# Match Record: NPL - Champions Pros Team League - NPL - Champions Pros Team League, NPL 2025 Championships (2025-10-19)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-06 12:16:36
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-5873844647
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-10-19
- **Estimated Play Time:** 12:45 AM
- **Event:** NPL - Champions Pros Team League - NPL - Champions Pros Team League, NPL 2025 Championships
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 9-11, 11-9, 5-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Pro / Elite Tier (4.5+) (Average DUPR: 5.16)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Lara Thornton** (DUPR ID: 894VGJ) - Rating: 5.210, Location: Columbus, OH, US
- **Kimberlee Nelson** (DUPR ID: 84ERY6) - Rating: 5.050, Location: Herriman, UT, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Chris Young** (DUPR ID: 8EL7ZW) - Rating: 5.089, Location: Eugene, OR, US
- **Anna Shirley** (DUPR ID: 3VYDJ3) - Rating: 5.283, Location: Los Angeles, CA, US

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