Image then held on tight for a nearstalemate against acEmpire , losing by a heartbreaking single one body standing .
As for acEmpire , they stood atop the podium for this one . But we will see if this force returns to the legendary Pittsburgh Open Classic .
In the 5-Man , several teams would drop out prior to the event start , and the competition was honed down to five teams . Chicago Aftershock was on top coming out of the prelims by a long shot , but slowed down going into finals taking a third place spot to match their 10-man medal . The Florida Annihilators and Louisville Asylum would actually tie for gold .
Amateur Division
As for the amateur division , international representation was alive , several teams are growing , and the competition is heating up .
The boys from Minnesota must have been itching to get out after a long winter , because the Air Assault Factory team ( or AAF ) from St . Paul showed up in force . They split the line for two fiveman squads to run the 5-man am , just as a warmup of sorts , and took home gold jewelry . They then entered in the Amateur 10- man , where they earned a matching set of gold medals , topping legacy teams like Lockout and Dirty .
Valhalla FSU , Dirty , and the Omaha Bulls were surprising first seeds coming out of the prelims beating out established teams like Lockout and APE Guerillas . Valhalla ended up taking a beating from Dirty and didn ’ t earn enough points in their win over Lockout Canada to move forward . Heading into the finals , all of the established teams were left out , and it was Dirty , AAF , and the Bulls who remained .
The finals were explosive to say the least . AAF and Dirty fought a nail biter that came down to bodies with Dirty on top . The Bulls then trounced Dirty to earn a second place spot , and AAF issued a beating of the same magnitude back to the Bulls to take home gold . www . paintball . media
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