OpTic Texas win again in CDL Stage 3 Major qualifying

OpTic Texas swept Cloud9 New York to improve to 2-0 in Call of Duty Stage 3 Major Qualifiers on Saturday.

OpTic Texas recorded a 250-148 win on Vault, 6-3 victory on Protocol and 3-1 triumph on Hacienda.

Also Saturday, the Carolina Royal Ravens posted a 3-1 win over Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 and Miami Heretics secured a 3-2 victory over Vegas Falcons.

Boston Breach notched a triumph over Toronto Ultra after the latter was forced to give up a series because of server issues.

The Stage 3 Major qualifying round has the league's 12 teams playing five qualifying matches apiece through April 20 to determine seeding for the Stage 3 Major playoffs, slated for April 24-27 in Boca Raton, Fla.

Carolina got off to a fast start with a 250-243 win on Protocol and 6-4 victory on Dealership before dropping a 3-0 setback on Hacienda. The Royal Ravens closed out their match with a 250-146 decision on Red Card.

Miami bounced back from a 250-167 setback on Skyline by securing a 6-5 victory on Dealership and a 3-0 triumph on Hacienda. Heretics overcame a 250-234 setback on Hacienda by posting a 6-2 win in the final map.

The remaining schedule for the first weekend of qualifying action:

Sunday

--Minnesota Rokkr vs. Boston Breach

--Atlanta FaZe vs. Carolina Royal Ravens

--Vancouver Surge vs. Los Angeles Thieves

Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major Qualifiers standings (with match record and map differential):

1. OpTic Texas, 2-0, plus-4

T2. Boston Breach, 1-0, plus-3

T2. Vancouver Surge, 1-0, plus-3

4. Carolina Royal Ravens, 1-0, plus-2

5. Miami Heretics, 1-0, plus-1

T6. Toronto Ultra, 1-1, minus-2

T6. Los Angeles Thieves, 0-0, 0

T8. Minnesota Rokkr, 0-1, minus-1

T8. Atlanta FaZe, 0-1, minus-1

10. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 0-1, minus-2

11. Cloud 9 New York, 0-1, minus-3

12. Vegas Falcons, 0-2, minus-4