Liquid letdown: LCS Week 8, Day 2 recap

100 Thieves, TSM, Counter Logic Gaming, Cloud9 and FlyQuest won on March 16, the second day of Week 8 of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split at Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.

All five games were won by the team on blue side.

Evil Geniuses vs. 100 Thieves

100 Thieves upset Evil Geniuses 18-7 in 41:30 to kick off the day. 100T bot laner Yiliang "Doublelift” Peng's 10/1/5 Xayah led all players on the day in kills and earned him a Player of the game award; his support Alan "Busio" Cwalina's Rakan finished with a 2/2/14 score; top laner Milan "Tenacity" Oleksij found a 2/1/8 score on Gragas; and mid laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg went 3/1/12 on Ahri. EG found five towers, two drakes and a Rift Herald in the loss. LCS Player of the Game: 100 Doublelift, 5th

TSM vs. Dignitas

TSM beat Dignitas 20-8 in 29:28. TSM subbed in top laner Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell and he went 4/1/9 on Sion in his first LCS game since the 2020 Summer Split playoffs; mid laner Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang was 7/2/8 on Taliyah and led in kills; jungler Lee "Bugi" Seong-yeop nabbed a strong 6/2/5 score; and bot laner Jason “WildTurtle” Tran found a 3/2/10 KDA on Varus. In their losing effort, DIG only took one drake and two towers. LCS Player of the Game: TSM Hauntzer, 1st

Counter Logic Gaming vs. Team Liquid

Counter Logic Gaming eliminated Team Liquid from playoff contention with a 14-9 victory that lasted 41:09. CLG mid laner Cristian "Palafox" Palafox was the POTG for his 7/2/5 Jayce; top laner Niship "Dhokla" Doshi finished 4/2/4 on Gwen; and jungler Juan Arturo "Contractz" Garcia was 2/1/8 on Elise. LCS Player of the Game: CLG Palafox, 3rd

Immortals vs. Cloud9

Cloud9 retained sole possession of first place with a 27:11 win against Immortals in which the victorious squad led 14-7 in kills. C9 top laner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami was 5/1/7 on Jayce; jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang's Elise recorded a 2/1/5 score; mid laner Jang “EMENES” Min-soo finished 0/0/5 on a surprising K'Sante pick; and bot laner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol went 4/2/4 on Varus. IMT jungler Shane Kenneth "Kenvi" Espinoza went 4/1/2 on Viego in the loss. LCS Player of the Game: C9 Fudge, 5th

FlyQuest vs. Golden Guardians

FlyQuest kept their hopes of a first-place finish alive with a 20-15 win against Golden Guardians in 27:48. FLY mid laner Lee "VicLa" Dae-kwang went 6/4/11 on Tristana and was the POTG award recipient; top laner Jeong "Impact" Eon-young added a 6/1/3 score on K'Sante; and bot laner Lee "Prince" Chae-hwan finished 5/4/10 on Varus. On the losing side, GG only managed to take one drake and one turret, but mid laner Kim "Gori" Tae-woo had a 6/1/6 LeBlance performance. LCS Player of the Game: FLY VicLa, 5th

Strafe Player of the Day: TSM Hauntzer (4/1/9), 1st

Featured photos courtesy of Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games.