mousesports pick up two crucial points to top ELEAGUE Group E for the time being with two close victories over Echo Fox (16-12 on Cobblestone and 16-13 on Train).

The second day of ELEAGUE Group E promised a definite set of games as the group has so far not played out according to script with all three of yesterday's best-of-two games being split series.

The first match-up saw MOUZ taking on Echo Fox with the former team seeking to top their group following a 3-2 standing. It was Echo Fox however who got the jump start on Cobblestone with a fast T-side push that saw Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir pick up two important kills.

After their anti-eco wins and the first gunround however, Echo Fox were unable to muster a single round on the first half as Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong and his team warmed up and closed out the half 11-4.

Spiidi had a strong performance across both maps

freakazoid again left his mark on the second pistolround with a triple kill and injected some hope into Echo Fox's campaign to win the map with solid defense. But with 19-year-old Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač securing entry kills across multiple rounds and Timo "⁠Spiidi⁠" Richter having a strong game in particular, mousesports began to pick up much needed T-side rounds.

Despite eight CT-side rounds for Echo Fox, mousesports' efforts were enough as they closed out the map 16-12.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 1 Echo FoxMatchpage 12 16 22nd June 2016 MOUZ 12Cobblestone 16

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	28 - 19	+9	93.0	1.33
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	22 - 20	+2	89.1	1.17
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	21 - 15	+6	69.6	1.15
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	14 - 17	-3	68.1	0.99
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	17 - 19	-2	65.4	0.94

Echo Fox	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	26 - 19	+7	85.6	1.27
Ronnie 'ryx' Bylickiryx	22 - 22	0	91.9	1.11
Daniel 'roca' Gustaferriroca	16 - 20	-4	54.5	0.91
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	14 - 18	-4	59.6	0.86
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	12 - 23	-11	59.9	0.76

Train was the second map in the series and Daniel "⁠roca⁠" Gustaferri and Ronnie "⁠ryx⁠" Bylicki clobbered mousesports on their T-side aggression on the first pistolround and began the half on the right foot for Echo Fox.

Despite losing the first gunround, Echo Fox managed to still buy an AWP for Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan and the story of the first half was the 22-year-old AWPer going off and shutting down mouseports across the board.

Spiidi picked up a one-versus-two clutch for his team and Johannes "⁠nex⁠" Maget had a crucial three kill round at the end of the first half, but it was ultimately Echo Fox who finished the half with an 11-4 lead.

ShahZaM's powerful first half on Train was not enough

In a pretty depressing manner for North American Counter-Strike however, mousesports quickly seized the second pistolround and nearly every single round of the second half, with chrisJ particularly on point and Echo Fox looking lost and frustrated. Despite a two round comeback at match point by Echo Fox, mousesports took the map 16-13.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 1 MOUZMatchpage 16 13 22nd June 2016 Echo Fox 16Train 13

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	23 - 14	+9	78.7	1.36
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	22 - 18	+4	79.4	1.24
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	20 - 22	-2	84.4	1.07
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	19 - 19	0	66.8	1.05
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	16 - 24	-8	58.9	0.74

Echo Fox	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	29 - 19	+10	101.3	1.52
Ronnie 'ryx' Bylickiryx	23 - 18	+5	93.6	1.34
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	16 - 22	-6	56.3	0.85
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	14 - 21	-7	55.0	0.78
Daniel 'roca' Gustaferriroca	15 - 20	-5	50.4	0.71

The current standings for ELEAGUE Group E are:

	Maps	Points
1. MOUZ	6	12
2. Natus Vincere	4	6
3. FlipSid3	2	3
4. Echo Fox	4	3

The next pair of matches at ELEAGUE will be a CIS duel as FlipSid3 will take on Natus Vincere.

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