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2006 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open

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The 2006 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open was the fifth tournament of the 2006 Paintball Sports Promotions season, held from 21–24 September at PBC Sports Park in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It featured divisional X-Ball, five-man X-Ball and the first NXL All-Star competition.[1]

Venue

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PBC Sports Park was an established tournament paintball facility near Charlotte, North Carolina. Its selection marked a return to hosting a major PSP event at an existing paintball field.[1]

Divisional X-Ball

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Final placings[2]
Division First Second Third Fourth
Division I Jacksonville Raiders San Diego Aftermath Gridlock Tippmann Effect
Division II Swatpaintball.com East Coast Empire Gridlock-PBC 93 Bulls
Division III Team SprayPaint East Coast Killers Data Support Systems Triad
Championship matches[1]
Division Winner Score Runner-up
Division I Jacksonville Raiders 10–4 San Diego Aftermath
Division II Swatpaintball.com 10–4 East Coast Empire
Division III Team SprayPaint 5–4 East Coast Killers

Five-man X-Ball

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Final placings[1][2]
Division First Second Third Fourth
Division III TX Justice League Ginxed Runnin Wild ECE Factory Team
Division IV SoFlaMafia.com Sin City Paintball DBS Kidz ECE Kidz

TX Justice League defeated Ginxed in two games. SoFlaMafia.com similarly beat Sin City Paintball for the Division IV title.[1]

NXL All-Star competition

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The NXL retained a five-event professional schedule during PSP's six-event season. At the Mid-Atlantic Open, Eastern and Western Conference All-Star teams instead contested a three-game series.[1]

Game Eastern Conference Western Conference Winner
1 12 8 Eastern Conference
2 10 8 Eastern Conference
3 9 10 Western Conference

The Eastern Conference won the series two games to one.[1]

Selected NXL players who were not participating in the All-Star competition were permitted to guest for Division I teams.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. WARPIG – PSP Mid-Atlantic Open, 21–24 September 2006. Contemporary tournament report; photographs by Dawn Mills.
  2. PBLeagues – 2006 PSP season rankings. Individual event placings appear in parentheses in the Mid-Atlantic Open column.