Paintball Media Magazine July 2023 | Page 50

Semiprofessional Xball
In this game it was Tampa Bay Damage with the one-point 4-3-win , tournament win and huge step up the Pro rankings ladder . Damage has now played in the last Pro game in two of the three 2023 NXL events .
Semiprofessional Xball
PaintballFit . com has had quite the start to the 2023 season . They have simply dominated the Semipro division in the first two events of the season , finishing in first place each event . And in each of those first two events , it was Blast Camp meeting them in the finals . They are of course , ranked first and second in the season title race . And to this point the title race seems like a twoteam battle .
In the preliminary rounds PaintballFit once again came out en feugo , winning their four preliminary round games by a combined total of 23-4 . Not to be outdone , Blast Camp won their four games with a combined score of 24-5 . These two seemed destined to meet again sometime on Sunday . Nasty and Royal Sea Dogs also ran the table in the Semipro preliminary rounds .
In the ochofinals Noobies , Killers , Annapolis A-Team and gg Factory also advanced . All but Noobies and Killers would be sent packing in the quarters , where the best of the best usually shine .
In the semifinals it was Blast Camp 5-0 over Killers and and PaintballFit 6-3 over Noobie . Congrats to Noobies for “ almost ” making it a game against PaintballFit . And for the third straight event it ’ s PaintballFit versus Blast Camp .
This finals matchup was a battle . Clearly Blast Camp is a solid team and without a doubt , the second-best Semipro team in the league . They gave everything they had in the finals and again came up just short to PaintballFit . PaintballFit 4 , Blast Camp 3 .
Photo By Cheryl Ellis
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