[Alex Salomonsky]

Our team 769 was 17th coming into our last match and we were partnered with the lowest number team, and they were in last place, and unrealiable. Becasue they didn't get to the top of the hill with us, we got off to prevent more points for the other alliance ( which was a questionable move by our driver/leader ) and we lost 36-5 and plummeted to 31st. After doing a few calculations, if they could simply get to the top, our alliance would have won 55-36 giving us 127, putting us near or in the top 10. So just becasue a team is experienced doesn't mean they are more realiable than a less experienced team. My team beat numbers like 223 twice, 337, even 384. We lost with teams 395, 122 (though we should have won this match) and 116.