# Match Record: DUPR level 2.5-3.25 required Intermediate Play - Pickleheads Popcorn - Round 2 Game 2 (2025-10-26)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 07:06:58
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-10-26
- **Estimated Play Time:** 1:00 PM
- **Event:** DUPR level 2.5-3.25 required Intermediate Play - Pickleheads Popcorn - Round 2 Game 2
- **Location:** DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma Wine Country 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 9-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 2.87)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Rich Hovden** (DUPR ID: 4LZXL6) - Rating: 3.094, Location: Santa Rosa, CA, US
- **Starla Ballantine** (DUPR ID: RZRV2M) - Rating: 2.904, Location: Rohnert Park, CA, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Victoria Guillory** (DUPR ID: 3OE0JP) - Rating: 2.705, Location: Rohnert Park, CA, US
- **Tina Brusnahan** (DUPR ID: NYN526) - Rating: 2.770, Location: Santa Rosa, CA, US

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