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TIE · FALL 2025

Top Dawgsvs Lights Out

Wed, Dec 10 · 12:30 AMWilson's PubWeek 15

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Top Dawgs

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Lights Out

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Recap

Top Dawgs tied Lights Out 11-11. Meghan's 2-0 sweep was the highlight. A real grinder.

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

1-3

Aaron Bickford vs John Kotyk

Chalk Talk·Coach's Corner

Even split

Post-match breakdown

What we did well
  • Closed the door

    Robert swept the anchor 2-0 — clutch in the closer's seat.

  • 2 sweeps in one night

    Meghan and Robert both hung shutouts on the opp — a stack of bonus points before bonuses are even counted.

  • 2 upset wins

    Meghan and Robert both beat higher-SL opponents. Handicap chart didn't see it coming.

What to clean up
  • Slow out of the gate

    Dropped the lead-off 1-3 — playing from behind all night is harder than it needs to be.

  • Conceded a sweep

    Pete and Aaron got blanked — those are the matches that flip a tight night. Bench depth / pre-match feel matters.

Key moments

  1. R1Lead-off goes to John Kotyk 1-3. Aaron swims upstream from here.
  2. R2Round 2 flips the lead — Lights Out in front 1-1.
  3. R5Anchor delivers — Robert 2-0. Books closed at 2-3.

Next up11-11 tie. The night was decided by a couple of close games — sharpen those and the next one is a W.

The Arc

R1R2R3R4R5Top DawgsLights Out

Round-by-Round

  1. R1Lead
    00·01
  2. R2Second
    01·11
  3. R3Middle
    11·12
  4. R4Fourth
    11·23
  5. R5Anchor
    12·33