SPC 2025: Ruth Brower [4-47]

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On this page, you will find information about Ruth Brower, 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 12-19, -328, and is ranked #54 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): Ruth Surname(s): Brower Home: Hockessin, DE, United States

Round by Round
High score: 435 Average for: 336 Average against: 349
Round 1		Brower played #4 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and won 371 to 310 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-0, +61.
Round 2		Brower played #15 Ross Fidler (Providence, RI) and lost 290 to 383 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 1-1, -32.
Round 3		Brower played #43 Robin Schlauch (College Park, MD) and won 397 to 319 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-1, +46. Brower is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Brower played #21 Michael Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and lost 281 to 389 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 2-2, -62. Brower is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Brower played #38 Jay Westreich (Washington, DC) and lost 317 to 361 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 2-3, -106. Brower is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Brower played #14 Nina Klee (Hamburg, PA) and lost 361 to 390 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 2-4, -135.
Round 7		Brower played #18 Marie Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and lost 269 to 372 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 2-5, -238.
Round 8		Brower played #48 Jean Caputo (Cranberry Twp, PA) and lost 263 to 346 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 2-6, -321.
Round 9		Brower played #53 Rouzier Dorce (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 410 to 259 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 3-6, -170.
Round 10		Brower played #56 Ida Ann Shapiro (Rego Park, NY) and won 343 to 259 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 4-6, -86.
Round 11		Brower played #39 Barbara Major (Alexandria, VA) and lost 342 to 379 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 4-7, -123.
Round 12		Brower played #46 Fay Ireland (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 370 to 284 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 5-7, -37.
Round 13		Brower played #52 Jimmie Jenkins (Upper Marlboro, MD) and won 378 to 328 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 6-7, +13.
Round 14		Brower played #51 Ann Kleinfelt (Sarasota, FL) and won 435 to 331 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-7, +117.
Round 15		Brower played #44 Linda Nervis (Dayton, OH) and lost 272 to 370 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 7-8, +19.
Round 16		Brower played #27 Richard Savitt (Miami, FL) and lost 373 to 376 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 7-9, +16.
Round 17		Brower played #31 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and lost 299 to 397 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 7-10, -82.
Round 18		Brower played #33 Pamela Pudelka (Richmond, TX) and lost 338 to 361 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 7-11, -105.
Round 19		Brower played #13 George Borsuk (Melville, NY) and lost 354 to 370 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 7-12, -121.
Round 20		Brower played #45 Deborah Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 371 to 310 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 8-12, -60.
Round 21		Brower played #59 Craig Knight (Nottingham, MD) and lost 301 to 410 (a spread of -109). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 8-13, -169.
Round 22		Brower recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 9-13, -119.
Round 23		Brower played #58 Paul Wood (Central City, IA) and won 309 to 307 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 10-13, -117.
Round 24		Brower played #57 Karen Kaminski (Cocoa, FL) and lost 314 to 400 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 10-14, -203.
Round 25		Brower played #54 Don Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 273 to 381 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 10-15, -311.
Round 26		Brower played #55 Scott Gale (Potomac, MD) and lost 259 to 414 (a spread of -155). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 10-16, -466.
Round 27		Brower played #20 Diane Sleek (Freeport, ME) and won 409 to 385 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 11-16, -442.
Round 28		Brower played #60 Marla Posey-Moss (Aberdeen, MD) and won 374 to 184 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 12-16, -252.
Round 29		Brower played #22 Mary Stewart (Columbia, MD) and lost 338 to 381 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 12-17, -295.
Round 30		Brower played #40 Josh Guardino (Brentwood, NH) and lost 371 to 382 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 12-18, -306.
Round 31		Brower played #39 Barbara Major (Alexandria, VA) again and lost 307 to 329 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 12-19, -328.

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