# Match Record: ERA Pickleball: Advanced Beginner League - Week 3 (2025-05-04)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-08 11:00:18
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-5156914125
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-05-04
- **Estimated Play Time:** 10:15 AM
- **Event:** ERA Pickleball: Advanced Beginner League - Week 3
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 11-7
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average Rated Score: 2.51)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Mark Llaneza** (Player ID: X2GQ92) - Rating: 2.921, Location: The Woodlands, TX, US
- **David Pickering** (Player ID: 0QNPPX) - Rating: 2.578, Location: The Woodlands, TX, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Beth** (Player ID: QPQOMD) - Rating: 2.149, Location: Houston, TX, US
- **Bob Chang** (Player ID: VXGNN6) - Rating: 2.405, Location: Cypress, TX, US

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