Mindfreak hang on in a grueling encounter

Vantage go down 1-2 after valiant attempts at a comeback

After being delayed by over 24 hours due to technical issues, Mindfreak's game against Vantage at the ESL ANZ Champs 2023 Season 17 Group B upper bracket semi-final finally got underway on Vantage's pick of Overpass.

Mindfreak started with a 7-5 lead on their CT side but Vantage held on against six map points to take the map to overtime with a 12-12 score. Mindfreak eventually hung on by the skin of their teeth and secured the map in second overtime at 19-17 with tucks having a stellar map with 35 kills and an ADR of 109.

Mindfreak's pick of Nuke kicked off with them taking the opening pistol on the T side. It was a neck-and-neck half as neither team were willing to budge at the score was tied at 6-6 at the end of the first half. It was yet another back and forth half as once again we went to overtime after a 12-12 regulation score. Vantage eventually managed to edge out Mindfreak 16-13 to make sure the series wasn't over in two maps.

The series decider was Vertigo as Vantage started off with a pistol win following a B hit. It was a 8-4 lead for Mindfreak at the break. Mindfreak managed to hold on to close Vertigo at 13-10 which saw them edge out the series 2-1.

Mindfreak will now take on DXA in their upcoming game.

Mindfreak
2 - 1
Vantage
All maps
Mindfreak K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Australia Tyler 'tucks' Reilly 67 - 64 +3 87.9 75.0% 1.24
Australia Reily 'versa' Dundas 70 - 59 +11 82.1 77.3% 1.22
Australia Marvin 'Forleks' Tran 70 - 58 +12 86.0 77.3% 1.21
Australia Sharvesh 'dangeR' Saravanan 71 - 60 +11 76.8 72.7% 1.16
New Zealand Joshua 'supar' Bundle 43 - 65 -22 60.8 68.2% 0.78
Vantage K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Australia Kobe 'Kobe' Doswell 69 - 63 +6 80.7 69.3% 1.12
Aron 'N1ghtraid' Dang 61 - 64 -3 74.6 73.9% 1.03
Australia Kailum 'KRAXYT' Brian Tucker 54 - 65 -11 76.4 77.3% 1.01
Australia Jack 'Omichella' McLoughlin 62 - 65 -3 76.2 67.0% 1.00
Ming 'Mingovi' O'mallon 55 - 68 -13 64.4 61.4% 0.83

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