# Match Record: VPL Season 05 - Pickleheads Claim the Throne - Game 2 (2025-12-18)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-09 03:05:44
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-4329658409
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-12-18
- **Estimated Play Time:** 6:15 AM
- **Event:** VPL Season 05 - Pickleheads Claim the Throne - Game 2
- **Location:** Chautauqua Elementary School 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 15-9
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average Rated Score: 3.37)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Walker Dodson** (Player ID: KDNDLO) - Rating: 3.379, Location: Vashon, WA, US
- **Jake Conroy** (Player ID: 2Y5NQ7) - Rating: 3.473, Location: Seattle, WA, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Alison  Bagby** (Player ID: 4VRYJG) - Rating: 3.546, Location: Vashon, WA, US
- **David G** (Player ID: MEMGDG) - Rating: 3.084, Location: Vashon, WA, US

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