SPC 2025: Cheryl Kagan [3-43]

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On this page, you will find information about Cheryl Kagan, who is competing at the 2025 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 14-17, +294, and is ranked #52 in Division 3.

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): Cheryl Surname(s): Kagan Home: Rockville, MD, United States

Round by Round
High score: 498 Average for: 393 Average against: 384
Round 1		Kagan played #22 Daniel Tinkelman (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 311 to 393 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 0-1, -82.
Round 2		Kagan played #5 Adam Fine (Germantown, MD) and won 454 to 436 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 1-1, -64.
Round 3		Kagan played #63 Megan McMahon (Worcester, MA) and lost 329 to 420 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 1-2, -155.
Round 4		Kagan played #13 Dave Cameron (Palatine, IL) and lost 344 to 444 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 1-3, -255.
Round 5		Kagan played #18 Penny Sitler (Knightstown, IN) and won 481 to 222 (a spread of 259). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 2-3, +4. Kagan is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Kagan played #46 Karrie Bowe (Portage, MI) and lost 330 to 345 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 2-4, -11.
Round 7		Kagan played #66 Deanne Dorsa (Houston, TX) and won 433 to 399 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 3-4, +23.
Round 8		Kagan played #69 Richard Price (Fayetteville, AR) and lost 378 to 397 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 3-5, +4.
Round 9		Kagan played #41 Shae McWilliams (N Kingston, RI) and won 395 to 332 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 4-5, +67.
Round 10		Kagan played #39 Carol Tillson (Silver Spring, MD) and won 436 to 310 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 5-5, +193.
Round 11		Kagan played #57 Jack Lechner (New York, NY) and won 412 to 332 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-5, +273.
Round 12		Kagan played #58 Harry Durbin (Collierville, TN) and lost 294 to 453 (a spread of -159). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 6-6, +114.
Round 13		Kagan played #49 William Snoddy (Asheville, NC) and won 496 to 267 (a spread of 229). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 7-6, +343.
Round 14		Kagan played #50 Dathan Lang (Blue Bell, PA) and won 472 to 353 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 8-6, +462.
Round 15		Kagan played #48 Nicole Kazarian (Worcester, MA) and won 490 to 370 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 9-6, +582. Kagan is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Kagan played #11 Sarah Rosenblum (West Orange, NJ) and won 498 to 331 (a spread of 167). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 10-6, +749.
Round 17		Kagan played #35 Gideon Brosowsky (Washington, DC) and lost 381 to 422 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 10-7, +708.
Round 18		Kagan played #72 Dana Tornabene (Charlottesville, VA) and lost 369 to 407 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10-8, +670.
Round 19		Kagan played #19 Ralph Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and won 421 to 328 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 11-8, +763.
Round 20		Kagan played #17 Steve Moniz (Manchester, NH) and lost 392 to 417 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-9, +738.
Round 21		Kagan played #44 James W Flomo (Lanham, MD) and lost 345 to 376 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11-10, +707.
Round 22		Kagan played #10 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 319 to 467 (a spread of -148). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 11-11, +559.
Round 23		Kagan played #1 Hannah Rozear (Durham, NC) and lost 354 to 437 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 11-12, +476.
Round 24		Kagan played #20 Samuel Heiman (Chesterfield, MO) and lost 354 to 462 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 11-13, +368.
Round 25		Kagan played #26 Jennifer Tomlinson (Fort Myers, FL) and won 454 to 336 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 12-13, +486.
Round 26		Kagan played #75 Ed Bowe (Portage, MI) and lost 390 to 472 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 12-14, +404.
Round 27		Kagan played #64 Marichelle Roque-Lutz (New Holland, PA) and won 407 to 310 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 13-14, +501.
Round 28		Kagan played #47 Julia Bogle (Indianapolis, IN) and won 484 to 341 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 14-14, +644.
Round 29		Kagan played #6 Greg Feldkamp (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 357 to 489 (a spread of -132). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 14-15, +512.
Round 30		Kagan played #38 Frances Shaw (Fair Lawn, NJ) and lost 308 to 397 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 14-16, +423.
Round 31		Kagan played #50 Dathan Lang (Blue Bell, PA) again and lost 307 to 436 (a spread of -129). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 14-17, +294.

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