SPC 2025: Diana Bowen [4-02]

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On this page, you will find information about Diana Bowen, 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 19.5-11.5, +1412, and is ranked #5 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): Diana Surname(s): Bowen Home: Fairfax, VA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 637 Average for: 410 Average against: 364
Round 1		Bowen played #57 Karen Kaminski (Cocoa, FL) and won 440 to 337 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 1-0, +103.
Round 2		Bowen played #31 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and won 637 to 298 (a spread of 339). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +442.
Round 3		Bowen played #25 Marlena Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and won 464 to 290 (a spread of 174). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 3-0, +616. Bowen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Bowen played #5 Nolan Miranda (Unknown city, NC) and lost 335 to 382 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-1, +569. Bowen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Bowen played #4 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and won 433 to 264 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-1, +738. Bowen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Bowen played #40 Josh Guardino (Brentwood, NH) and won 526 to 299 (a spread of 227). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 5-1, +965.
Round 7		Bowen played #16 Agnes T Tarpeh (Upper Chichester, PA) and lost 332 to 338 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-2, +959.
Round 8		Bowen played #36 Will Nitsch (West Hartford, CT) and won 438 to 423 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-2, +974. Bowen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Bowen played #50 Nick Abbate (Unknown city NB) and won 448 to 358 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-2, +1064. Bowen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Bowen played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) and won 508 to 429 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-2, +1143.
Round 11		Bowen played #7 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) and lost 322 to 466 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 8-3, +999.
Round 12		Bowen played #6 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) and won 454 to 445 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-3, +1008.
Round 13		Bowen played #11 Bob Hart (Vienna, VA) and won 408 to 353 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 10-3, +1063.
Round 14		Bowen played #35 Stephanie Waite (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 402 to 453 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 10-4, +1012.
Round 15		Bowen played #29 Lea Shin (Metairie, LA) and won 450 to 325 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 11-4, +1137.
Round 16		Bowen played #24 Anjelina Noh (Parma Heights, OH) and won 423 to 261 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 12-4, +1299.
Round 17		Bowen played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) again and lost 271 to 512 (a spread of -241). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 12-5, +1058. Bowen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 18		Bowen played #36 Will Nitsch (West Hartford, CT) again and tied at 416. Current ranking: #5. Current record: 12.5-5.5, +1058. Bowen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Bowen played #5 Nolan Miranda (Unknown city, NC) again and lost 338 to 365 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 12.5-6.5, +1031.
Round 20		Bowen played #9 Nick Coffey (Winston-Salem, NC) and lost 318 to 417 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 12.5-7.5, +932.
Round 21		Bowen played #11 Bob Hart (Vienna, VA) again and lost 358 to 377 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12.5-8.5, +913.
Round 22		Bowen played #1 Don Drumm (Clinton, NY) and won 409 to 382 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13.5-8.5, +940.
Round 23		Bowen played #19 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and won 400 to 328 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 14.5-8.5, +1012.
Round 24		Bowen played #12 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 470 to 318 (a spread of 152). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 15.5-8.5, +1164. Bowen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 25		Bowen played #14 Nina Klee (Hamburg, PA) and won 394 to 270 (a spread of 124). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 16.5-8.5, +1288.
Round 26		Bowen played #7 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) again and won 511 to 295 (a spread of 216). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 17.5-8.5, +1504.
Round 27		Bowen played #29 Lea Shin (Metairie, LA) again and won 334 to 327 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18.5-8.5, +1511.
Round 28		Bowen played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) for the third time and won 397 to 324 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19.5-8.5, +1584.
Round 29		Bowen played #5 Nolan Miranda (Unknown city, NC) for the third time and lost 297 to 447 (a spread of -150). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19.5-9.5, +1434.
Round 30		Bowen played #9 Nick Coffey (Winston-Salem, NC) again and lost 375 to 395 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19.5-10.5, +1414.
Round 31		Bowen played #11 Bob Hart (Vienna, VA) for the third time and lost 391 to 393 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 19.5-11.5, +1412.

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