[Lil' Lavery]

Watching both Kettering and the SD webcasts, I can tell you that 2543 was a different breed than the defensive bots in Kettering. No offense to the defensive or offensive teams in Kettering, who both did outstanding jobs, but 2543 did it better.
They would hit 968 perfectly so that the contact could not be avoided or escaped from after initiated. They would often hit them in a wide-open section of field, no other bots or walls nearby. Then they would push them all the way into the wall (often halfway across the field) and hold them there.
Their pins on 1538 weren't quite as pretty, but combined with the traffic generated by alliance partners and the corners, they made it almost impossible for 1538 to score.