So , could PaintballFit . com win four straight ? Can Blast Camp finally break through and win an event after finishing second three times ? Could Noobies , Nasty , Killers or the Royal Sea Dogs snatch a first-place win from the hands of PaintballFit . com ?
Spoiler Alert : The answers are , yes , no and no .
Of the 24 teams that entered the Semipro Division of the NXL Windy City Open only three would win all of their preliminary round games . Care to guess ? Yep , PaintballFit . com , Blast Camp and Nasty . Noobies , Greenville Growl , Padres , Ology and Royal Sea Dogs each won three .
Preferred Mob , Padres , Greenville Growl and Vegas Golden Misfits made it through the ocho rounds and into the quarterfinals where they would meet some of the higherranking teams from the event .
In the quarters Blast Camp beat Vegas Golden Misfits 5-3 ; PaintballFit . com handled Greenville Growl by the same score ; The Padres surprisingly blanked Nasty 5-0 ; and Noobies won a very slowly played game against Preferred Mob 1-0 .
In the semifinals PaintballFit . com easily beat Padres 3-1 and Blast Camp again did enough to earn their fourth straight finalround appearance , beating Noobies 4-2 . And you guessed it , this set up another PaintballFit . com versus Blast Camp final round matchup . And once again PaintballFit . com would come out on top 3-1 . Noobies won their match versus Padres to claim third place .
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