I’m not sure I understand the point. Are you suggesting that this tournament wasn’t a true representation of the strength of the lacrosse team? It just sounds like an excuse to me. I seem to recall that Coppermine also didn’t have a full squad at the mid-Atlantic this summer, so they entered as some BS made up blue/black team so when they got beat they wouldn’t lose their #1 ranking. They did get beat then, and they just got beat again. A team is a team. If they’re missing players, they just have to have others step up.