Virtus move past Immunity in Split

Virtus.pro are through to the last-four stage at the Counter Pit League Season 2 Finals after defeating Immunity 2-0 (16-11 on de_inferno and de_dust2).

The Counter Pit League Finals, taking place at Spaladium Arena, in Split, began with a clash between a Virtus.pro side looking to make amends after a series of mixed results lately and the new Immunity lineup, featuring Mohammed "⁠MoeycQ⁠" Tizani and Ryan "⁠zewsy⁠" Palmer.

Inferno, the first map of the series, began with Immunity getting out to a 4-0 lead after a very strong start on the CT side. Virtus.pro then finally managed to put their foot down on the throttle and strung six consecutive rounds to overturn the deficit. The final stages of the half were highly contested, however, with Virtus.pro taking a narrow 8-7 lead heading into the break.

Now playing on the defensive side, the Polish team enjoyed a great initial spell and won seven of the first nine rounds of the half to bring the scoreline to 15-9. Immunity then found a lifeline as they picked up back-to-back rounds, only to be shut down by Virtus in a force buy.

Snax returning to his best level? 

On Dust2, Immunity had no response to Virtus' pace during the early game, forcing them to call a timeout when the Polish side had an 8-0 lead. Still, Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's men remained in the driving seat and closed out the half with a commanding 13-2 lead.

It looked like the game was all but over, but Immunity showed great fighting spirit and reduced the deficit to 11-14 after a tremendous spell on the CT side. That is when a p250 rush from the Poles put them on match point, with Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski hammering the final nail into the Australians' coffin with a no-scope AWP shot inside B.

Counter Pit League Season 2 FinalsBest of 3 Virtus.proMatchpage 2 0 17th March 2016 Immunity 16Inferno 11 16Dust2 11

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	45 - 31	+14	92.6	1.35
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	41 - 33	+8	79.1	1.19
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	39 - 29	+10	68.0	1.11
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	37 - 33	+4	76.7	1.11
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	33 - 37	-4	74.9	1.01

Immunity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Chris 'emagine' Rowlandsemagine	41 - 35	+6	78.0	1.09
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	35 - 35	0	70.6	0.97
Mohammed 'MoeycQ' TizaniMoeycQ	35 - 43	-8	70.3	0.85
James 'James' QuinnJames	23 - 42	-19	64.0	0.79
Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandRickeh	28 - 40	-12	53.0	0.71

Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 29 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 932 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Mohammed 'MoeycQ' Tizani Age: 23 Team: Immunity Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 37 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.71 Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 22 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 747 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Ryan 'zewsy' Palmer Age: 18 Team: Immunity Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 57 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69