Team Liquid PH clinched the top seed and the upper bracket berth in the playoffs as they concluded their regular season campaign with a vengeful 2-0 sweep of Aurora in the final week of the MPL Philippines Season 15 at the Green Sun Hotel in Makati City on Saturday.
TLPH concluded the season with a 12-2 record and secured the playoff top seed courtesy of a superior tiebreaker over Aurora.
Coach Rodel “Ar Sy” B.Cruz at his team’s resilience in the series, especially in a close opening encounter that saw them come back from a sizeable deficit.
“Nakita ko talaga yung disiplina nila and nagkaisa sila sa mga calls and decision-making. Na-maintain nila kung pano kami naglaro kahapon. Sobrang dikit lang talaga nung Game 1 pero since dumating yung late game, labanan na lang talaga ng disiplina yung saka decision-making. Nanalo kami dun so masasabi kong lumamang kami sa decision-making,” he shared.
In Game 1, TLPH banked on Sanford “Sanford” Vinuya’s (Gloo) presky backline attack early in the 25th minute that resulted in a Karl “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno (Lucas) double kill for a 3-0 wipe.
This paved the way for the Cavalry’s midlane base turret push to go up 1-0.
In Game 2, KarlTzy (Lucas) led the way as the Season 13 MPL PH champs dominated from the get-go on the way to a 12-minute close-out victory.
The young GOAT concluded the series-clinching performance with a stellar 8-1-10 KDA.
Aurora still has a chance to seal the last upper bracket ticket as they close out their Season 15 campaign against Team Falcons PH on Sunday, May 4.
