NASC 2019: Joshua Castellano [CSW-09]

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On this page, you will find information about Joshua Castellano, who is competing at the 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 20-11, +641, and is ranked #4 in Division CSW.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Joshua Surname(s): Castellano Home: Vienna, VA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 619 Average for: 450 Average against: 430
Round 1		Castellano played #21 Dielle Pinto (Richmond BC) and won 491 to 420 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 1-0, +71. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Castellano played #30 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 397 to 289 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 2-0, +179. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 3		Castellano played #3 Peter Armstrong (Portland, CA) and won 467 to 449 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 3-0, +197. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Castellano played #12 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and won 466 to 456 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-0, +207. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Castellano played #2 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and won 444 to 432 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 5-0, +219. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Castellano played #13 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and won 420 to 366 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 6-0, +273. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Castellano played #4 Jesse Day (New York, NY) and lost 384 to 423 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-1, +234. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Castellano played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 490 to 397 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 7-1, +327. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Castellano played #16 James Curley (New York, NY) and won 454 to 423 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 8-1, +358. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Castellano played #18 Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) and won 619 to 337 (a spread of 282). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 9-1, +640. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Castellano played #19 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 525 to 381 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 10-1, +784. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Castellano played #27 Noah Slatkoff (Ottawa ON) and won 459 to 342 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-1, +901. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Castellano played #14 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and lost 380 to 581 (a spread of -201). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-2, +700. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 14		Castellano played #7 Nick Ball (San Bruno, CA) and lost 459 to 494 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-3, +665. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Castellano played #6 Matthew O'Connor (DeWitt, NY) and lost 421 to 509 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 11-4, +577. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Castellano played #14 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) again and won 472 to 447 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 12-4, +602. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 17		Castellano played #2 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) again and lost 387 to 575 (a spread of -188). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 12-5, +414. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 18		Castellano played #11 Puneet Sharma (Redwood City, CA) and lost 439 to 460 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 12-6, +393. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Castellano played #12 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) again and won 472 to 322 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 13-6, +543. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Castellano played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) again and lost 359 to 523 (a spread of -164). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 13-7, +379. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Castellano played #7 Nick Ball (San Bruno, CA) again and won 410 to 390 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 14-7, +399. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Castellano played #1 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 469 to 457 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 15-7, +411. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 23		Castellano played #8 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and won 494 to 386 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 16-7, +519. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Castellano played #4 Jesse Day (New York, NY) again and lost 427 to 504 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 16-8, +442. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 25		Castellano played #10 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and lost 368 to 439 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 16-9, +371. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Castellano played #16 James Curley (New York, NY) again and lost 395 to 402 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 16-10, +364. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Castellano played #4 Jesse Day (New York, NY) for the third time and won 473 to 451 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 17-10, +386. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 28		Castellano played #11 Puneet Sharma (Redwood City, CA) again and won 470 to 374 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 18-10, +482. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Castellano played #10 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) again and won 505 to 319 (a spread of 186). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19-10, +668. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 30		Castellano played #2 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) for the third time and lost 410 to 542 (a spread of -132). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 19-11, +536. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 31		Castellano played #13 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) again and won 530 to 425 (a spread of 105). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 20-11, +641.

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