ESL Challenger League S51 Cup 3 Day 8 recap: InControl take down F5 2-1 to top cup
Hours after a rough loss to Akimbo, InControl ended their run in ESL Challenger League S51 Cup 3 with a 2-1 victory over F5. Despite getting rocked by them earlier in the tournament, the Ice Legion turned up in the final to claim the $8,000 first-place prize.
Along with the money, they also receive a spot in the S51 NA Finals, where they will have the opportunity to qualify for ESL Pro League S24.
The final began on InControl's pick of Mirage. F5 took a solid 4-0 lead early before InControl took control for the rest of the half, putting F5 down 5-7. F5 won the second pistol and conversion, but again InControl got a streak back. Unlike the first half, F5 broke their streak early and were able to win just enough to steal their opponent's pick, 13-11.
F5 picked Overpass, on which they had a four-map win streak going into the final. InControl started slow again, but recovered to take a slight 7-5 lead. After finally winning a pistol, InControl had a great early T-side to take map point 12-5. F5 got three, but InControl closed it out 13-8, forcing a decider.
On Nuke, InControl finally got a strong start to a map. On their T-side, they went up 9-1 before dropping the final two rounds. Though F5 won a few rounds after losing the second pistol, InControl quickly hit back to take the map 13-6.
Justin "jsfeltner" Feltner was a monster on Nuke and throughout the whole final. Over the series, he went 64/44 with 18 multikill rounds and over 100 ADR.
F5InControl| F5 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cameron 'cmrn' Longman |
48 - 47 | +1 | 82.4 | 67.2% | 1.12 |
| Andrew 'Kermi' Cretella |
44 - 46 | -2 | 82.3 | 71.9% | 1.06 |
| Nathaniel 'neight' Bell |
42 - 50 | -8 | 73.0 | 65.6% | 0.97 |
| Ethan 'Signal' Riley |
34 - 40 | -6 | 51.6 | 76.6% | 0.86 |
| Thomas 'bones' Degenhardt |
39 - 44 | -5 | 60.8 | 71.9% | 0.85 |
 Daniel 'ditt' Dittrich |
5 - 11 | -6 | 23.4 | 79.2% | 0.65 |
| InControl |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin 'jsfeltner' Feltner |
64 - 44 | +20 | 102.8 | 84.4% | 1.55 |
| Anthony 'ayaneuu' Scheuer |
45 - 39 | +6 | 67.7 | 71.9% | 1.14 |
| Ty 'TyRa' Aron |
45 - 46 | -1 | 79.3 | 73.4% | 1.12 |
| William 'aelor' Africano |
38 - 43 | -5 | 68.7 | 75.0% | 0.95 |
 Brett 'Scorchyy' Coolen |
41 - 41 | +0 | 67.7 | 70.3% | 0.94 |
With Cup 4 starting later this month on April 26th, only one spot remains in the S51 NA Finals.
The teams already qualified are:
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M80
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Chicken Coop
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InControl
