# Match Record: Naples Pickleball Center (NPC) Championship (2025-02-01)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-07 03:21:51
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-02-01
- **Estimated Play Time:** 4:45 AM
- **Event:** Naples Pickleball Center (NPC) Championship
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 7-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Advanced Tier (3.5+) (Average DUPR: 3.88)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Merlyn Miller** (DUPR ID: 17QJ0N) - Rating: 3.907, Location: Pinckney, MI, US
- **Dennis Dahlmann** (DUPR ID: 2L2QOR) - Rating: 3.582, Location: Ann Arbor, MI, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Tom McKee** (DUPR ID: 3OWM7W) - Rating: 4.429, Location: Estero, FL, US
- **Maribel Lies** (DUPR ID: ODEXMW) - Rating: 3.621, Location: N/A

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