October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Rod MacNeil [#6]

On this page, you will find information about Rod MacNeil, who is competing at the 2008 Big Apple Scrabble Tournament. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 8-7, -396, and is ranked #22 in Division 1.

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

[photo of Rod MacNeil]

Given name(s): Rod
Surname(s): MacNeil
Home: Cambridge, MA, United States
Awards: 1999 2000 2003 Cape Cod; 2003 Rhombus Cup; 2004 Boston (A); (12th) 2005 NSC; 2007 Michigan Madness; 2007 Montreal
Hobbies: Fantasy sports, traveling, movies, cheese, representing Red Sox Nation
Occupation: Administrative & Project Support For Architectural Firm
NSC 1998 Division: 3
NSC 1998 Rank: 37/133, 17-14 +653
NSC 2000 Division: 1
NSC 2000 Rank: 76/98, 13-18 -843
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 74/132, 15-16 +73
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 78/172, 15-15 +569
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 12/87, 17-11 +583
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 59/76, 12-16 -212

Round by Round
High score: 466 Average for: 379 Average against: 405
Round 1		MacNeil played #35 Steve Oliger (Holtwood, PA) and won 436 to 402 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 1-0, +34.
Round 2		MacNeil played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 396 to 415 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 1-1, +15.
Round 3		MacNeil played #14 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and won 366 to 350 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 2-1, +31.
Round 4		MacNeil played #22 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) and won 466 to 345 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 3-1, +152.
Round 5		MacNeil played #19 Joe Weinike (New York, NY) and won 379 to 359 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-1, +172. MacNeil is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		MacNeil played #7 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 342 to 431 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-2, +83. MacNeil is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		MacNeil played #10 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) and lost 375 to 481 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 4-3, -23.
Round 8		MacNeil played #16 John Viloria (New York, NY) and won 455 to 359 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-3, +73.
Round 9		MacNeil played #21 Aaron Bader (Cambridge, MA) and lost 317 to 511 (a spread of -194). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 5-4, -121.
Round 10		MacNeil played #11 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) and lost 354 to 385 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 5-5, -152.
Round 11		MacNeil played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 364 to 474 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-6, -262.
Round 12		MacNeil played #2 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 299 to 563 (a spread of -264). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 5-7, -526.
Round 13		MacNeil played #38 Elana Lehrer (City Withheld, NJ) and won 401 to 335 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 6-7, -460.
Round 14		MacNeil played #29 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 428 to 371 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 7-7, -403.
Round 15		MacNeil played #38 Elana Lehrer (City Withheld, NJ) again and won 302 to 295 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-7, -396. MacNeil is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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