# Match Record: MD 4.5+ (2025-08-23)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-04 22:56:32
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-5694199785
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-08-23
- **Estimated Play Time:** 10:15 AM
- **Event:** MD 4.5+
- **Location:** SoCal Pickleball Club (Facility Page: https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/court-4743-socal-pickleball-club)
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 3-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Advanced Tier (3.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.38)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Jeffrey Bowens** (DUPR ID: 0QLNL2) - Rating: 3.906, Location: N/A
- **Tristan Williams** (DUPR ID: O6R447) - Rating: 3.926, Location: N/A

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Bret Bucher** (DUPR ID: 3ODK21) - Rating: 5.172, Location: Temecula, CA, US
- **Bryant Dew** (DUPR ID: JZJQY4) - Rating: 4.516, Location: Riverside, CA, US

## Match Prep & Paddle Recommendations
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