Paintball Magazine August 2016 Issue | Page 45

in the league in their quarterfinal round game in Houston Heat. The first point of the match took nearly six minutes, which was just fine with ac Dallas as they took the point and the 1-0 lead. In the second point Heat went up fiveon-three but ac Dallas dug in and got it to three-on-three and eventually won the point making it 2-0. Houston Heat then came back and won the nest two points to tie the game up. In the fifth and deciding point Ryan Moorhead made the move of the event with a run-through down a body that broke the point open and gave Houston Heat a 3-2 victory. But watch out for ac Dallas as they proved they are up and coming quickly. In the first match of the semifinals it was San Antonio X-Factor taking the first two points against the heavily favored Edmonton Impact. But that was the highlight for X-Factor as Edmonton Impact came back with a vengeance taking eight straight points to win 8-2. The other half of the semifinals saw a classic back and forth battle between San Diego Dynasty and Houston Heat, two of the best teams in the world. Heat was unable to summon the magic of their ac Dallas come from behind win to pull this one off as they were just slightly outplayed—Dynasty wins the match 4-3. The final matchup was set with Edmonton Impact facing off against San Diego Dynasty. Most people that follow the NXL would probably pick Impact to win this one, www.paintball.media 045