Andy Jukich (St. Paul, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Jukich finished 5-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jukich lost 8-2 to Robb Borland (Mayfield, OH), then responded with a 9-1 win over Arizona's Fred Maxie. Jukich went on to lose 7-4 against Alaska's Steve Shuttleworth. Jukich lost 8-4 to Scott Edie (Potomac, MD). Jukich lost 7-5 to Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) where Jukich responded with a 12-1 win over Wisconsin's Rob Hipke. Jukich won 9-7 against Colorado's Darrick Kizlyk, then won 7-2 against North Dakota's Al Gulseth and 10-3 against Illinois's Dave Durrant in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Jukich did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Jukich ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.