The rise of EMENES: LCS Week 7, Day 2 recap

Cloud9, FlyQuest, Evil Geniuses, 100 Thieves and Golden Guardians won on March 10, the second day of Week 7 of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split at Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.

Team Liquid vs. Cloud9

Cloud9 won 14-3 against Team Liquid in 29:09. C9 mid laner Jang “EMENES” Min-soo earned Player of the Game (and Player of the Week) honors for his 3/1/8 Syndra; bot laner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol's 5/0/6 Zeri led in kills; top laner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami went 3/0/6 on Sion; jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang was 2/1/8 on Viego; and support Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen went 1/1/10 on Annie -- and shook TL bot laner Sean "Yeon" Sung's hand after the match. TL only took two towers in the loss. LCS Player of the Game: C9 EMENES, 4th

Immortals vs. FlyQuest

Despite putting up a fight, Immortals lost 14-13 in 33:07 to FlyQuest. FLY mid laner Lee "VicLa" Dae-kwang went 5/0/8 on Ahri and received the POTG award, while bot laner Lee "Prince" Chae-hwan finished 4/3/4 on Kai'Sa. IMT only found two drakes and two towers in the loss, but top laner Mohamed "Revenge" Kaddoura and bot laner Edward "Tactical" Ra went 4/3/5 on K'Sante and 5/4/5 on Xayah. LCS Player of the Game: FLY VicLa, 4th

Counter Logic Gaming vs. Evil Geniuses

Evil Geniuses beat Counter Logic Gaming 19-6 in 38:14. EG played remote, and mid laner Joseph Joon "jojopyun" Pyun was subbed out -- with COVID-19 symptoms -- for Tommy "ry0ma" Le, who went 5/1/6 on Azir. EG bot laner Ian Victor "FBI" Huang led all players in kills on the day with his 11/4/5 Varus supported by Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme's 0/1/14 Ashe, top laner Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho's 2/0/11 Sion and jungler Kacper "Inspired" Słoma's 1/0/14 Poppy pick. LCS Player of the Game: EG Inspired, 6th

Dignitas vs. 100 Thieves

100 Thieves won 18-2 against Dignitas in 28:21. 100T mid laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg went 5/0/7 on Taliyah and passed Zaqueri "aphromoo" Black to become the LCS' all-time leader in games played with 598 ; jungler Can "Closer" Çelik finished 6/0/8 on Viego; top laner Milan "Tenacity" Oleksij had a 4/2/7 Gragas performance; and bot laner Yiliang "Doublelift” Peng and support Alan "Busio" Cwalina went 3/0/9 and 0/0/15 on the Lovers' Duo of Xayah and Rakan. DIG's only major objectives were three towers and two Rift Heralds. LCS Player of the Game: 100 Busio, 1st

TSM vs. Golden Guardians

Golden Guardians won 21-7 against TSM in 30:38 in the last game of the day. GG mid laner Kim "Gori" Tae-woo and bot laner Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes led in kills on their 8/1/9 Jayce and 8/1/6 Ezreal; jungler Kim "River" Dong-woo was 5/2/7 on Elise; and support Choi "huhi" Jae-hyun achieved a 0/2/17 score on Soraka. TSM bot laner Jason “WildTurtle” Tran went 3/2/2 on Xayah in the loss, and TSM's only major objective was one drake.

Strafe Player of the Day: 100 Closer (6/0/8), 1st

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