Trish Paulsen (Saskatoon, SK) finished 3-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paulsen defeated Cathy Overton-Clapham (Winnipeg, MB) 11-2, then won 6-5 against Valerie Sweeting (Edmonton, AB). Paulsen went on to lose 7-6 against Shannon Kleibrink (Calgary, AB). Paulsen lost 6-3 to Cathy Auld (Mississauga, ON) where Paulsen responded with a 7-6 win over Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT). Paulsen went on to lose 4-3 against Lisa Eyamie (High River, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Paulsen did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 58th to 61st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 13.119 total points. Paulsen ranks 264th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.