# Match Record: Early Spring League Week 1 (2025-04-28)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-07 12:54:13
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-6743037258
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-04-28
- **Estimated Play Time:** 7:30 PM
- **Event:** Early Spring League Week 1
- **Location:** Dill Dinkers, Boiling Brook Parkway, North Bethesda, MD, USA (Facility Page: https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/court-6943-dill-dinkers-pickleball)
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 15-5
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Advanced Tier (3.5+) (Average Rated Score: 4.06)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Josh Dalton** (Player ID: RZKWKD) - Rating: 4.567, Location: Rockville, MD, US
- **Sedric White** (Player ID: W6MKLY) - Rating: 4.289, Location: Baltimore, MD, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **John Maloney** (Player ID: EW2XRO) - Rating: 4.152, Location: N/A
- **Steve Smith** (Player ID: 3VRV7P) - Rating: 3.243, Location: Silver Spring, MD, US

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