Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Powers/Saunders lost 8-3 to Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN), then responded with a 6-3 win over Kimberly Tuck/Wesley Forget (Strathroy, ON). Powers/Saunders went on to lose 8-1 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI). Powers/Saunders lost 6-5 to Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) where Powers/Saunders responded with a 6-2 win over Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Powers/Saunders earned 5.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 23 of the event schedule, Powers/Saunders did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 113th place on the World Ranking Standings with 12.876 total points. Powers/Saunders ranks 152nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.250 points earned so far this season.