Paintball Media Magazine July 2023 | Page 53

Divisional Xball
Divisional Xball
Unlike the Semipro division , Division Two Xball doesn ’ t have a clear dominating team or teams . In fact , Shut Up We ’ re Trying doesn ’ t have an event win , but their two second place finishes have the at the top of the season rankings leaderboard . Coming into this event New York Wrecking Crew and Dynamic each have won an event , although Dynamic was not present at this event .
In the 16 team Division Two field , only New York Wrecking Crew and Malicious were able to sweep their preliminary round bracket . And only Noobies could manage three wins . Parity is the name of the game in D2 .
In the quarterfinals AG Knights sent home one of the favorites as they beat New York Wrecking Crew 2-1 in a painfully slow game . Malicious continued their strong play defeating LonewolfPB 5-1 . Shut Up We ’ re Trying beat rivals Noobies 4-3 and TPP Totem ended Shenanigans ’ event early 4-3 .
In the finals it was AG Knights getting it done versus Malicious 3-1 in only their second event of the season . Shut Up We ’ re Trying beat TPP Totem 4-3 to stay at the top of the season rankings leaderboard .
Twenty Six teams entered Division Three Xball at the NXL Mid Atlantic Major . With first and second place finishes coming into this event Tppcrew leads the rankings race by the tiniest of margins over gg _ Factory D3 , who also has a win and a fourth-place finish .
To this point in the season NJ Bombsquad is running away with the season series in Division Four Xball . Their first and second place finishes leaves them way ahead of the field with 196 seed points . In fact , coming into Philly , second place was Tension with 179 seed points and they are not even playing Philly . In the preliminary rounds Jackpot and Carolina Clutch Red were the only two teams to win all four prelim games in this 28 team division . Baltimore Braves , Immortal Kings and Voodoo each won three .
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