Kirstin McKeown (Blaine, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, McKeown finished 0-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McKeown lost 8-2 to Timothy Doherty (St. Paul, MN), droppimg another game, 7-5 to Brian LaPlante (St. Paul, MN). McKeown lost 9-4 to Neil Dekrey (St. Paul, MN). McKeown lost 1-0 to Kevin Green (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, McKeown did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. McKeown ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.