[Lil' Lavery]

A single loss, a single match, or your ranking really don't make or break a regional. 45 was ranked 37th of 45 teams at St. Louis, with a 3-6 record. They were then picked 2nd, and went on to win the regional.
As pointed out a couple time already, you're ranked ahead of 233 at the moment, who's arm was essentially destroying itself earlier.

This is just a little issue in a single match. A volunteer made a mistake, and a problem happened. There is no guarantee you would have won the match even with you on the field (and for anyone to say so is insulting the other alliance). It's unfortunate to hear that happened, but it did. How you react to problems is the important part.

It's also unfortunate to hear the inspection woes at UCF. For most teams, inspection was relatively fast at VCU. The longest part for 116 was probably when the inspector actually took a break to take some pictures of our robot (the absolute coolest moment I have ever experience in FIRST, nothing could have made me more proud of my machine than an inspector stopping to take pictures). Luckily for us, we passed the first try (we had an issue with a single bolt on the machine, which we fixed while being inspected). Very few teams missed matches due to inspection, and the couple who did managed for enough other teams to pitch in and help them pass that they made almost all their matches.