Melissa Runing (Mankato, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Runing finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Runing defeated Courtney Osbakken (Duluth, MN) 8-6, then went on to lose 11-5 against Wisconsin's Tina Persinger. Runing responded with a 6-3 win over Cora Farrell (Fairbanks, AK). Runing went on to lose 8-7 against Abigayle Lindgren (Grand Forks, ND). Runing lost 7-4 to Sidney Schroeder (Midland, MI) where Runing responded with a 11-5 win over Madison Bear (Wayland, MA). Runing won 9-4 against Elizabeth Cousins (Wayland, MA), then won 10-7 against Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA) and 10-3 against Sarah Calcutt (Highland Park, IL) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 22 of the event schedule, Runing did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 349th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Runing ranks 288th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.