SPC 2025: Sam Bowers [3-60]

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On this page, you will find information about Sam Bowers, 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 4-3, -184, and is ranked #40 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): Sam Surname(s): Bowers Home: Charlottesville, VA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 422 Average for: 349 Average against: 375
Round 1		Bowers played #39 Carol Tillson (Silver Spring, MD) and won 353 to 343 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-0, +10.
Round 2		Bowers played #9 Nick Purifoy (Prairie Village, KS) and lost 337 to 421 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 1-1, -74.
Round 3		Bowers played #79 Charlie Mann (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 288 to 387 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 1-2, -173.
Round 4		Bowers played #56 Barbara Epstein (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 291 to 363 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 1-3, -245.
Round 5		Bowers played #71 Mary Pastore (Pearland, TX) and won 399 to 389 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 2-3, -235. Bowers is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Bowers played #21 Kevin Ng (Jersey City, NJ) and won 422 to 379 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 3-3, -192.
Round 7		Bowers played #27 Dawn Erickson (Anna Maria, FL) and won 353 to 345 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 4-3, -184.
Round 8		Bowers played #13 Dave Cameron (Palatine, IL) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available.
Round 9		Bowers played #24 John Fultz (Chesterfield, MO) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available.

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