SPC 2025: Linda Wancel [3-55]

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On this page, you will find information about Linda Wancel, 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 17-14, -352, and is ranked #27 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): Linda Surname(s): Wancel Home: Flushing, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 430 Average for: 366 Average against: 378
Round 1		Wancel played #38 Frances Shaw (Fair Lawn, NJ) and lost 317 to 365 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 0-1, -48.
Round 2		Wancel played #12 Jamie Logan (Augusta, ME) and lost 378 to 479 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 0-2, -149.
Round 3		Wancel played #65 Michael Garner (Dunedin, FL) and lost 307 to 364 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 0-3, -206.
Round 4		Wancel played #62 Katherine Edwards (Brooklyn, NY) and won 337 to 297 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 1-3, -166.
Round 5		Wancel played #25 Andrew Gardner (Conyers, GA) and won 412 to 344 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 2-3, -98.
Round 6		Wancel played #47 Julia Bogle (Indianapolis, IN) and lost 337 to 366 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 2-4, -127.
Round 7		Wancel played #23 Kevin Gauthier (Albany, NY) and lost 317 to 382 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 2-5, -192.
Round 8		Wancel played #5 Adam Fine (Germantown, MD) and won 388 to 320 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 3-5, -124.
Round 9		Wancel played #21 Kevin Ng (Jersey City, NJ) and won 430 to 426 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 4-5, -120.
Round 10		Wancel played #18 Penny Sitler (Knightstown, IN) and won 404 to 382 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 5-5, -98.
Round 11		Wancel played #67 Cecilia Huber (Cleveland, OH) and lost 326 to 345 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 5-6, -117.
Round 12		Wancel played #10 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 288 to 607 (a spread of -319). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 5-7, -436.
Round 13		Wancel played #45 Flora Taylor (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 290 to 260 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 6-7, -406.
Round 14		Wancel played #40 Thomas Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and won 363 to 245 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 7-7, -288.
Round 15		Wancel played #64 Marichelle Roque-Lutz (New Holland, PA) and won 401 to 318 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 8-7, -205.
Round 16		Wancel played #20 Samuel Heiman (Chesterfield, MO) and won 396 to 346 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 9-7, -155.
Round 17		Wancel played #33 Bob Bolender (Austin, TX) and won 416 to 352 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 10-7, -91.
Round 18		Wancel played #35 Gideon Brosowsky (Washington, DC) and lost 317 to 370 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-8, -144.
Round 19		Wancel played #17 Steve Moniz (Manchester, NH) and lost 384 to 417 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 10-9, -177.
Round 20		Wancel played #52 Yoli Ushry (Fort Smith, AR) and lost 403 to 416 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 10-10, -190.
Round 21		Wancel played #19 Ralph Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and won 358 to 347 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 11-10, -179.
Round 22		Wancel played #15 Maury Zeff (San Francisco, CA) and won 393 to 385 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 12-10, -171.
Round 23		Wancel played #26 Jennifer Tomlinson (Fort Myers, FL) and won 409 to 361 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 13-10, -123.
Round 24		Wancel played #13 Dave Cameron (Palatine, IL) and won 394 to 379 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 14-10, -108.
Round 25		Wancel played #22 Daniel Tinkelman (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 400 to 407 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 14-11, -115.
Round 26		Wancel played #14 Susan Bertoni (Pfafftown, NC) and lost 349 to 503 (a spread of -154). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 14-12, -269.
Round 27		Wancel played #54 Heather Drumm (New Hartford, NY) and lost 327 to 394 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 14-13, -336.
Round 28		Wancel played #1 Hannah Rozear (Durham, NC) and won 415 to 372 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 15-13, -293.
Round 29		Wancel played #58 Harry Durbin (Collierville, TN) and won 334 to 321 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 16-13, -280.
Round 30		Wancel played #79 Charlie Mann (Los Angeles, CA) and won 390 to 325 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 17-13, -215.
Round 31		Wancel played #6 Greg Feldkamp (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 371 to 508 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 17-14, -352.

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