3 goal grabbers faced off -- MOE vs Sparky

[ggoldman]

VCU was amazing...and the thing i wont forget is when my team (384) and Moe ( 365) mached off..

THis match was interesting because it was the first match in the nation where two robots grabbed three goals each at the same time..


Moe and Sparky faced off and met in the middle with their wings extended....sparky held its ground and MOe held theirs....


Moe pushed the outer goals out with their arms, but sparky pushed the center goal out with its lead screw....

10 seconds left, sparky sends its "mousetrap" back to score 10 for the home team, and their alliance partner runs back...Moe sends back their tether too....

With the three goals stuck in the center ina stalemate, the score would have been 20 to 10 with the win going to sparky,

But, unfortunately, in the stale mate, the center goal got pushed on top of the MOE robot resulting in a DQ.

EVERY one saw this match and everyone talked about it there.

IN the end, Sparky and Moe were alliance partners in the quarter finals.

Nothing could have been more fun

TO MOE....thanks for the great competition and all the gracious profresionalism you guys, as well as all the teams at VCU, gave.

See you guys at nationals

Gabe Goldman
Head of Design Team
Team 384
SPARKY 3.0