Monique Penney (Cincinnati, OH) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Penney finished 1-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Penney lost 14-2 to Sarah Walsh (San Francisco, CA), then responded with a 10-7 win over Sharon Deresinski (Chicago, IL). Penney went on to lose 13-3 against Martha Marple (Cedar Rapids, IA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Penney did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Penney ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.