# Match Record: 7/30/25 League Play  (2025-08-02)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-07 04:55:21
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-4405492285
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-08-02
- **Estimated Play Time:** 2:15 AM
- **Event:** 7/30/25 League Play 
- **Location:** 2000 Arroyo Rd, Livermore, CA 94550, USA 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 15-3
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 2.80)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Tom Bates** (DUPR ID: NRJMQZ) - Rating: 3.187, Location: Livermore, CA, US
- **Monica Pope** (DUPR ID: GG6VNM) - Rating: 2.890, Location: Livermore, CA, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **carolyn schaefer** (DUPR ID: L2MQOJ) - Rating: 2.432, Location: N/A
- **James Moore** (DUPR ID: RZ57JE) - Rating: 2.696, Location: Pleasanton, CA, US

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