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Week 9, Day 3 of the North American League of Legends Championship Series kicked off with Team SoloMid completing a seemingly-effortless 2-0 sweep over Phoenix1 on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Game 1 saw Phoenix1 jungler Rami "Inori" Charagh start over William "Meteos" Hartman, but to no avail as TSM jungler Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen's Lee Sin popped off in a big way. Snowballing every lane to a significant lead with pressure in each lane, Svenskeren gave Team SoloMid (15-3, 31-16 match record) first blood early on. Surging ahead of Inori's Rengar, who had an admittedly terrible performance as far as damage output and game impact was concerned, Svenskeren put on a highlight-reel performance with a 6/1/14 KDA (kills/deaths/assists) to earn game MVP honors. Phoenix1 simply had no way to stop Svenskeren from carrying TSM to a dominant Game 1 win in 31 minutes.
The second game was a much closer bout with neither team taking any sizable leads until the 25-minute mark. After a sluggish early game, Team SoloMid stormed into the mid game, forcing and winning a 3-for-1 teamfight. Capitalizing on the victory, Team SoloMid was able to secure the first Baron of the game. Phoenix1 (11-7, 26-15 match record) did show some signs of life later in the game, but it was too far behind TSM, led by ace mid laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg, who found several solo kills en route to a 5/4/9 KDA as Vladimir. Team SoloMid finished the series sweep in style with a crushing teamfight win despite Phoenix1's triple Cloud Drakes, closing the book on their 2017 Spring Split Regular Season.
Phoenix1 has earned the third seed, while Team SoloMid has secured the top seed and a first round-bye going into the playoffs.