# Match Record: ERA Pickleball: Advanced Beginner League - Week 5 (2025-05-18)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-08 11:00:18
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-6883740446
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-05-18
- **Estimated Play Time:** 3:30 PM
- **Event:** ERA Pickleball: Advanced Beginner League - Week 5
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 4-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average Rated Score: 2.79)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **MARK LAVESPERE** (Player ID: L54W6Z) - Rating: 3.396, Location: Conroe, TX, US
- **Beth** (Player ID: QPQOMD) - Rating: 2.096, Location: Houston, TX, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Patricia DeMarco** (Player ID: 3Y2EWK) - Rating: 2.327, Location: Spring, TX, US
- **David Wolfe** (Player ID: MYQRQO) - Rating: 3.352, Location: The Woodlands, TX, US

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