Bobbie Sauder/Sam Wills (Spruce Grove, AB) finished 4-1 in the 36-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sauder/Wills defeated Skylar Ackerman/Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK) 11-6, then went on to lose 12-9 against Jennifer Armstrong/Catlin Schneider (White City, SK). Sauder/Wills responded with a 8-4 win over Taylor Stremick/Logan Ede (Martensville, SK). Sauder/Wills won 8-6 against Ashley Quick/Mike Armstrong (Saskatoon, SK), then won 7-1 against Teresa Waterfield/Ryder Helmeczi (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Sauder/Wills earned 9.096 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 8 of the event schedule, Sauder/Wills did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sauder/Wills ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.