John Lilla (St Paul, MN) finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lilla defeated Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) 6-4, then won 6-2 against Scott Ramsay (Winnipeg, MB). Lilla went on to lose 5-3 against Ontario's Brian Adams Jr.. Lilla lost 6-4 to Minnesota's John Shuster where Lilla responded with a 9-2 win over Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Lilla did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Lilla ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.