October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Sharon Swerdloff [#22]

On this page, you will find information about Sharon Swerdloff, 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 7-8, -189, and is ranked #21 in Division 2.

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): Sharon Surname(s): Swerdloff Home: New York, NY, United States Hobbies: Songwriting Occupation: Membership Develoment at a Non-Profit Organization NSC 1985 Division: 1 NSC 1985 Rank: 147/302, 11-11 +123 NSC 2004 Division: 2 NSC 2004 Rank: 124/139, 12-18 -1062

Round by Round
High score: 443 Average for: 363 Average against: 376
Round 1		Swerdloff played #3 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and lost 303 to 407 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 0-1, -104.
Round 2		Swerdloff played #11 Terry Kang Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 282 to 398 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 0-2, -220.
Round 3		Swerdloff played #23 Jason Keller (Piscataway, NJ) and won 443 to 319 (a spread of 124). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 1-2, -96.
Round 4		Swerdloff played #15 Seth Mandel (Morristown, NJ) and won 404 to 335 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 2-2, -27.
Round 5		Swerdloff played #8 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and lost 415 to 452 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 2-3, -64.
Round 6		Swerdloff played #6 Peter Barkman (Croton, NY) and lost 297 to 417 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-4, -184.
Round 7		Swerdloff played #24 Mary Ellen Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 403 to 296 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 3-4, -77.
Round 8		Swerdloff played #30 Jeremy Jeffers (Milford, CT) and won 337 to 309 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 4-4, -49.
Round 9		Swerdloff played #16 Froilan Mendoza (East Elmhurst, NY) and won 373 to 351 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-4, -27.
Round 10		Swerdloff played #29 Jackie Wong (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 427 to 431 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-5, -31.
Round 11		Swerdloff played #17 Judy Newhouse (Houston, TX) and won 316 to 308 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-5, -23.
Round 12		Swerdloff played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and lost 369 to 450 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-6, -104.
Round 13		Swerdloff played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 357 to 400 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-7, -147.
Round 14		Swerdloff played #2 Jill Turney (North Vancouver BC) and won 388 to 375 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 7-7, -134.
Round 15		Swerdloff played #17 Judy Newhouse (Houston, TX) again and lost 337 to 392 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-8, -189.

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