Mari Motohashi (Aomori, JPN) finished 1-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Motohashi defeated Amber Holland (Regina, SK) 6-3, then went on to lose 5-4 against Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi-Do, KOR). Motohashi lost 8-5 to Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Motohashi lost 5-4 to Jill Thurston (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 7 of the event schedule, Motohashi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 64th to 70th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 11.591 total points. Motohashi ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.250 points earned so far this season.