How about sending a ticket so he sees this?
Also, I'm not totally sure you were leading. Don't mean to challenge you because you know your stuff, but if you are coming from behind, even when you knock a team straight off, he'll consider just you for a cycle before he signs. I've seen it happen many times.
Maybe the last schollie message you got was one of those that kind of makes it sound like you're winning but you may not be?