SPC 2024: Craig Rowland [1-42]

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On this page, you will find information about Craig Rowland, who is competing at the 2024 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 12-19, -829, and is ranked #42 in Division 1.

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): Craig Surname(s): Rowland Home: Mississauga, ON, Canada Hobbies: Minority European languages,Tristan da Cunha, Finland, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Faroe Islands, Apple Records, Varttina, Ultra Bra, Yoko Ono, Helen Shapiro

Round by Round
High score: 557 Average for: 385 Average against: 414
Round 1		Rowland played #1 Mack Meller (Lexington, KY) and lost 393 to 440 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 0-1, -47.
Round 2		Rowland played #17 Chloe Fatsis (Providence, RI) and won 444 to 369 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 1-1, +28. Rowland is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Rowland played #39 Dan Wachtell (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 393 to 475 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-2, -54.
Round 4		Rowland played #8 Michael Fagen (Montreal QC) and won 393 to 377 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-2, -38. Rowland is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Rowland played #33 Trenton Charlson (Columbus, OH) and won 483 to 291 (a spread of 192). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 3-2, +154.
Round 6		Rowland played #38 Jonathan Lindh (Chicago, IL) and won 418 to 384 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-2, +188.
Round 7		Rowland played #2 Noah Walton (Portland, OR) and lost 293 to 468 (a spread of -175). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 4-3, +13.
Round 8		Rowland played #19 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 392 to 319 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-3, +86.
Round 9		Rowland played #16 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) and lost 408 to 437 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-4, +57.
Round 10		Rowland played #41 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) and lost 322 to 410 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 5-5, -31.
Round 11		Rowland played #24 Peter Schwartzman (Galesburg, IL) and lost 385 to 407 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 5-6, -53.
Round 12		Rowland played #18 Paul Holser (McKinney, TX) and lost 360 to 436 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-7, -129.
Round 13		Rowland played #32 Eric Harshbarger (Auburn, AL) and won 406 to 379 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 6-7, -102.
Round 14		Rowland played #36 Froilan Mendoza (Scarsdale, NY) and won 394 to 354 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 7-7, -62.
Round 15		Rowland played #10 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 355 to 481 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 7-8, -188.
Round 16		Rowland played #20 John Luebkemann (Aubrey, TX) and won 409 to 357 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 8-8, -136.
Round 17		Rowland played #26 Scott Appel (Elkins Park, PA) and lost 344 to 359 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-9, -151.
Round 18		Rowland played #44 Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) and won 556 to 408 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9-9, -3.
Round 19		Rowland played #46 Edwin Roth (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 345 to 420 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-10, -78.
Round 20		Rowland played #21 David Pearl (Long Beach, CA) and won 364 to 354 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-10, -68.
Round 21		Rowland played #47 Stefan Fatsis (Washington, DC) and lost 361 to 503 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 10-11, -210.
Round 22		Rowland played #30 Dustin Dean (Hanover, MD) and lost 252 to 581 (a spread of -329). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 10-12, -539.
Round 23		Rowland played #40 Josh Kopczak (Madison, OH) and won 557 to 417 (a spread of 140). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-12, -399.
Round 24		Rowland recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-12, -349. Rowland is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Rowland played #37 Ben Withers (Houston, TX) and lost 421 to 434 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 12-13, -362. Rowland is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Rowland played #15 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and lost 432 to 460 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 12-14, -390.
Round 27		Rowland played #13 Jeremy Hall (New York, NY) and lost 313 to 329 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 12-15, -406.
Round 28		Rowland played #23 James Donnelly (Hingham, MA) and lost 309 to 493 (a spread of -184). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 12-16, -590.
Round 29		Rowland played #46 Edwin Roth (Philadelphia, PA) again and lost 373 to 435 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 12-17, -652.
Round 30		Rowland played #4 Jackson Smylie (Montreal QC) and lost 341 to 437 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 12-18, -748.
Round 31		Rowland played #45 Michael Early (Fort Worth, TX) and lost 339 to 420 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 12-19, -829.

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