DUPL Season 16 – Week 7: ONE NIGHT REMAINS!

Seven weeks down.

One night left.

And if you were hoping Season 16 would give us a nice, comfortable finish where everybody could relax and just play some pinball…

Yeah. That’s not happening.

Week 7 brought the Dayton Underground Pinball League to Dave’s incredible lineup, and with all-ranked matches in effect, every single game mattered. Six rounds later, the top of the standings is about as tight as it could possibly be heading into the Season 16 finale.

A Tie at the Top!

After seven weeks, William Bentley and Brian Schlagheck are deadlocked at 114 points.

William put up 15 points on the night while Brian scored 12, allowing William to erase the gap and pull even heading into Week 8.

And sitting right behind them?

Tom Bentley and Tony Becker — tied at 111 points.

That means the top four players are separated by only THREE POINTS with six games remaining.

Read that again.

Three points. Four players. One night.

Diane Spackman remains right behind the lead group with 105 points, while Mitch Roth and Zach Stoddard are tied at 102. Tom Lute and Aaron Krueger are also tied at 99, so there are battles happening all over the standings heading into the finale.

Dan Souders Goes PERFECT!

While everyone at the top was fighting for position, Dan Souders absolutely went off in Week 7.

Dan posted the only perfect 24-point night, sweeping all six of his matches and jumping his season total to 96 points.

That's how you make some noise with one week remaining!

Tom Bentley, Mitch Roth and Zach Stoddard each put together strong 18-point nights, while William Bentley, Tony Becker, Diane Spackman, Tom Lute, Andrew "Muffins" Smith, Vern Staats, Shannon Frye and Brendon Tiffany each finished with 15 points.

Glenn Loving also had a big night, putting up 21 points — one of the strongest performances of Week 7.

The Final Night Is Going to Be Wild

Here is what we're looking at heading into Week 8:

114 – William Bentley
114 – Brian Schlagheck
111 – Tom Bentley
111 – Tony Becker
105 – Diane Spackman
102 – Mitch Roth
102 – Zach Stoddard
99 – Tom Lute
99 – Aaron Krueger
96 – Andrew "Muffins" Smith
96 – Rob Altick
96 – Dan Souders
96 – Vern Staats
93 – Matt Juhascik

And that's just the top portion of a standings board filled with ties and players separated by only a handful of points.

Week 8 will once again be ALL RANKED MATCHES, which means there are no easy roads to the finish line.

William and Brian enter the finale tied.

Tom and Tony are three points behind.

Diane is nine points off the lead.

Mitch and Zach are tied.

Tom Lute and Aaron are tied.

And four players are sitting together at 96.

Nothing is settled.

ONE. MORE. NIGHT.

Season 16 has given us perfect nights, upsets, huge games, brutal losses, comebacks and more than a few moments where somebody walked away from a machine wondering what the hell just happened.

Now it all comes down to six more games.

Week 8.

All ranked.

Season finale.

Let's finish this thing.