Grayhound send ORKS packing
Grayhound got off to a shaky start on the CT-side of Mirage, taking 5 rounds to put their name on the scoreboard at 5-1. ORKS made Grayhound toil, trading player for player, round for round but their early 5-0 advantage paid off, giving them a 10-5 half in their favor. Grayhound had a hard time reading ORKS' T-side plays and ORKS dictated the pace for most of the match.
ORKS started off the second half with a pistol round win and anti-eco conversion but Grayhound answered back once the gun rounds began, going on to put up a 5 round win streak. ORKS stabilized their economy and broke Grayhound's streak at 14-10, inches away from closing out Mirage. Grayhound denied ORKS match point for a couple of rounds but fighting with their backs against match point and just a couple of rifles, Grayhound fell short, as ORKS closed out Mirage 16-12, to go 1-0 up in the series.
ORKS started off on the CT-side of nuke winning out the pistol and converting the follow-up. The trio of sNx, olimp and Vegi stepped up, taking ORKS off to a 6-2 start, giving little to no room for Grayhound's T-side to operate. Grayhound found their footing late in the half, with Liazz and aliStair tearing through the defense of ORKS and putting up 4 rounds in a row to close out a respectable 6-9 half, still in favor of ORKS.
Right out the gate, Grayhound came into the second half and closed the gap at 9-9, neutralizing ORKS' lead. Grayhound's CT-side looked formidable, turning things around, leaving no gaps in their defense. Vexite stepped up in a big way, catching ORKS off guard round after round and ORKS kept walking into cross fires as Grayhound dropped just a single round in their CT-side, closing out Nuke 16-10 and levelling the series at 1-1.
Ancient started off with either teams trading rounds back and forth. At 3-2, ORKS' B aggression cost them the round and their bank, allowing Grayhound to string a couple of rounds together but once the CT-economy stabilized, ORKS closed the gap and regained the lead at 7-5. ORKS locked in 7 in a row to end the first 10-5, in their favor.
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ORKS secured a free bomb plant on the B-site with a 2 man advantage over Grayhound. Despite the disadvantage, Sico and Vexite multi-fragged their way on the to B-site, stealing the 2v4 pistol round away from ORKS. Falling prey to the clock and Grayhound's timings, ORKS conceded 3 more rounds, as Grayhound edged closer to levelling the score at 10-9.
ORKS switched up the pace, tossing Grayhound around, putting up 4 rounds in a row to reach 14-9. With their economy on the line, Grayhound fought fire with fire showing aggression towards, countering ORKS' pushes and stringing up a couple of rounds. At 14-11, Grayhound broke ORKS' economy, inching closer towards levelling the score at 12-14.
Off the back of a 6-round win streak on their CT-side, Grayhound secured match point at 15-14. ORKS out-brained Grayhound, baiting them into a huge over-rotation to tie things up at 15-15, forcing the series into overtime. Grayhound put up a flawless CT-side in overtime, leaving themselves with 3 match points in their favor going into the T-side. A flawless overtime run, saw Grayhound close out Ancient 19-15 and the series 2-1 to eliminate ORKS.
GrayhoundORKS| Grayhound |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Declan 'Vexite' Portelli |
67 - 62 | +5 | 80.6 | 60.2% | 1.10 |
| Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston |
57 - 50 | +7 | 63.1 | 75.0% | 1.05 |
| Joshua 'INS' Potter |
56 - 57 | -1 | 76.4 | 65.9% | 1.05 |
| Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas |
50 - 52 | -2 | 68.8 | 76.1% | 1.05 |
 Simon 'Sico' Williams |
56 - 59 | -3 | 69.7 | 70.5% | 0.98 |
| ORKS |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arek 'Vegi' Nawojski |
69 - 58 | +11 | 82.1 | 70.5% | 1.15 |
| Łukasz 'mwlky' Pachucki |
63 - 50 | +13 | 69.0 | 70.5% | 1.07 |
| Rafał 'sNx' Snopek |
55 - 58 | -3 | 67.0 | 67.0% | 0.99 |
 Kevin 'HS' Tarn |
47 - 56 | -9 | 66.3 | 69.3% | 0.92 |
| Patryk 'olimp' Woźniak |
45 - 66 | -21 | 62.4 | 60.2% | 0.78 |
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