M80 defeat Basement Boys in DraculaN Season 6 opening match
M80 have begun their run at DraculaN with a victory over the Ukrainian team Basement Boys.
The North Americans secured a solid victory in their first game, not allowing their opponents to secure double-digit rounds in either map in the series. Josh "JBa", Mason "Lake" Sanderson, and Fritz "slaxz-" Dietrich were outstanding in the match, with each player tallying 33 frags or more.
M80 elected to begin the series on Inferno, where Basement Boys chose to start on the T side. M80 and Basement Boys exchanged rounds, with the score at 3-2 in favor of M80 early on. The North Americans rattled off five rounds in a row to help themselves to an 8-4 lead at halftime. They quickly secured four rounds from five to earn seven chances at map point. Basement Boys won four rounds on the bounce with their backs against the wall, but M80 took the map 13-9 before it got too dicey.
Basement Boys' pick was Dust2, but they were behind the eight ball from the get-go. M80 won nine rounds in a row to begin the map on their way to a 10-2 halftime advantage. It was a straightforward end to the series for M80, as they won the map 13-3 and the series 2-0.
slaxz- lead the way in the fragging department with 35 kills while Lake and JBa weren't far behind him with 34 and 33, respectively.
M80BASEMENT BOYS| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Josh 'JBa' Barutt |
33 - 20 | +13 | 102.9 | 89.5% | 1.52 |
| Mason 'Lake' Sanderson |
34 - 24 | +10 | 95.8 | 81.6% | 1.47 |
 Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich |
35 - 19 | +16 | 76.8 | 78.9% | 1.37 |
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
23 - 24 | -1 | 76.1 | 78.9% | 1.09 |
| Elias 's1n' Stein |
23 - 22 | +1 | 61.7 | 84.2% | 1.05 |
| BASEMENT BOYS |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denis 'maggent' Kapinus |
36 - 31 | +5 | 90.2 | 68.4% | 1.24 |
| Bohdan 'kr1vda' Kryvda |
19 - 27 | -8 | 55.8 | 76.3% | 0.84 |
| Danylo 'fakerealityy' Rud |
20 - 31 | -11 | 62.7 | 60.5% | 0.77 |
| Mykhailo 'OWNER' Lymar |
16 - 30 | -14 | 55.6 | 73.7% | 0.73 |
| Egor 'Tr0ublE' Bulavin |
17 - 31 | -14 | 47.0 | 57.9% | 0.68 |
M80 will now face Liquid in their second match at DraculaN.
