant position, bouncing back after dropping the pistol round to run the opening half 8-4 on their T-side. However, unlike Train BLUEJAYS had much more fight in them, fighting ferociously to a 10-10 stalemate and then matchpoint before a post-plant blunder paved the way for NRG to force overtime.

In overtime, BLUEJAYS looked out of their element as NRG pounced on some misplays to put a perfect OT and take Dust 16-12 to lock in the Major.

BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 North America Regional Qualifier

Bo3

BLUEJAYS

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NRG

All maps

BLUEJAYS	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Keller 'SLIGHT' Nilan	30 - 30	+0	71.5	57.8%	0.95
Derek 'dare' Brown	31 - 36	-5	65.8	60.0%	0.89
Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi	27 - 34	-7	68.2	55.6%	0.88
Gavin 'Fruitcupx' Norman	24 - 36	-12	68.3	68.9%	0.86
Adam 'freshie' Paterson	19 - 34	-15	63.7	55.6%	0.72

NRG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Jadan 'HexT' Postma	43 - 24	+19	79.6	80.0%	1.39
Jeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott	37 - 25	+12	87.0	68.9%	1.30
Josh 'oSee' Ohm	35 - 21	+14	77.1	73.3%	1.26
Alexander 'br0' Bro	31 - 31	+0	81.9	73.3%	1.18
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella	24 - 31	-7	77.2	77.8%	1.01