Our only other loss in the tournament was to Finesse, score again 2-1. In both games, but especially the semi-final against the Hurricanes, we had a ton of runners LOB. Oddly, I didn't feel frustrated by this, as I think we have a decent chance of converting many more of these into runs as an older 14U team next year.
I was surprised to read today that rain was a factor in Columbus tournaments. We dodged the rain all weekend and the temperatures were incredibly cool for the third weekend in July. Good weather made for on time and long games (many of ours, including the semi-final, went the full 7). Great great weekend.
bird:
We watched the end of your game with the Classics as we waited to play the winner. It was AMAZING. Wish I would have known you were in the crowd, I'd have introduced myself and the tired golden retriever who was none the less not so tired that she wasn't begging goodies or scarfing them off the ground.