Liquid, Luminosity survive at EEPL S2

The elimination matches of day two of the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals saw Liquid defeat Conquest (12-16 on de_inferno, 16-7 on de_cache, and 16-6 on de_overpass) and Luminosity take down CLG (16-8 on de_mirage and 16-12 on de_overpass).

Elimination matches for Groups A and B of the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 finals in Burbank, California were a strictly not-European affair with all four qualifying teams from North America taking part.

The first game was a match-up between Liquid and Conquest and a chance to settle the score for both teams after Conquest had eliminated Liquid in an upset match back at the CEVO-P Season 8 finals.

The domestic match against Conquest took place in Hiko's court

Conquest got the ball rolling, and no doubt caused many Liquid players to break a sweat, with a sweeping 8-7 T-side half on de_inferno powered by Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic that eventually transitioned into a 16-12 map win for the primarily Canadian team.

The next two maps however allowed Liquid to show that they were the more dominant North American team, and with a deeper map-pool at that, as Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin led a charge that saw Liquid win de_cache 16-7 and de_overpass 16-6, with Conquest's attempts at making a mark on both maps a mere whimper.

ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 FinalsBest of 3 LiquidMatchpage 2 1 12th December 2015 Conquest 12Inferno 16 16Cache 7 16Overpass 6

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	67 - 38	+29	-	1.40
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	61 - 48	+13	-	1.22
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	50 - 49	+1	-	1.00
Eric 'adreN' HoagadreN	44 - 48	-4	-	0.92
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	48 - 51	-3	-	0.91

Conquest	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	48 - 49	-1	-	0.99
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	54 - 58	-4	-	0.98
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	49 - 57	-8	-	0.87
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	41 - 52	-11	-	0.78
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	41 - 55	-14	-	0.73

The Group B elimination match was between CLG and Luminosity, and just like the Liquid versus Conqest match-up, the series was a rivalry-esque return to the offline grand final both teams had played at the WinOut Championships, which CLG won.

CLG were however frustrated by a much strengthened Luminosity roster, as Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and his Brazilian damagers played an impeccable T-side on de_mirage and then shut down CLG's offense to take the first map 16-8.

godzera was on point as usual for Luminosity

Stephen "⁠reltuC⁠" Cutler and his crew were stumped on the second map as well, despite securing an 8-7 T-sided half on de_overpass and powering ahead to a 12-8 lead at one point. FalleN busted open his stratbook and his team began to come back, with Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David leading the charge.

Using their higher firepower and execution, Luminosity therefore took the map 16-12 and eliminated CLG from the event.

ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 FinalsBest of 3 CLGMatchpage 0 2 12th December 2015 Luminosity 8Mirage 16 12Overpass 16

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	48 - 38	+10	-	1.28
Lincoln 'fnx' Laufnx	42 - 36	+6	-	1.15
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	36 - 30	+6	-	1.01
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	34 - 30	+4	-	1.00
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	24 - 39	-15	-	0.66

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
James 'hazed' Cobbhazed	47 - 36	+11	-	1.23
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	43 - 36	+7	-	1.14
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC	30 - 33	-3	-	0.88
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	26 - 38	-12	-	0.72
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	27 - 41	-14	-	0.68

Tomorrow will see both decider matches take place along with both semifinals, with the final day of the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 finals reserved for a showmatch and for the best-of-five grand final.

The action will first begin with a Group A decider match at 19:00 between Liquid and fnatic.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

Marcelo 'coldzera' David Age: 21 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 162 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.65 Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 25 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 355 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.60 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 24 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 208 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 18 Team: Conquest Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 192 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler Age: 27 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 258 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.64 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone