Thieves, Gentle Mates reach 3-0 at Stage 3 Major qualifying

Los Angeles Thieves and Paris Gentle Mates joined the ranks of the 3-0 teams Sunday on the last day of Week 2 of qualifying for the Call of Duty League's Stage 3 Major.

One day after OpTic Texas improved to 3-0, the Thieves beat Vancouver Surge 3-1 and the Gentle Mates rallied past the winless Boston Breach 3-2. Also Sunday, G2 Minnesota blanked the Miami Heretics 3-0.

The 12 Call of Duty League teams are playing a full qualifying round robin to determine seeding for the third major of the season, to be held May 15-17 as part of the DreamHack Atlanta event.

The Thieves edged the Surge 250-241 on Gridlock Hardpoint to kick off the day, then rang up a 6-0 shellacking on Den Search and Destroy. Vancouver got one back with an 8-1 runaway on Den Overload, but Los Angeles prevailed 250-134 on Sake Hardpoint.

The Gentle Mates fell behind 2-0 to Boston right away, as the Breach won 250-219 on Sake Hardpoint and 6-3 on Fringe Search and Destroy. Paris stayed alive by pulling out a 4-3 win on Exposure Overload. The tide was turned, and Paris continued on to a 250-157 win on Colossus Hardpoint and a clinching 6-3 triumph on Gridlock Search and Destroy.

G2 earned their first win of qualifying by taking care of Miami 250-193 on Colossus Hardpoint, 6-5 on Scar Search and Destroy and 3-2 on Den Overload.

Week 3 begins Friday with three matches:

--Riyadh Falcons vs. Miami Heretics

--Paris Gentle Mates vs. OpTic Texas

--Vancouver Surge vs. Toronto KOI

Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying, with match record and map differential

1. Los Angeles Thieves, 3-0, 9-2

T2. OpTic Texas 3-0, 9-4

T2. Paris Gentle Mates, 3-0, 9-4

4. FaZe Vegas, 3-1, 10-6

5. Toronto KOI, 2-1, 8-5

6. Vancouver Surge, 2-2, 8-8

7. G2 Minnesota, 1-2, 4-6

8. Riyadh Falcons, 1-2, 5-7

9. Miami Heretics, 1-1, 4-7

10. Carolina Royal Ravens, 1-3, 8-10

11. Cloud9 New York, 0-3, 2-9

12. Boston Breach, 0-4, 4-12

--Field Level Media