So the tournament ended... and out of the ten of us, I managed to get 3rd place. :) I'm really proud of how I battled, and how I did with my team. There was one person who completely destroyed me, but I had never met him (he had graduated before I came in and was visiting) and I really couldn't counter his strategy, but he ended up winning 1st; he earned his place very well.
It ended up in a three-way tie because three of us (including myself) only lost one battle. So we ended up battling each other to determine who got what place. I was honestly at a bit of a disadvantage for the whole tournament, because there was one Bug-type team and one Fairy-type team, both of which I won against, and there were no Ghost- or Psychic-type teams, so with everything I faced, I'm really happy with how my team and I handled it.
This tournament, for me, was as close as real Pokémon battling gets. It almost felt like a Pokémon League, something I always wanted to battle through as a kid. And that's one of the best experiences I could have asked for. I had a lot of friends with me (even my bestie through Skype), and it was one of the best times I've had in a long while. :)