# Match Record: DUPR level 2.5-3.25 required Intermediate Play - Pickleheads Popcorn - Round 1 Game 1 (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:** 6:15 AM
- **Event:** DUPR level 2.5-3.25 required Intermediate Play - Pickleheads Popcorn - Round 1 Game 1
- **Location:** DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma Wine Country 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 11-5
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 2.86)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Jennifer Tescallo** (DUPR ID: M2YJMO) - Rating: 2.817, Location: N/A
- **Rich Hovden** (DUPR ID: 4LZXL6) - Rating: 3.114, Location: Santa Rosa, CA, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Julie Ann Gilmour Gordon** (DUPR ID: GGVYXV) - Rating: 2.571, Location: Santa Rosa, CA, US
- **Starla Ballantine** (DUPR ID: RZRV2M) - Rating: 2.921, Location: Rohnert Park, CA, US

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