mousesports take down Liquid

mousesports beat Liquid 16-13 on Dust2 in the second match of Group B at DreamHack Masters Malmö.

Liquid who climbed up to #8 on our world rankings and who shockingly reached the semi-finals at MLG Columbus 2016 went up against MOUZ who made a group stage exit at the Major as they struggled to close off games.

Despite Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen's entry-kill and a bomb plant, the CT-sided MOUZ secured the pistol round with the defuse. The American team bought early on the third round but it did not work out for them (3-0). What worked for them was a mixed buy as they picked up their first round and they went on to get the lead as koosta's AWP-play reigned supreme (4-3).

mouz start off strong

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin picked up a quad-kill and was almost able to make it an ace to clutch it for his team but Timo "⁠Spiidi⁠" Richter killed Hiko, tying at 5-5. The back-and-forth half ended with Liquid leading 8-7.

The B-site rush by MOUZ gave them an advantage to kick off the half as they won the pistol and the anti-eco rounds (10-8). Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski got two opening kills in the first weapon round but failed to follow it up as MOUZ led 11-9.

When the score was 13-9, Liquid called a timeout but MOUZ won the anti-eco to make it 14-9. MOUZ won a 2v4 to gain six match points but Liquid put on a fight. The American team won a 2v4 and then got their 12th round which triggered a MOUZ timeout (15-12). mouz closed it out 16-13.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016Best of 1 LiquidMatchpage 13 16 12th April 2016 MOUZ 13Dust2 16

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	21 - 19	+2	96.7	1.26
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	24 - 16	+8	65.8	1.26
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	21 - 16	+5	78.4	1.24
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	21 - 20	+1	75.1	1.15
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	19 - 23	-4	72.9	0.91

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	23 - 19	+4	86.6	1.25
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta	17 - 17	0	52.4	1.04
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	20 - 22	-2	67.4	1.02
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	21 - 23	-2	80.5	0.99
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	13 - 25	-12	58.1	0.68

MOUZ will face Luminosity in the winners' match while Liquid will fight for their tournament life against TYLOO.

Kenneth 'koosta' Suen Age: 19 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 167 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Age: 18 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 289 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.71 Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 26 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 410 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.60 MOUZ #11 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Liquid #8 Kenneth 'koosta' SuenSpencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' CannellaOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Luminosity #2 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo TYLOO #50 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Timo 'Spiidi' Richter Age: 20 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 461 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66