# Match Record: Intermediate/Advanced Ladder League (2025-01-28)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-07 04:27:29
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-7686266432
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-01-28
- **Estimated Play Time:** 9:00 PM
- **Event:** Intermediate/Advanced Ladder League
- **Location:** The Pickleball Barn, Sutton Place, Brewster, NY, USA 
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 4-15
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 3.49)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Joe Muller** (DUPR ID: KXXPGO) - Rating: 3.370, Location: Cortlandt Manor, NY, US
- **Michael Long** (DUPR ID: L2Y7M6) - Rating: 3.679, Location: Brewster, NY, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Phil Thomas** (DUPR ID: RZE6JE) - Rating: 3.296, Location: Katonah, NY, US
- **Michael Niles** (DUPR ID: WXXNRG) - Rating: 3.622, Location: Harrison, NY, US

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