Joel Sherman (#02) at WSC 2001

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Joel Sherman (#02) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Joel Surname(s): Sherman Home: United States Age: 40 Awards: 1997 Western Championship; 1997 WSC; 2001 Twin Cities, MN Hobbies: playing piano, singing Occupation: retired WSC 1993 Rank: 10 WSC 1995 Rank: 2 WSC 1997 Rank: 1 WSC 1999 Rank: 15 WSC 2001 Team: United States

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 533 Average for: 397 Average against: 411
Before Round 1		Sherman is mentioned in this round's photo captions (3 hits).
Round 1		Sherman played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and won 467 to 309 (a spread of 158) . Current ranking: #6. Current record: 1-0, +158.
Round 2		Sherman played #24 John Luebkemann (United States) and won 366 to 359 (a spread of 7) . Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-0, +165.
Round 3		Sherman played #04 Brian Cappelletto (United States) and lost 391 to 495 (a spread of -104) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-1, +61.
Round 4	Larger photo available	Sherman played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 426 to 273 (a spread of 153) . Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-1, +214. Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 5	Larger photo available	Sherman played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and lost 361 to 457 (a spread of -96) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 3-2, +118.
Round 6		Sherman played #44 Jim Geary (United States) and lost 291 to 489 (a spread of -198) . Current ranking: #54. Current record: 3-3, -80.
Round 7	Larger photo available	Sherman played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and won 457 to 374 (a spread of 83) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 4-3, +3.
Round 8		Sherman played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and won 425 to 374 (a spread of 51) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 5-3, +54.
Round 9		Sherman played #27 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and lost 303 to 489 (a spread of -186) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 5-4, -132.
Round 10	Larger photo available	Sherman played #81 Kwame Poku (Ghana) and won 512 to 341 (a spread of 171) . Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-4, +39.
Round 11		Sherman played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 393 to 390 (a spread of 3) . Current ranking: #24. Current record: 7-4, +42. Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Sherman played #33 Roland Filio (Philippines) and lost 401 to 404 (a spread of -3) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 7-5, +39. Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 13	Larger photo available	Sherman played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and won 421 to 382 (a spread of 39) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-5, +78.
Round 14		Sherman played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and won 473 to 342 (a spread of 131) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 9-5, +209. Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Sherman played #03 David William Boys (Canada) and lost 302 to 443 (a spread of -141) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-6, +68.
Round 16		Sherman played #30 David Webb (England) and won 533 to 421 (a spread of 112) . Current ranking: #18. Current record: 10-6, +180. Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Sherman is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 17		Sherman played #19 Robin Pollock Daniel (Canada) and won 468 to 394 (a spread of 74) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-6, +254. Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Sherman is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 18	Larger photo available	Sherman played #32 Tony Sim (Singapore) and lost 366 to 565 (a spread of -199) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 11-7, +55. Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Sherman played #34 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and lost 376 to 504 (a spread of -128) . Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11-8, -73.
Round 20	Larger photo available	Sherman played #22 David Wiegand (United States) and lost 249 to 497 (a spread of -248) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 11-9, -321.
Round 21		Sherman played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and lost 392 to 398 (a spread of -6) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 11-10, -327.
Round 22	Larger photo available	Sherman played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and won 393 to 319 (a spread of 74) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 12-10, -253.
Round 23		Sherman played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and lost 366 to 461 (a spread of -95) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 12-11, -348.
Round 24	Larger photo available	Sherman played #51 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and lost 393 to 394 (a spread of -1) . Current ranking: #51. Current record: 12-12, -349. Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Final Game 1		Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Final Game 2		Sherman is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Sherman is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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