Swole Patrol have picked up their first victory at ESL Pro League Season 11 North America after beating Liquid on two maps.

Despite being by far the lowest-ranked side at in the North American division (currently 56th), the Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir-led squad has certainly made their presence known after coming in as a replacement for one of the teams who withdrew from the competition.

Although Swole Patrol lost their opening match to 100 Thieves on Thursday, they made the Australian team sweat in a three-map series before going on to secure a confident victory against the division's favorites, Liquid, to finish the first two days of the event with a 1-1 record.

Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's team initially looked in control on the offensive side of Vertigo, but the series quickly went sideways when Swole Patrol picked themselves up after a 0-5 start. By the end of the half, they had recovered with six rounds to their name and looked comfortable when sides switched, winning their pick 16-11.

Their dominance continued on Overpass, where they flew off the line with a 10-1 lead as CT on the back of a great combination from the Abadir duo. Picking up a 11-4 half in the end, Swole Patrol looked to close the series with ease when they converted a second-round forcebuy and a couple of clutches, including a 1v3 from Austin "⁠Cooper⁠" Abadir, and although Liquid made a valiant effort to come back, the series came to a close at 16-12, 2-0

Swole Patrol	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Austin 'Cooper' AbadirCooper	49 - 36	+13	86.9	1.29
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	42 - 35	+7	86.4	1.21
Jordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroZellsis	41 - 32	+9	79.7	1.19
Victor 'food' Wongfood	36 - 34	+2	75.9	1.12
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoMarKE	29 - 26	+3	62.5	1.11

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	40 - 36	+4	85.0	1.16
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	43 - 41	+2	78.7	1.07
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	26 - 40	-14	59.4	0.85
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	25 - 38	-13	52.0	0.82
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	27 - 43	-16	64.1	0.82

With another match between Evil Geniuses and 100 Thieves still yet to be played on day two of the North American division, the standings are as follows: