# Team 8808: SWLA Tech Pirates

Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. Rookie year 2022.

## Who backs them

- School: SWLA Tech Pirates
- Sponsors: SAVIT Solutions, Mobile Sounds Entertainment, Department of War STEM, McNeese State University
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swlatechpirates
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swlatechpirates

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **124.90**, rank 431 of 3708 (88.4th percentile)
- Record: 20-17-0 over 37 matches (54% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 24.3, teleop 100.7, endgame -0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 84%, RP2 22%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Magnolia Regional | 2026mslr | 3 | 19 | 4-5-0 | 17 | 4 | 108.7 |  | 34 |
| Bayou Regional | 2026lake | 5 | 3 | 8-0-0 | 33 | 2 | 131.8 |  | 61 |
| Milstein Division | 2026mil | 8 | 58 | 3-7-0 | 14 |  | 124.9 |  |  |
| The Red Stick Rumble powered by Entergy | 2026rsr | 29 |  | 7-2-0 |  | 2 | 138.6 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Finalists (2026lake)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026lake)

## Name history

Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team.

- 2023 – now: SWLA Tech Pirates
- 2022: Tech Pirates

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 11, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2023 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2025 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2024 |
| Quality | 1 | 2023 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2023 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Bayou Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2026 | Magnolia Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Bayou Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Magnolia Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2024 | Bayou Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Magnolia Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Bayou Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | Magnolia Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Bayou Regional presented by Entergy |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 124.9 | 431 / 3708 | 88.4 | 20-17-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 49.6 | 756 / 3687 | 79.5 | 21-17-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 28.2 | 472 / 3475 | 86.4 | 12-15-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 34.6 | 1047 / 3284 | 68.1 | 24-19-1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 10.8 | 1979 / 3053 | 35.2 | 5-6-0 | 1 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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