Hunter Welch (Minneapolis, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Welch finished 1-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Welch lost 7-6 to Katherine Lou (Cambridge, MA), then responded with a 13-3 win over Jeff Milne (Norman, OK). Welch went on to lose 8-5 against Blake Hagberg (Utica-Rome, NY) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Welch did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Welch ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.