# Match Record: Week 2  (2025-05-05)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 04:12:54
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-7521810958
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-05-05
- **Estimated Play Time:** 11:30 PM
- **Event:** Week 2 
- **Location:** 40 Southlawn Ct 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 15-0
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average Rated Score: 3.43)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Melissa Arking** (Player ID: MYER0D) - Rating: 3.744, Location: Potomac, MD, US
- **Julie Slattery** (Player ID: ODOPW7) - Rating: 3.597, Location: Washington, DC, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Lisa Wright** (Player ID: 76OVR4) - Rating: 3.230, Location: Rockville, MD, US
- **Julie Wendt** (Player ID: 59XZKR) - Rating: 3.142, Location: Kensington, MD, US

## Match Prep & Paddle Recommendations
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- **Power & Depth**: [View Power Paddles](https://pickleballcentral.com/composite-pickleball-paddles/) - Optimized for energy return and deep baseline drives.
- **Beginner & Budget**: [View Beginner Paddles](https://pickleballcentral.com/paddles/beginner-pickleball-paddles/) - High-value paddle setups to get started.