Ben Villanueva [#101] at NSC 2002

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Ben Villanueva [#101] at NSC 2002

Congratulations to our new National Champion, Joel Sherman!

See also: video clip 1 (2 MB), video clip 2 (2 MB). (video courtesy Roger Cullman)

Background Information
	Given name(s): Ben Surname(s): Villanueva Home: National City, CA, United States Hobbies: Reading, SCRABBLE, Karaoke, Table Tennis Occupation: Retired

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See Legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 475 Average for: 366 Average against: 369
Round 1		Villanueva played #013 Ed Bowe (Portage, MI) and won 475 to 290 (a spread of 185) . Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +185.
Round 2		Villanueva played #024 Frank Cracchiolo (Huntington Beach, CA) and lost 388 to 432 (a spread of -44) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 1-1, +141.
Round 3		Villanueva played #103 Dan Wedeking (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 308 to 428 (a spread of -120) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 1-2, +21.
Round 4		Villanueva played #089 Angelina Scroggins (Minneapolis, MN) and won 410 to 368 (a spread of 42) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 2-2, +63.
Round 5		Villanueva recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #38. Current record: 3-2, +113.
Round 6		Villanueva played #032 Leland Fidler (Waltham, MA) and lost 281 to 417 (a spread of -136) . Current ranking: #54. Current record: 3-3, -23.
Round 7		Villanueva played #048 Gail Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 317 to 381 (a spread of -64) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 3-4, -87.
Round 8		Villanueva played #072 Bob Nellis (Glenview, IL) and lost 357 to 391 (a spread of -34) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 3-5, -121.
Round 9		Villanueva played #116 Pat Sanchez (Dallas, TX) and lost 363 to 373 (a spread of -10) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 3-6, -131.
Round 10		Villanueva played #068 Craig Mobley (Albuquerque, NM) and won 367 to 354 (a spread of 13) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 4-6, -118.
Round 11		Villanueva played #067 Gloria Miller (Santa Monica, CA) and lost 303 to 390 (a spread of -87) . Current ranking: #86. Current record: 4-7, -205.
Round 12		Villanueva played #105 Brenda Werner (Cedar Rapids, IA) and won 385 to 313 (a spread of 72) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 5-7, -133.
Round 13		Villanueva played #107 Jerry White (Shirley, NY) and won 332 to 272 (a spread of 60) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 6-7, -73.
Round 14		Villanueva played #004 Penny Baker (Laguna Woods, CA) and lost 331 to 405 (a spread of -74) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 6-8, -147.
Round 15		Villanueva played #090 Brian Sebastian (Cincinnati, OH) and lost 355 to 382 (a spread of -27) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 6-9, -174.
Round 16		Villanueva played #083 Burke Riley (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and won 422 to 392 (a spread of 30) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 7-9, -144.
Round 17		Villanueva played #078 Lorraine Pariser (Covina, CA) and lost 360 to 413 (a spread of -53) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 7-10, -197.
Round 18		Villanueva played #085 Stella Russell (Manchester, NH) and lost 388 to 407 (a spread of -19) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 7-11, -216.
Round 19		Villanueva played #025 Roger Cullman (Toronto ON) and won 353 to 339 (a spread of 14) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 8-11, -202.
Round 20		Villanueva played #087 Deborah Sapot (Friendly, WV) and won 353 to 349 (a spread of 4) . Current ranking: #76. Current record: 9-11, -198.
Round 21		Villanueva played #014 Kay Brick (Minneapolis, MN) and won 377 to 338 (a spread of 39) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 10-11, -159.
Round 22		Villanueva played #035 Frances Gross (Coconut Creek, FL) and lost 332 to 434 (a spread of -102) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 10-12, -261.
Round 23		Villanueva played #049 Thelma Litton (Austin, TX) and won 419 to 377 (a spread of 42) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 11-12, -219.
Round 24		Villanueva played #048 Gail Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 378 to 361 (a spread of 17) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 12-12, -202.
Round 25		Villanueva played #062 Nancy McCarroll (Grand Junction, CO) and won 410 to 283 (a spread of 127) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 13-12, -75.
Round 26		Villanueva played #051 Celia Lopez (Albuquerque, NM) and won 426 to 337 (a spread of 89) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 14-12, +14.
Round 27		Villanueva played #111 Kitty Yamauchi (Campbell, CA) and lost 348 to 366 (a spread of -18) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 14-13, -4.
Round 28		Villanueva played #054 Ken Louie (Whittier, CA) and lost 342 to 430 (a spread of -88) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 14-14, -92.
Round 29		Villanueva played #048 Gail Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 345 to 361 (a spread of -16) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 14-15, -108.
Round 30		Villanueva played #082 Barbara Platt (Pena Blanca, NM) and lost 346 to 362 (a spread of -16) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 14-16, -124.
Round 31		Villanueva played #111 Kitty Yamauchi (Campbell, CA) and won 402 to 316 (a spread of 86) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 15-16, -38.

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