User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-4449950-20150602031808/@comment-6152051-20150602112227

Erza's win was all thanks to Nakagami. Without it, I swear from the depths of my heart that she had no chance of winning and Minerva would've mopped the floor using her.