St. Louis goes undefeated in MLP Dallas, Earning #1 seed - Event Recap

St. Louis goes undefeated in MLP Dallas, Earning #1 seed - Event Recap

MLP Dallas will likely be looked back upon as the best event of the 2025 MLP regular season. Five of the top eight teams were in attendance, and we got multiple very good matches in three of the four days.

The level of play between the playoff contenders gave us a glimpse as to what the MLP Playoffs may look like starting in San Diego on August 15th.

Let’s take a look at how the teams fared.

Team Standings from MLP Dallas Overall Team Standings after MLP Dallas Top Storylines The St. Louis Shock Earned the #1 Seed in the Playoffs The Shock only dropped one point all weekend - to the 5s in their last match. 

The St. Louis Shock went 11-0 in their last two events. Of the possibly 33 points they could have earned, they took home 31 points. With 74 points on the year, the St. Louis Shock earned the #1 seed headed into the playoffs.

Led by Hayden Patriquin going 21-1 in his last 22 games, the Shock are firing on all cylinders at the right time. And it’s not like the other players are getting carried. Here are the Shock player stats in the last two MLP events:

Hayden Patriquin - 21-1 Gabe Tardio - 19-3 Anna Bright - 17-5 Kate Fahey - 15-7 That is a combined game record of 72-16, for a game win/loss record of 82% - not too shabby.

And it’s not like they have only been beating up on the lower level teams.

Sure, the Shock beat Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Phoenix, SoCal, and Carolina in those 11 matches. They also beat Columbus, Dallas, Brooklyn, LA (with Ben Johns) and New ... FULL ARTICLE FOUND ON: https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/st-louis-goes-undefeated-in-mlp-dallas-earning-1-seed-event-recap/

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