Mindfreak hang on in a grueling encounter

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.

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Mindfreak will now take on DXA in their upcoming game.

ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 17

Bo3

Mindfreak

2 - 1

Vantage

All maps

Mindfreak	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Tyler 'tucks' Reilly	67 - 64	+3	87.9	75.0%	1.25
Reily 'versa' Dundas	70 - 59	+11	82.1	77.3%	1.22
Marvin 'Forleks' Tran	70 - 58	+12	86.0	77.3%	1.21
Sharvesh 'dangeR' Saravanan	71 - 60	+11	76.8	72.7%	1.16
Joshua 'supar' Bundle	43 - 65	-22	60.8	68.2%	0.79

Vantage	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Kobe 'Kobe' Doswell	69 - 63	+6	80.7	69.3%	1.14
Aron 'N1ghtraid' Dang	61 - 64	-3	74.6	73.9%	1.07
Jack 'Omichella' McLoughlin	62 - 65	-3	76.2	67.0%	1.02
Kailum 'KRAXYT' Brian Tucker	54 - 65	-11	76.4	77.3%	1.02
Ming 'Mingovi' O'mallon	55 - 68	-13	64.4	61.4%	0.85