Sarah-Jane Sass/William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) finished 2-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sass/Lyburn lost 8-5 to Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN), droppimg another game, 8-1 to Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Sass/Lyburn lost 7-2 to Katie McKenzie/Thomas Dunlop (Winnipeg, MB) where Sass/Lyburn responded with a 10-9 win over Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN). Sass/Lyburn won 7-6 against Ashley Thevenot/Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Sass/Lyburn earned 2.625 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Sass/Lyburn gained 0.75 points improving upon their best 5 events, though dropped 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 864thplace overall with 0.75 total points. Sass/Lyburn ranks 245th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.750 points earned so far this season.