October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Meg Wolitzer [#38]

On this page, you will find information about Meg Wolitzer, 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 5-10, -333, and is ranked #41 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): Meg Surname(s): Wolitzer Home: New York, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 404 Average for: 354 Average against: 376
Round 1		Wolitzer played #8 Marie Puma (Shoreham, NY) and won 404 to 336 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-0, +68. Wolitzer is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Wolitzer played #21 Jo Anne Cohen (Montgomery, NY) and lost 364 to 433 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 1-1, -1.
Round 3		Wolitzer played #26 Denise Mahnken (Long Beach, NY) and lost 344 to 419 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-2, -76.
Round 4		Wolitzer played #17 Matt Gross (College Park, MD) and lost 375 to 394 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 1-3, -95.
Round 5		Wolitzer played #14 Jim Piazza (New York, NY) and won 380 to 289 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-3, -4.
Round 6		Wolitzer played #42 Frank Jaslow (York, PA) and won 400 to 352 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-3, +44.
Round 7		Wolitzer played #18 Fran Shaw (Fair Lawn, NJ) and lost 315 to 321 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-4, +38.
Round 8		Wolitzer played #35 Edward H Zurav (Roselle, NJ) and won 389 to 363 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 4-4, +64.
Round 9		Wolitzer played #25 David McCraw (Ossining, NY) and lost 329 to 397 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 4-5, -4.
Round 10		Wolitzer played #4 Varney Senii (Brooklyn, NY) and won 326 to 300 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-5, +22.
Round 11		Wolitzer played #40 Kevin Edwards (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 321 to 345 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-6, -2.
Round 12		Wolitzer played #1 Woody Chen (Flushing, NY) and lost 404 to 434 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-7, -32.
Round 13		Wolitzer played #32 Barbara Epstein (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 328 to 393 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 5-8, -97.
Round 14		Wolitzer played #34 David Dlugosz (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 342 to 414 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 5-9, -169.
Round 15		Wolitzer played #22 Lane Lynn (New York, NY) and lost 293 to 457 (a spread of -164). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 5-10, -333.

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