Top Dawgs
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Better Safe Than Sorry
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Recap
Top Dawgs fell to Better Safe Than Sorry 11-12. Peter's 2-0 sweep was the highlight. Came down to the final match.
By the numbers
Individual matches
2–3
5 total · Top Dawgs's side
Sweeps
2 🧹 / 0
no mini-sweeps
Special shots
0
no B&Rs / 8-on-break
Closest match
2-2
Steven Johnson vs Joe Rogan DiRienzo
Dropped a close one
Post-match breakdown
2 sweeps in one night
Peter and Patrick both hung shutouts on the opp — a stack of bonus points before bonuses are even counted.
Punched up
Peter (SL3) took down a SL4 — the kind of W that swings a night.
Slow out of the gate
Dropped the lead-off 0-3 — playing from behind all night is harder than it needs to be.
Couldn't shut the door
Anchor went down 2-2 with the team match within reach. That's the one to win.
2 sweeps conceded
Meghan and Robert got blanked — those are the matches that flip a tight night. Bench depth / pre-match feel matters.
Got caught looking down
Steven (SL4) dropped to a SL3. Handicap was on our side — that's a win we leave on the table.
Key moments
- R1Lead-off goes to Helena DeStefano 0-3. Meghan swims upstream from here.
- R2Round 2 flips the lead — Better Safe Than Sorry in front 1-1.
- R5Anchor goes the other way (2-2). Final 2-3 on individual matches.
Next up11-12 loss, but 2 sweeps in one night is something to build on. Fix one thing, not five.
The Arc
Round-by-Round
- R1Lead0 → 0·0 → 1
- L0-3
- L
- R2Second0 → 1·1 → 1
- WSWEEP · 1pt2-0
- W
- R3Middle1 → 2·1 → 1
- WSWEEP · 1pt5-0
- W
- R4Fourth2 → 2·1 → 2
- L0-5
- L
- R5Anchor2 → 2·2 → 3
- L2-2
- L