Anastasia Richards/Sammy Churchill (Burlington, ON) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, Richards/Churchill finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Richards/Churchill lost 7-4 to Riley Sandham/Brendan Craig (Georgetown, ON), droppimg another game, 8-6 to Harley Rohrbacher/Nicholas Visnich (Pittsburgh, PA) where Richards/Churchill responded with a 11-4 win over Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Belgrave, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Richards/Churchill earned 3.339 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.34 after improving upon their best so far this season. Richards/Churchill ranks 111th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.972 points earned so far this season.