Guerrillas earn first CDL Stage 4 qualifying win

The Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, the last winless team in Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Major qualifying, finally earned a victory Friday in their fourth try.

The Guerrillas rallied for a 3-2 win over OpTic Texas.

In the day's other matches as Week 3 got underway, the Minnesota Rokkr beat the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-1, and the Los Angeles Thieves blanked the Boston Breach 3-0.

The Stage 4 Major qualifying round has the league's 12 teams playing five matches apiece through Sunday to determine seeding for the Stage 4 Major playoffs, slated for May 23-25 in Dallas.

On Friday, the Guerrillas opened with a 250-230 win on Skyline Hardpoint before OpTic claimed Dealership Search and Destroy 6-4 and Vault Control 3-0. Los Angeles came back to take Rewind Hardpoint 250-233 and Protocol Search and Destroy 6-2.

After the Royal Ravens claimed Red Card Hardpoint 250-240, the Rokkr captured the next three maps: 6-5 on Hacienda Search and Destroy, 3-2 on Protocol Control and 250-174 on Skyline Hardpoint.

The Thieves routed the Breach 250-127 on Red Card Hardpoint, 6-1 on Hacienda Search and Destroy and 3-0 on Vault Control.

The remaining qualifying schedule:

Saturday

--Vegas Falcons vs. Atlanta FaZe

--Cloud9 New York vs. Los Angeles Thieves

--Miami Heretics vs. Carolina Royal Ravens

--Toronto Ultra vs. Vancouver Surge

Sunday

--Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 vs. Boston Breach

--Toronto Ultra vs. OpTic Texas

--Minnesota Rokkr vs. Vancouver Surge

Call of Duty League Stage 4 Major qualifying standings (with match record and map differential)

1. Miami Heretics, 4-0, plus-6

2. Toronto Ultra, 3-0, plus-7

3. Atlanta FaZe, 3-1, plus-5

4. OpTic Texas, 2-2, plus 4

5. Los Angeles Thieves, 2-2, plus-2

6. Cloud9 New York, 2-2, plus-1

7. Minnesota Rokkr, 2-2, minus-1

8. Vancouver Surge, 1-2, minus-1

T9. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 1-3, minus-4

T9. Carolina Royal Ravens, 1-3, minus-4

11. Vegas Falcons, 1-3, minus-7

12. Boston Breach, 1-3, minus-8