Shelly Kinney (St. Paul, MN) finished 8-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kinney defeated Susan McDonald (Chicago, IL) 8-6, then won 11-7 against Brooke Schneider (Detroit, MI) and 9-4 against Elle LeBeau (Seattle, WA). Kinney went on to lose 8-2 against Gabrielle Coleman (San Francisco, CA). Kinney responded with a 10-5 win over Beth Bohlman (Grand Forks, ND). Kinney won 13-5 against Cynthia Smith (Denver, CO), then won 15-5 against Sarah Walsh (San Francisco, CA) and 12-6 against Em Good (Seattle, WA). Kinney won 14-11 against Mary Jaster (Grafton, ND) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Kinney did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kinney ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.