Semi Pro
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Semi Pro
A lot of movement happened in the division already, but one team is clearly making a run through the Semi Pro: Blast Camp.
Although they lost their first match to New York Wrecking Crew to start off the event, a loss that would actually cause them to fight their way out of the Ochos and they scrapped all the back. In the Ochos, they put down Legacy Factory 5-3. The semis would see a tight match against the home favorite New Jersey Jesters. And they barely squeaked by the Rejects in the semis, walking away 3-2. Relentless and unflappable was the theme of the weekend for them- a sign of the experience gained from already having played in the Pro division.
Wrecking Crew was on a heater in Dover, going undefeated through the prelims for the one seed. But their run came to a heartbreak ending when they met Preferred Mob in the quarterfinals. P-Mob walked away from that match with a 4-3 win and carried the momentum into a semifinal match in which they embarrassed Thunder Valley Blackout with a 5-0 win.
But as we are likely going to see repeated in the events ahead, Blast Camp ended that run by taking the finals match 3-1, staying on top of the pack, and positioning themselves as favorites for yet another berth into the Pro division.
A pair of third place finishes from Rejects moved them into second place overall. Oregon Ikonik, who seemed to be the team that was going to hold Blastcamp to account this season after their fiery performance in Tampa took a lackluster 15th place in Dover and slid from second to sixth overall.
D2
In Division 2, we saw the impact that travel has on the success of teams as well as what divisional disrupters can do to rankings over a season. AG Knights showed discipline and stability to take home a first place at Mid-Atlantic and to slide into first place overall. www. paintball. media
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