SPC 2024: Katherine Rybak [4-50]

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On this page, you will find information about Katherine Rybak, 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 21-10, +864, and is ranked #2 in Division 4.

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): Katherine Surname(s): Rybak Home: Evansville, IN, United States

Round by Round
High score: 447 Average for: 376 Average against: 349
Round 1		Rybak played #22 Gail Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 447 to 261 (a spread of 186). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +186. Rybak is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 2		Rybak played #5 Constance J Creech (Metamora, MI) and won 378 to 354 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-0, +210. Rybak is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 3		Rybak played #67 Kaye Platts (Evansville, IN) and won 437 to 284 (a spread of 153). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +363. Rybak is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Rybak played #3 Diane Pietrzak (LaGrange, IL) and lost 310 to 519 (a spread of -209). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-1, +154.
Round 5		Rybak played #28 Deborah Komatsu (Los Angeles, CA) and won 341 to 307 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-1, +188.
Round 6		Rybak played #30 James Nalepka (Schaumburg, IL) and won 374 to 363 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-1, +199.
Round 7		Rybak played #12 Tina Yates (Charleston, WV) and won 421 to 321 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-1, +299.
Round 8		Rybak played #42 Ross Fidler (Providence, RI) and won 384 to 298 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 7-1, +385.
Round 9		Rybak played #7 Oscar Freire (Ottawa ON) and lost 331 to 366 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-2, +350.
Round 10		Rybak played #14 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) and won 401 to 351 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 8-2, +400.
Round 11		Rybak played #48 Donna Anderson (Evans, GA) and won 354 to 302 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 9-2, +452.
Round 12		Rybak played #34 Diane Kerner (Powell, OH) and won 383 to 293 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 10-2, +542.
Round 13		Rybak played #13 Victoria Bledsoe (Lexington, KY) and won 369 to 290 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 11-2, +621.
Round 14		Rybak played #27 Ellen Goffin (Schaumburg, IL) and lost 302 to 425 (a spread of -123). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 11-3, +498.
Round 15		Rybak played #37 Diane Sleek (Freeport, ME) and lost 334 to 335 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 11-4, +497.
Round 16		Rybak played #16 Kaveri Raviraj (Mississauga ON) and won 421 to 270 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 12-4, +648.
Round 17		Rybak played #9 Broderick Larkins (New Orleans, LA) and lost 355 to 367 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 12-5, +636.
Round 18		Rybak played #62 Fred Morlan (Lexington, KY) and lost 324 to 433 (a spread of -109). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 12-6, +527.
Round 19		Rybak played #28 Deborah Komatsu (Los Angeles, CA) again and lost 371 to 396 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-7, +502.
Round 20		Rybak played #42 Ross Fidler (Providence, RI) again and lost 380 to 469 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-8, +413.
Round 21		Rybak played #7 Oscar Freire (Ottawa ON) again and won 413 to 389 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-8, +437. Rybak is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Rybak played #41 Bill Coad (North Tonawanda, NY) and lost 307 to 376 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-9, +368.
Round 23		Rybak played #31 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and won 430 to 315 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-9, +483.
Round 24		Rybak played #10 Michael Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and lost 298 to 340 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 14-10, +441.
Round 25		Rybak played #26 John Wright (Evansville, IN) and won 402 to 366 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15-10, +477.
Round 26		Rybak played #63 Ross Yellin (Manalapan, NJ) and won 408 to 365 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 16-10, +520.
Round 27		Rybak played #23 Greg Graf (Mentor, OH) and won 437 to 328 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 17-10, +629.
Round 28		Rybak played #27 Ellen Goffin (Schaumburg, IL) again and won 382 to 379 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 18-10, +632.
Round 29		Rybak played #14 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) again and won 328 to 315 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19-10, +645.
Round 30		Rybak played #31 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) again and won 414 to 393 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 20-10, +666.
Round 31		Rybak played #27 Ellen Goffin (Schaumburg, IL) for the third time and won 433 to 235 (a spread of 198). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 21-10, +864. Rybak is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).

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