Polytechnic University of the Philippines averted a collapse against Ateneo de Manila University, 3-2, to enter the grand finals of the Call of Duty Mobile Alliance Games by AcadArena, Sunday.
PUP moves on to the grand finals of the tournament and will take on De La Salle University for the championship title on July 23, at the SMX Convention Center.
LG Altair drew first blood in the lower bracket finals series with a 250-133 win in Hardpoint (Raid) before the Pylon Phantoms evened the series also in Hardpoint, 250-171, at Standoff.
Ateneo made quick work of PUP in Domination (Standoff), clinching a 150-125 win to inch closer to a finals ticket.
Both sides figured in a nip and tuck affair in Game Four, with the Pylon Phantoms gutting out a 250-171 victory in Hardpoint (Standoff) before running away with a 7-2 Search and Destroy win at Hacienda to seal the win.
The Pylon Phantoms went through Far Eastern University-Institute of Technology first, sweeping the iTamaraws in the lower bracket finals, 3-0.
PUP scored a 25-166 win in Hardpoint (Firing Range) before going to a 2-0 lead after a 7-2 win in Search and Destroy (Standoff). They eventually completed a come-from-behind, 150-137 win in Domination (Raid) to enter the lower bracket finale.
