# Match Record: 2025 Vetta Sunset Dink in the New Year - Mixed Doubles 3.5 Age: (5 To 49) (2025-12-28)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-06 14:28:56
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-4522307553
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-12-28
- **Estimated Play Time:** 10:15 AM
- **Event:** 2025 Vetta Sunset Dink in the New Year - Mixed Doubles 3.5 Age: (5 To 49)
- **Location:** St. Louis, MO (Facility Page: https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/court-3446-st-louis-gym)
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 21-19
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 3.45)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Katia Bliss** (DUPR ID: L2WDXQ) - Rating: 3.907, Location: Springfield, MO, US
- **Niko** (DUPR ID: 2QRPJR) - Rating: 3.443, Location: Ash Grove, MO, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **diane vanbuskirk** (DUPR ID: W6OZOK) - Rating: 3.100, Location: St. Louis, MO, US
- **Charlie  Schaffer** (DUPR ID: YMP7RP) - Rating: 3.348, Location: N/A

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