# Match Record: NPL - Champions Pros Team League - NPL - Champions Pros Team League, NPL 2025 Championships (2025-10-18)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-09 02:48:26
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-7077475714
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-10-18
- **Estimated Play Time:** 11:30 PM
- **Event:** NPL - Champions Pros Team League - NPL - Champions Pros Team League, NPL 2025 Championships
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 11-7, 11-3
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Pro / Elite Tier (4.5+) (Average DUPR: 5.32)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Kara Williams** (DUPR ID: 894O6R) - Rating: 5.368, Location: Carlsbad, CA, US
- **Keith Jain** (DUPR ID: 30Z243) - Rating: 5.533, Location: Carlsbad, CA, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Katherine Gillis** (DUPR ID: 3LE7X5) - Rating: 5.177, Location: Shepherdstown, WV, US
- **Stephen Emmons** (DUPR ID: 8WRLL3) - Rating: 5.207, Location: Martinsburg, WV, US

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