[Mark Pettit]

As a team that was taken out of the semi-finals in LA by 22's exceptional defense, I can see the worth of planning defense into your strategy.
We are a strong small ball herder and we likely have the best human player in First Frenzy (I do not exaggerate).
We beat our opponent in the first match of the semi’s 150 – 70.
22 came after us at the beginning of round 2 and we were less than ready for them. They tipped us right over. Our robot is unable to right itself so we were done for the match.
In the third round, 22 tried to tip us again but we were more prepared and didn’t allow it. We filled the goal with small balls and our alliance partner, 968, brought over the doubler to cap. 22 went after them. We got in the way so that 22 couldn’t tip them and our alliance partner had to take a trip all the way around the platform to give capping another shot. We were trying to tangle up 22 so they couldn’t go after 968 but they were just too quick. 22 got to them and picked the doubler ball out of 968’s grabber just as time expired to win the round and take us out of contention.
Yep! Defense works!