Paintball Magazine Paintball Magazine December 2019 | Page 35

Photo by Gary Baum
The pro preliminary rounds were full
of surprises, including Seattle Uprising
winning all four games and beating ac:
Dallas 6-1 in the process. Uprising also
beat Edmonton Impact in the prelims. Not
so surprising were San Antonio X-Factor
and San Diego Dynasty winning their four
first round games. Shockingly, at least to
me, Los Angeles Infamous were shut out
in the preliminaries, losing all four games.
third straight event would start in earnest
as they squared off against Edmonton
Impact in the quarters—and the game
lived up to expectations. X-Factor
would come away with a 5-4 win, ending
Impact’s season earlier than they wanted
or expected. Houston Heat battled a very
strong Seattle Uprising and scrapped
their way to a 4-3 win, keeping their back-
to-back World Cup wins dream alive. And
ac: Dallas handled their business against
With only two first round wins Edmonton San Diego Dynasty 4-2 to set the semifinal
Impact was lucky to be playing in Sunday’s bracket.
ocho rounds—and they took advantage
of their luck pounding Sacramento In the semifinals Houston Heat elevated
DMG 5-0. Tampa Bay Damage bounced their game to another level, shutting out
Baltimore Revo in the ochos as well.
San Antonio X-Factor 6-0—an almost
unthinkable feat. Moscow Red Legion
In the quarterfinals Tampa Damage gave blew up ac: Dallas in the semis 6-1,
Moscow Red Legion all it could handle completing the most one-sided set of
but came up just one point short 7-6. semifinal games in recent history.
San Antonio X-Factor’s quest to win a
www.paintball.media
035