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LOSS · SPRING 2026

Top Dawgsvs Lights Out

Wed, Mar 4 · 12:30 AMWilson's PubWeek 10

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Top Dawgs

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Lights Out

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Recap

Top Dawgs fell to Lights Out 10-12. Meghan's 2-0 sweep was the highlight.

By the numbers

Individual matches

2–3

5 total · Top Dawgs's side

Sweeps

1 🧹 / 0

Mini-sweeps: 1 ✨ / 0

Special shots

0

no B&Rs / 8-on-break

Closest match

3-2

Aaron Bickford vs Kevin Maiden

Chalk Talk·Coach's Corner

Dropped a close one

Post-match breakdown

What we did well
  • Sweep on the board

    Meghan blanked their opponent 2-0 — full leaderboard point earned.

  • Punched up

    Aaron (SL4) took down a SL5 — the kind of W that swings a night.

  • Won the heart-rate test

    Aaron closed out a hill-hill 3-2. Mental game showed up.

What to clean up
  • Slow out of the gate

    Dropped the lead-off 0-4 — playing from behind all night is harder than it needs to be.

  • Couldn't shut the door

    Anchor went down 0-3 with the team match within reach. That's the one to win.

  • 2 sweeps conceded

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

Key moments

  1. R1Lead-off goes to Mike Hayes 0-4. Anand swims upstream from here.
  2. R2Round 2 flips the lead — Lights Out in front 1-1.
  3. R5Anchor goes the other way (0-3). Final 2-3 on individual matches.

Next up10-12 loss, but sweep on the board is something to build on. Fix one thing, not five.

The Arc

R1R2R3R4R5Top DawgsLights Out

Round-by-Round

  1. R1Lead
    00·01
  2. R2Second
    01·11
  3. R3Middle
    12·11
  4. R4Fourth
    22·12
  5. R5Anchor
    22·23