The Talent team didn't play any officials this week, but contrary to them, the Women's team played five officials in week 8. They remained undefeated in POWER Ligaen, but suffered two losses in ESEA Open.
After qualifying for ESL Impact S5 on Sunday, February 18, the team couldn't catch a break as they met KREATURES in ESEA Open and ICE CREAM in POWER Ligaen the following day. In addition to that, they had three fixtures on the menu on Wednesday, February 21.
A busy week unfortunately began with an 8-13 defeat against KREATURES on Anubis. It was an exhausted Danish roster who had joined the server. Despite some great performances from Isabella "Ismo" Ferslev and Anja "anja" Soelberg, it wasn't enough to claim the victory this time around.
Result: 8-13 vs. KREATURES (Anubis)
Later that same evening, the Women's squad stamina was tested. They faced ICE CREAM in POWER Ligaen, whom they won against in the reverse matchup with a 13-2 score on Vertigo.
The opponents had done their homework and forced the match into three overtimes before the ice cream melted on Vertigo. Thanks to a staggering team performance, where the bottom fragger sat at 28 frags and the top fragger at 34 frags, the Women's quintet won 22-19.
Result: 22-19 vs. ICE CREAM (Vertigo)
Two days later, Aurora "aurora" Lyngdal and her troops had three consecutive matches, two matches in POWER Ligaen and one in ESEA Open.
Fatal Utility was first in line. The enemies were defeated 13-5 on Vertigo in the former matchup, with Marie "marie" Toft leading the way. She repeated that on Anubis, reaching a 20-9 K/D and a 1.95 rating in a clean 13-4 victory.
Result: 13-4 vs Fatal Utility (Anubis)
Next in POWER Ligaen was a matchup against AUC Tigers Talent, who lost the first battle on Vertigo 13-7. Ancient was the chosen map in the second match, which came down to the wire.
Luckily, a collaborative performance throughout the team helped the Women's squad stay undefeated in the league and win the match 13-11. Four out of five players on the Astralis side reached 18 or 17 frags on Ancient.
Result: 13-11 vs AUC Tigers Talent (Ancient)
The remaining fixture of the week happened on Nuke against wnT in ESEA Open. Sadly, it ended in a 1-13 loss after a long day of officials for the Women's team.
Result: 1-13 vs wnT (Nuke)
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