# Match Record: DUPR level 2.5-3.25 required Intermediate Play - Pickleheads Popcorn - Round 7 Game 3 (2025-10-26)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 07:31:25
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-10-26
- **Estimated Play Time:** 10:15 AM
- **Event:** DUPR level 2.5-3.25 required Intermediate Play - Pickleheads Popcorn - Round 7 Game 3
- **Location:** DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma Wine Country 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 10-3
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 2.75)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Starla Ballantine** (DUPR ID: RZRV2M) - Rating: 2.856, Location: Rohnert Park, CA, US
- **Tina Brusnahan** (DUPR ID: NYN526) - Rating: 2.783, Location: Santa Rosa, CA, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Victoria Guillory** (DUPR ID: 3OE0JP) - Rating: 2.715, Location: Rohnert Park, CA, US
- **Karen Weinstein** (DUPR ID: WXQPMQ) - Rating: 2.657, Location: Rohnert Park, CA, US

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