Top Dawgs
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Better Safe Than Sorry
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Recap
Top Dawgs edged Better Safe Than Sorry 11-9. Steven led the way at 4-2. Aaron's mini-sweep and Steven ran the rack from the break stood out.
By the numbers
Individual matches
3–2
5 total · Top Dawgs's side
Sweeps
0 🧹 / 0
Mini-sweeps: 2 ✨ / 0
Special shots
1
1 B&R · 0 8oB
Closest match
2-1
Aaron Bickford vs Chris Walmsley
Edged it
Post-match breakdown
Stingy on the felt
2 mini-sweeps (Aaron and Steven) — opponents never reached the hill.
Bonus-point hunting
Steven ran the rack from the break. Free points off the rack.
Punched up
Aaron (SL2) took down a SL4 — the kind of W that swings a night.
2-for-2 on the hill
Aaron and Anand both closed out hill-hill races. Cool under pressure.
Slow out of the gate
Dropped the lead-off 3-4 — playing from behind all night is harder than it needs to be.
Gave up a mini-sweep
Patrick got blanked — those are the matches that flip a tight night. Bench depth / pre-match feel matters.
Lost the heart-rate test
Patrick dropped a hill-hill 3-4. One ball away — sharpen the close.
Got caught looking down
Patrick (SL7) dropped to a SL6. Handicap was on our side — that's a win we leave on the table.
Key moments
- R1Lead-off goes to Frank Heitman 3-4. Patrick swims upstream from here.
- R2Round 2 flips the lead — Better Safe Than Sorry in front 1-1.
- R5Anchor goes the other way (1-4). Final 3-2 on individual matches.
Next upBanked the W 11-9. Next week's lineup-card focus: slow out of the gate.
The Arc
Round-by-Round
- R1Lead0 → 0·0 → 1
- L3-4
- L
- R2Second0 → 1·1 → 1
- W2-1
- W
- R3Middle1 → 2·1 → 1
- WMINI · 0.5ptBREAK & RUN · 1pt4-2
- W
- R4Fourth2 → 3·1 → 1
- WMINI · 0.5pt2-1
- W
- R5Anchor3 → 3·1 → 2
- L1-4
- L