Shelley Dropkin (Wayland, MA) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Dropkin finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin lost 9-4 to Kathy Pielage (Chicago, IL), then responded with a 11-8 win over Dana Watson (Portland, OR). Dropkin won 8-5 against Debra Horn (Shaker Heights, OH), then won 8-3 against Margie Smith (St. Paul, MN). Dropkin went on to lose 8-5 against Sharon Vukich (Seattle, WA). Dropkin responded with a 10-3 win over Anne Wiggins (Laurel, MD). Dropkin won 7-3 against Norma O'Leary (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Dropkin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Dropkin ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.